Mr. Fox

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1420640/Boundary_Benchmark/

Anyone from China reading this, please contact me by PM about purchasing my Gigabyte 4090 for $5000 USD. I will include the waterblock for free.

I think the Reaper looks very good. I find it more aesthetically appealing than the other PowerColor models. It is PowerColor's version of the XFX Swift. The boost clock on both of them is lower and power limits are 36W less than some of the alternatives and I don't know if cross-flashing is going to work for AMD. (It has been difficult or impossible to cross-flash or mod AMD GPU firmware.) The software tools that I had to use on the 6900 XT to extract everything it had to offer was annoying and terribly clunky and inconvenient. Radeon 9070 XT GPU Brands and Specs

He is right. People are watching his videos, but not listening and acting. Having nothing to hide isn't a valid reason to let everyone spy on and steal from you. It is stupefying to think people are still buying iPhones and using the latest versions of OSX and Windows. The human race is digging its own grave with a smile on its face. The video is longer than average sheeple attention span, but it is worth the watch.

I have never heard of this lady before, but she has a very nice voice. Very smooth and seemingly effortless for her.

Those of us that wanted (or bought and had orders cancelled) may have dodged a bullet. Imagine paying $1200 for a $600 GPU and discovering that it sucks at overclocking. You get wallet effed and effed on a castrated part that is not satisfying to own. I do not like Red Devil GPUs. They are too tacky-looking to me, like the ASRock cards. I would only want something like one of the XFX Mercury and other models that are more nondescript aesthetically, like the ASUS Prime. Wow. Something new and it looks pretty crazy. Up to 384GB of VRAM that is upgradable.

The whole thing is just stupid. There is and was no reason for NVIDIA to deploy this garbage connector. To see two AMD AIB partners using it on Radeon cards merely reinforces that the people making decisions are inept and incompetent and shouldn't even be allowed to decide what to eat for dinner. Their inability to make sound decisions places us all at risk. This is an extremely bad time for anyone needing to build a new system or replace any parts that have failed outside of warranty. I feel very blessed to not have any compelling need to do anything and with my surplus I don't have to manage anything except for my illogical passionate for computer parts. I think I am going to start trying harder to not care anymore. A better hobby might be growing personal wealth instead of squandering it on poorly engineered overpriced computer trash. I can feel the apathy starting to build. It's not to the level of contempt and apathy I hold for turdbooks, but I could probably get it to that level without a lot of effort.

NVIDIA and AMD need to start building everything in the US. Our industries are falling in line and going according to plan. Would LOVE to see that happen to the China manufacturer scum.

That brings back some good memories from a time when laptops were actually worth buying. Nice job. Where did you get an MXM 3080 that fit the GPU heat sink? Any trouble cooling it? You're doing the thing the industry decided cost them too much money in the long run and colluded to prevent. How dare you upgrade such an old laptop? You are stealing from the losers that want to sell you a new turdbook every couple of years.

I am still trying to buy one, but not for more than $600. The ASUS Prime 9070 XT OC is in stock at both Chicago area Microcenters for $599.99 and I have messaged a couple of friends in that area to see if they can grab one for me. If I cannot buy one for about $600 then I won't own one. I totally agree. The only way this is going to get fixed is for PC components to be very seldom ever purchased for more than MSRP and products start rotting on store shelves and warehouse pallets and only being sold at a loss as EOL products that fewer people want. This is worse with GPUs than anything else, but it happens with quite a few other things to a slightly less egregious degree.

That is very similar to 3090 Ti in that benchmark.

Looks like the scam I thought I was seeing is actually what is happening. If this is not illegal it sure as heck should be. Companies that do this need to be bankrupted. They don't deserve to survive.

It's hard to say. It seems like having our respect does not matter to them. Maybe they care about self-respect. I think that the only thing they give a damn about is money. They obviously didn't care enough about anything else seeing how they released 50 series video cards with manufacturing defects. It is so special when you get raped financially and get a broken piece of crap in return for that. Jensen would probably kill his own mama for a few bucks.

If they do not fall then 5070 Ti will be the better option. It's a better product by most measurements at the same price. The 9070 XT is only the better option when it is available for at least $100+ cheaper. In terms of performance it falls short of being equal and it cannot compete based on features.

Yes she is beautiful and very talented.

I really like it. Very awesome, unlike anything current. It was made during a time before gamers and overclockers started being viewed (and treated) as though all of us are trash-gobbling idiots that are too stupid to know when we are getting screwed over by the component manufacturers. I think we could bet our paychecks that it would be a half-assed piece of garbage if it was a newly released product.

Amazon and eBay are like the new gangster's paradise. It's not a new problem, but it is always sad and painful to see such idiotic prices, and even more painful to know there are imbeciles that actually pony up for absurd prices. Just look at this ridiculous poop-for-brains nonsense.

Thanks brother. There was no doubt in my mind that I could count on you for that. I knew you'd be happy to do it for me and I almost called you. At the time they had several models of 9070 XT in stock that interested me based on the higher power limit and boost clock that were priced around $600. Rather than acting on impulse I just waited a bit and decided I didn't need to spend that money on a GPU downgrade, especially since I've never owned an AMD GPU that I actually liked much. Basically I had logic kick in and I got cold feet LoL. I went back a few hours later out of curiosity and everything good was sold out and the only thing left were the models that had less to offer at a higher price. But they hadn't jacked up the prices to take advantage of customers like their skanky competitors had already done. Their inventory was the only source that had not increased prices to grossly unrealistic values within a couple hours.

Too early to know. Maybe, but not unless I see strong evidence that they overclock the core higher, not voltage-capped to protect the cache and have a stronger memory controller. The X3D part is of no value to me, but better silicon quality would be.

In the grand scheme of things it doesn't affect me in the slightest in the short-term. I mean, I have two 4090s, a 3090 Ti FTW3 and sitting on a shelf I have a Strix 1080 and a tired old Titan. The real problem, for all of us, is the precedent that is being set will haunt us well into the future. What is in motion now is bad for the world today and the world tomorrow and everyone will ultimately end up suffering because of what is being tolerated today. What makes me bummed out more at a human level are a couple of things. Recent GPU launches have shown us how extraordinarily stupid a larger than expected segment of our respective gaming and overclocking hobbies are. It is deflating and demoralizing to see that such a huge deficit of common sense exists in what I once thought to be a society of the smartest people around. It has highlighted how incredibly messed up, evil and dishonest the companies are that we give our money to. What is happening today with the 9070 XT is straight out of what we would have called the "NVIDIA playbook" and a repeat of the idiocy we saw from the Green Goblin less than 90 days ago. We are surrounded and outnumbered by stupid people that are willing to spend any amount of money indiscriminately to posses whatever they want, even when doing so has no logical answer or rationale to support it. I wasn't excited about RX 9070 XT as a product because it is inferior to the GPUs I already own and use daily. What I was optimistic about was the prospect that AMD was telling the truth about GPU stock available and already in-store waiting to purchase, with "plenty of 9070 XTs to go around" for everyone that wants one, and a price point that actually realistically resembles its performance level. I was pleased that the 9950X wasn't another regrettable "second chance" example of poor judgment on my part. (I have always wanted them to be successful, but they never did anything well enough in my eyes before.) Given the 9950X was acceptable to me, I was eager to give AMD another chance to show me that they actually can do things right. I fully expected it would be the first AMD GPU that I did not hate. But, the availability lies and unrealistic pricing is putting them in the same class of untrustworthy clowns that NVIDIA has earned its way into. As much as I want AMD to be rewarded for doing something right, there is no way I am going to pay $800 for a mediocre mid-range consumer GPU.

The Microcenter in Tustin had 3 ASUS Prime 9070 XT OC for $599.99 this morning and I almost reached out to @johnksss to see if he would be able to grab one for me. I'd buy them all day long for $600. That's a fantastic deal, but it's approaching the edge. I decided to not ask him to when I paused to consider CA sales tax being higher than normal and shipping would have to be added, so that would take it from being a pretty decent purchase to being a poor value prospect. I think the value of this GPU is lost above about $700. This was built with the intent of it being a reasonably-priced average gamer GPU. It is not a flagship product. It's not an enthusiast or high end product no matter how you look at it, and should not be priced as if it were. I was satisfied with the 3060 Ti just for gaming. It was good enough. That is the category this product falls into... good enough, reasonable price. Being good enough is entirely predicated on the price remaining below the $700 to $800 range including tax and shipping. Otherwise, it is not good enough and not worth buying.

Before they vaporized the prices changed, went from $599.99 to $800 within about 5 minutes of launch and then there were no more. I purchased an XFX Mercury OC on NewEgg for $719 direct from NewEgg and completed the checkout, got a confirmation email. About 5 minutes later an email arrived notifying me it was cancelled due to no stock. I went back to the product page and it said 8 in stock for about $825 and I tried to add that to my cart and it said no longer available, so the scalping is being facilitated at the retailer level. The same thing basicaly happened on Amazon. Loaded my cart several times with several diferent models and when attempting to complete the checkout process they were "out of stock" but going back to the product page it was still there at a higher price. So, they can stuff it. It's a fair (not great) value for $600 or $700 for a better SKU, but beyond that the value becomes as poor as a 5070 Ti and the purchase is pointless. All of these PC part scalpers need to be rounded up, shot in the head and their carcasses left for buzzards to eat.

They are all in the hands of scalpers and posted on eBay for double or more their retail value now. So, the only people that will own them are of the same caliber of idiocy as the NVIDIOT fanboys that are willing to get screwed. Microcenter has them, but that does most people no good since their market areas/reach are so limited.