Unless a node is particularly bad, most chips shouldn't need more than two bins. That may not seem like a lot, but if you have three separate dies, that's 6 different products. AIBs can do OC models with faster VRAM to fill in any gaps.
only 1 model (and a half) at a very attractive price and package covering most uses
this is the pattern of the future, less models/choice but making more sense
I haven't seen any AIB use faster ram than reference on a card since the 1080ti FTW3 Elite 8 years ago.Unless a node is particularly bad, most chips shouldn't need more than two bins. That may not seem like a lot, but if you have three separate dies, that's 6 different products. AIBs can do OC models with faster VRAM to fill in any gaps.
I haven't seen any AIB use faster ram than reference on a card since the 1080ti FTW3 Elite 8 years ago.
I am. (Hopefully)Is it worth upgrading from a 3070 to the 907XT?
Yeah, good luck with that. At least the first of the major Canadian retailers (Canada Computers) dropped their stock just after midnight. No MSRP models available online, with a couple units available per physical store. Most models are in the US$740-850 range.If you plan to buy, then act immediately. Do not delay
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Fairly good stock at $730 and up. Check your local store if you live near one.
I checked a few other stores in NY and they had multiple in stock. I wouldn't drive any longer than about an hour to pick one up. At least MC has them in stock and lists the isle where it's located.-If I was MC I'd say I had exactly 1 MSRP card in stock and then when people show up say "whups... turns out we can't actually find it *in the back* but we do have these $750 cards..."
And people will buy them, esp if they drove for hours.
Back in the day when I worked in Microcenter's BYOPC department I saw this... coincidentally happen... a few times when super popular new CPUs launched and everyone wanted to buy the CPU/MOBO combo...
100/100 times it was staff deliberately hiding a model they wanted to buy at the end of their shift/when the blackout period was up.
I was willing to spend $650 on a 9070XT. Looking at pcpartpicker (no 9070 prices), Blackwell has quite a way to drop before I'd even thin about that. The 5070Ti is around $1200 - even the 4070Ti Super is higher at $1300.I admit it will be sort of humorous if people would rather just quit PC gaming until Blackwell is back in stock than actually buy for real on the shelves AMD GPUs that are competitive and fairly priced.
Sort of underlines the whole reason AMD just bailed out of the high end.
AMD will never have a 24 GB version of this new generation, correct? If so buh bye AMD forever I need the RAM.
Not unless they have 3GB GDDR7. But they could do 32GB. Going from 16GB to the next step up costs $1400 (or more) for new GPUs so they could find a niche there if they are quick.AMD will never have a 24 GB version of this new generation, correct? If so buh bye AMD forever I need the RAM.