The Asus RX 9070 XT TUF Gaming has allegedly been unboxed, suggesting ready stock at retailers

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(Image credit: Artline via Videocardz)

The confusion regarding RDNA 4 deepens, as a retailer in Ukraine has apparently showcased the RX 9070 XT, possibly weeks ahead of launch if we go by AMD's statement (via Videocardz). In a now-deleted Instagram reel, Artline unboxed the Asus Radeon RX 9070 XT TUF Gaming, hinting that the GPU is likely in stock at retailers.

RDNA 4 has been shrouded in mystery since AMD's cryptic announcement at CES. AMD said that the RX 9000 series would arrive later this quarter, yet AIBs were readily showcasing their models at the event. We later confirmed that AMD didn't have enough time to detail the ins and outs of RDNA 4. Overseas retailers have the RX 9070 family slated for January 23, so an official reveal could be on the cards on Thursday, or earlier.

The GPU we're looking at is the Asus Radeon RX 9070 XT TUF Gaming. The design isn't anything new, as Asus formally unveiled this model at CES. Still, the GPU is rather bulky with a triple-fan configuration and will likely require three slots in your case. At the bottom-left of the packaging, you can see that the GPU is said to feature 16GB of memory, aligning with previous leaks. Asus confirmed that the TUF Gaming variant will feature a phase-change thermal pad to improve cooling. Additionally, it will offer dual BIOS switches, allowing users to toggle between different performance modes.

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(Image credit: Artline via Videocardz)

Per leaked specifications, both the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 non-XT are expected to ship with 16GB of memory and PCIe 5.0 support. The RX 9070 XT in particular is tipped to offer 4,096 SPs (Stream Processors) or 64 CUs (Compute Units) and 20 Gbps memory across a 256-bit interface for 640 GB/s of bandwidth. With boost clocks reaching almost 3 GHz, another leak suggests raster performance near the RTX 4080 Super.

While RDNA 4 is shaping up to be quite performant, affordability will be the key to its success. AMD's ambitions for this generation are to increase market share so expect the RX 9070 XT to cost in the $500 territory. With the increasing frequency of leaks surrounding RDNA 4, it should only be a matter of time before AMD unveils further details officially.

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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.

9 Comments Comment from the forums
  • cknobman
    Anything over $500 will be a failure.
    Really needs to be $450 or less to be "good"
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  • oofdragon
    cknobman said:
    Anything over $500 will be a failure.
    Really needs to be $450 or less to be "good"
    This is a GPU that matches a $1000 RTX 4080, would you care to explain how is it going to be a failure? People are clearly unrealistic in what they expect. This is a GPU at the same level of the RTX 5070 Ti with finally DLSS level of quality FSR, AMD has no real reason to ask less than $700 for it other than customer expectations. If it is prices anywhere less than $700 it's already going to be a good thing, at $500 it would be a steal and best card to show up in last 3 gens. Imagine what will happen to the price of used 7900 lineup if this one hits at $500, and even more to the 7800 XT
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  • cknobman
    oofdragon said:
    This is a GPU that matches a $1000 RTX 4080, would you care to explain how is it going to be a failure? People are clearly unrealistic in what they expect. This is a GPU at the same level of the RTX 5070 Ti with finally DLSS level of quality FSR, AMD has no real reason to ask less than $700 for it other than customer expectations. If it is prices anywhere less than $700 it's already going to be a good thing, at $500 it would be a steal and best card to show up in last 3 gens. Imagine what will happen to the price of used 7900 lineup if this one hits at $500, and even more to the 7800 XT
    What is AMDs current market share?
    How has AMDs strategy of pricing their cards close to, or just a hair cheaper than, Nvidia counterparts worked out for them?

    For AMD to be successful they need disruptive pricing.
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  • Amdlova
    At 500us is the danger price of the 5070 and nvidia can price the 5070 a little lower
    12GB make the 5070 the best choice for 2560x1440 resolution...
    And i can't wait for the fake frames...
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  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    AMD's ambitions for this generation are to increase market share so expect the RX 9070 XT to cost in the $500 territory.

    I've seen $599.99 for a 9070 XT price, so it'd be more fair to say $600 territory since we know the different OEM editions of the card will have price premiums that bring it well above $600 as is typical.
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  • Mama Changa
    oofdragon said:
    This is a GPU that matches a $1000 RTX 4080, would you care to explain how is it going to be a failure? People are clearly unrealistic in what they expect. This is a GPU at the same level of the RTX 5070 Ti with finally DLSS level of quality FSR, AMD has no real reason to ask less than $700 for it other than customer expectations. If it is prices anywhere less than $700 it's already going to be a good thing, at $500 it would be a steal and best card to show up in last 3 gens. Imagine what will happen to the price of used 7900 lineup if this one hits at $500, and even more to the 7800 XT
    Wow, please show me the link to the reviews. Oh wait what, this is all fanatsy that you hope is true, not fact at this stage.

    If 9070XT does indeed hit these levels of performance in raster and RT, has much stronger AI chops than RDNA3 I'll be first in line even at $550. But they other guy is right, AMD cannot compete at anywhere near the same price point. Nvidiots wouldn't care less if 9070XT matches 4080 for $600, they won't buy it because they can get 5070 for less, even if its worse. Because they'll then claim AMD drivers sucks, or FSR4 is inferior to DLSS4 or doesn't have neural rendering or mulit-frame etc etc. There'll always be an excuse not to buy AMD as they are seen as inferior. So AMD can only sell at a much lower price like it or not.
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  • Amdlova
    Don't call the Nvidia fanboys of Nvdiot's The chance of pairing a nvidia Hardware with a mediatek cpu in few months It's way higher than get a AMD product and see the steam moving to ARM :)

    x86 right now almost dead if intel can't push anymore...

    in age of empires 2 AMD will only get the taunt number 8

    Steam at ARM can brace ANDROID Users / MAC users / (future) Nvidia users...
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  • TesseractOrion
    Eh? 😂
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  • beyondlogic
    Alvar Miles Udell said:
    I've seen $599.99 for a 9070 XT price, so it'd be more fair to say $600 territory since we know the different OEM editions of the card will have price premiums that bring it well above $600 as is typical.

    price predication 500 usd to 550 usd. i can see some vendors pricing close to 600 at launch especially if supply is low.

    7800xt vs 9070 xt would be a fair comparison
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