Subj : Theres never been a better time to buy AMDs flagship graphics car To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Tue Oct 29 2024 17:00:06 Theres never been a better time to buy AMDs flagship graphics card as prices plummet ahead of inevitable Nvidia RTX 5000 reveal Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:51:16 +0000 Description: Nvidia may be leading the GPU market, but dont let that distract you from AMDs RX 7900 XTX, which is currently enjoying a major price drop. FULL STORY ====================================================================== XFXs Speedster MERC 310 model of the AMD RX 7900 XTX GPU is falling in price across multiple retailer sites in the UK and US, amidst rumors of Nvidias imminent RTX 5000 series reveal . Its available for $879.99 (was $929.99) on Newegg in the US and 789.99 (was 899.99) on eBuyer in the UK - as an added bonus, the Newegg deal has a game bundle containing Unknown 9: Awakening and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 . While the discounts are much better for PC gamers in the UK for now, we could see more price drops in the near future with AMD ditching high-end GPUs - not to mention the fact that Black Friday is now on the horizon. This isnt the first time that AMDs top-of-the-line GPUs price has dropped significantly in price, as we saw it fall below $850 for the first time ever earlier this year . This stands in direct opposition to Nvidias competing flagship GPU (the RTX 4090 ), which has seen much smaller discounts since its 2022 release - based on Nvidias current success, I expect this to continue with the RTX 5000 series GPUs, after the inevitable wave of post-release scalping. It might be time to give AMDs GPU a chance While its clear that Nvidias RTX 4080 Super and 4090 are more popular options, Id say you shouldnt scoff at the RX 7900 XTX. Perhaps, the most appealing aspect of Nvidias GPUs is DLSS, which when compared to AMDs FSR has somewhat weaker image quality when utilizing its upscaling modes. I dont think this alone should be a reason to totally ignore the RX 7900 XTX, especially since it sits alongside the 4080 Super in gaming performance across a plethora of titles (even outperforming it in some). The major downside is its ray-tracing performance, which struggles to provide consistent frame rates at higher resolutions - conversely, Nvidias GPUs have nailed this, at least within the RTX 4000 series. Fortunately, it provides high-level performance outside of ray-traced games, with consistent frame rates over 100fps at 4K when using FSR with Fluid Motion Frames (AMDs software for generating and inserting additional frames, which has its own rival in Nvidias DLSS Frame Generation). Even with Nvidias RTX 5000 series reveal no doubt coming sometime in the near future, theres a high chance that prices for both of the brands current high-end GPUs will remain unchanged for now - at least, until Black Friday. If you arent too bothered by poor ray-tracing performance and can deal with the weaker performance of FSR in comparison to DLSS, the RX 7900 XTX is certainly worth a shot. You might also like... Nvidia RTX 5080 for laptops spotted and it could be a powerhouse GPU that wipes the floor with the RTX 4080 mobile The best gaming PC in 2024: top prebuilt gaming PCs for serious gaming God of War Ragnarok at 8K makes me question the point of the PS5 Pro and RTX 5090 ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/theres-never-been-a-better-time-to-buy -amds-flagship-graphics-card-as-prices-plummet-ahead-of-inevitable-nvidia-rtx- 5000-reveal --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .