Subj : Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU falls in price, but it looks like AMD is figh To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Mon Jan 29 2024 11:00:06 Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU falls in price, but it looks like AMD is fighting back hard as RX 7800 XT has dropped to $480 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:44:16 +0000 Description: This is the graphics card thats top of our pick of the best GPUs, and its currently looking seriously tempting. FULL STORY ====================================================================== AMDs RX 7800 XT appears to be getting price cuts to make the graphics card more competitive compared to rival Nvidia GPUs, or at least there are hints of this in the US. Remembering that the official MSRP of the 7800 XT is $499.99 (though custom third-party models can be more expensive), VideoCardz spotted that ASRocks Challenger RX 7800 XT has dropped to $489.99 on Newegg. This is after a discount code for $10 is applied at checkout, mind, but as the tech site notes, this is the lowest weve seen this AMD GPU at. However, we noticed that now at the time of writing theres a cheaper model, with Gigabytes RX 7800 XT Gaming OC being discounted to $479.99 , again with a discount code at checkout. Remember, this is a model with a decent overclock too (its capable of boosting to 2565MHz, above the reference boost speed of 2430MHz). Thats a sharp value proposition for what is an excellent gaming GPU thats currently ranked top of our list of the best graphics cards no less, and which has been selling well in recent times. If sales are good, and the card is excellent, you might ask: why the price drop? Well, thats all bound up in Nvidias new RTX refreshes and the rejig of the mid-range of Lovelace, as well discuss next. Analysis: Super news for consumers Were guessing that AMD might be whispering in the ears of its partners to lower pricing on key mid-range GPUs such as the 7800 XT due to the mentioned Nvidia launches, and these moves are the first tentative signs of this happening more broadly (indulge our speculation here). Nvidia just brought out the RTX 4070 Super which shot into our best GPU rankings at number two, just behind the 7800 XT, and is now the best Nvidia graphics card out there in our opinion (pound for pound, as it were). Heres the crux of the matter, mind, which is that the RTX 4070 Super released at an MSRP of $599 in the US, which is the same as the vanilla RTX 4070 was pitched at, so Nvidia had to drop the latter to $549. And now its even lower than that, at $535 and $540 for two models on Newegg. So, its this getting near to the MSRP of the 7800 XT which is making AMD (seemingly) want to ensure that its mid-range champ keeps looking like excellent value. Is this the start of some real jostling for position in the mid-range GPU arena? We think it might be, as its certainly possible that the RTX 4070 may sneak down even lower than it is now, so AMDs partners may go a little further still with 7800 XT discounts. Bringing these GPUs down more to the level they shouldve been in the first place, in our books. (We still cant get over having to pay $500, or the equivalent elsewhere, for a mid-range graphics card, and we dont think were alone, but anyway thats another argument entirely). Hopefully with these pricing moves in the US rumbling away, other regions will follow suit, especially if this is the result of nudging from AMD (which we dont know, of course but we can but hope). As a side note, the RX 7700 XT is now at $440 for the cheapest model on Newegg US, so the upgrade to a 7800 XT is currently only a $40 extra outlay, making the lesser sibling look even shakier value than we already noted it was in our review . Are 7700 XT price cuts coming, too, then? You might also like What is a graphics card? Here's everything you need to know These are all the best cheap graphics card deals Need a 1440p graphics card? These are the top options ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/nvidia-rtx-4070-gpu-falls-in-price-but -it-looks-like-amd-is-fighting-back-hard-as-rx-7800-xt-has-dropped-to-dollar48 0 --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .