On March 6, 2025, the sales start of the RX 9070 XT will begin. The launch is highly anticipated, as AMD’s GPU has performed very well in tests. However, whether the graphics card will actually be available for purchase at release is still uncertain. In the end, AMD faces the same problem as Nvidia.
What kind of graphics card is it? AMD will introduce its new graphics cards, the RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT, at the end of February 2025 and has already convinced many gamers with its presentation: The prices sound fair, as they are below 700 euros and are thus cheaper than the competing graphics cards from Nvidia.
On March 5, 2025, the first independent tests were published, confirming the initially positive impression: AMD’s new graphics cards perform very well in the tests and are a real value-for-money recommendation. According to some testers, including PCGamesHardware, you are getting the best AMD graphics card in a long time.
At least in terms of price-performance ratio, you probably won’t find a better graphics card in 2025. Probably not until the prices for Nvidia’s graphics cards remain well over 2,500 euros.
Big Question Marks Regarding Availability
What is the problem? As good as AMD’s graphics card may be, there are still major question marks over the release. It is still uncertain whether AMD and the retailers will actually manage to meet the high demand and, above all, the need for graphics cards.
Competitor Nvidia has been struggling with supply bottlenecks on the RTX 5000 series for weeks, which has caused prices for the few models to rise sharply. Many interested users now believe that this could also happen with AMD: Availability is poor, and the few cards are being bought immediately by greedy scalpers and then resold for double the price.
Even in the processor market, competitor Intel was weak, causing many gamers to switch to AMD, which could not keep up with the demand. An AMD manager explained at the time that they did not expect the rush for Ryzen CPUs and that the CPUs had therefore been constantly sold out. Even with the RX 7000 series, the predecessor generation of the new RX 9070 XT, there were initial supply issues.
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