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WoodenPints said:

JEMC said:

Wukong seems to be a very Nvidia optimized game, like CoD are for AMD cards. Alan Wake 2 is also a bit like that if you push RT to the max. But looking at Cyberpunk 2077 and other titles with RT, the jump is clear and very noticeable.

At the end of the day, it's all about how you set the game, as even reviewers use different settings and get different results:

Techpower up vs Hardware Unboxed 

I think the Hardware Unboxed numbers are a much better representation of where the 9070XT sits overall as they use reference specs on all the cards the Tech Power UP one is really inflated by using the flagship Sapphire OC Nitro+ card that is $300 above MSRP which is why we are seeing so many different numbers across review sites maybe that was a smart marketing tactic by AMD with not releasing a reference card AIB's are sending the super duper OC editions to reviews to inflate the review charts because all the other cards could throw an extra 80W and gain another 5-10% performance as well.

Basically matching a 5070Ti for $150 less in raster and 5070 performance in RT.

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I agree with you, new graphic cards should be tested at stock settings so we can see what's th ebaseline and the min. performance we'd get from that GPU. 

But the results from TPU and HU are vastly different, with one being almost twice the fps of the other. That's not the result of a factory overclocked card versus a stock one, but a different testing methodology. Both use custom scenes for their benchmarks, and that could explain some of it. Now, did TPU use a scene that represents the performance you'd get during most of the game while HU went for the worst case possible? I don't know. Did both use upscaling but at different settings, like quality vs performance? I don't know either.

This is why it's so hard to compare different reviews, and also why it's important to check multiple reviews to get a broader picture of what's going on.

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Retailer confirms Radeon RX 9070 “MSRP” only applies to first shipments, price set to increase later

https://videocardz.com/newz/retailer-confirms-radeon-rx-9070-msrp-only-applies-to-first-shipments-price-set-to-increase-later

This was indeed the case in Canada where the models that were MSRP went out of stock instantly and were left with a lot of models that were very close to 5070 Ti prices. XFX 9070 XT was even more expensive than some 5070 Ti models. Suffices to say my friend got tired of playing games and managed to get a 5070 Ti before those went out of stock. Thanks for the rug pull AMD lol, very Nvidia of you. Hopefully the situation will improve as time goes on.

UK retailer confirms stock of 1,000 units of a single Radeon RX 9070 XT model at MSRP

https://videocardz.com/newz/uk-retailer-confirms-stock-of-1000-units-of-a-single-radeon-rx-9070-xt-model-at-msrp

Alienware to launch 27-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor at $549

https://videocardz.com/newz/alienware-to-launch-27-inch-qd-oled-gaming-monitor-at-549

Crazy how cheap OLED monitors are becoming

MSRP only for some launch cards is a dick move. Let's hope stock keeps coming and, once demand starts to normalize, so will prices. Tho Nvidia will also benefit from that, putting more pressure on AMD.

But well, at least AMD didn't lie about the stock availability, which seems to be quite good.

And hey, at least there's still something that follows common sense and gets cheaper over time! That's a nice looking monitor, perfect for a 5070Ti or 9070XT.