It’s pretty rough out there for graphics card deals. I’ve seen some awful things trying to track down any Prime Day deals, including an RTX 5060 Ti for near-enough the MSRP of an RTX 5070 Ti. It’s nearly double the price of the 8 GB model, which is still $100 over MSRP.
That’s all nothing new but still utterly depressing. The memory crisis has done a number on graphics cards, especially Nvidia ones. So, I suppose I should be a little thankful for this XFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GRE over at Best Buy.
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It’s not a deal, per se, but it’s not nothing. It’s still holding out at $550, which is exactly the price it launched at not too long ago.
Now, we have admittedly seen it for less in recent weeks. A couple of different GRE models, one from Asus and one from Gigabyte, were down to $500. Though these have shot up since. They’re both above the card’s usual asking price today, as are all others I’ve seen.
It’s a decent graphics card, though. It comes with 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, which should tide over any PC gamer for a while in the latest games. At least until this whole AI build-out nonsense is over and done with and GPUs are back at sensible prices.
We reviewed the Acer Nitro RX 9070 GRE earlier in the year. It scored reasonably well then for its solid performance compared to the RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5070. It’s often beaten by the higher-tier Nvidia card, but not by loads, and that GPU costs silly money now.
Upscaled gaming performance
Black Myth Wukong (1440p High + Upscaling (quality))Cyberpunk 2077 (1440p RT Ultra + upscaling (quality))F1 24 (1440p Ultra high +upscaling (Quality), 2x FG)Homeworld 3 (1440p Epic + upscaling (quality))The Talos Principle 2 (1440p Ultra +upscaling (quality), 2x FG)
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
95
82
RX 9070 | 16 GB
111
96
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
107
81
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
86
72
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
78
69
Black Myth Wukong (1440p High + Upscaling (quality)) Data
Product
Value
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
95 Avg FPS, 82 1% Low FPS
RX 9070 | 16 GB
111 Avg FPS, 96 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
107 Avg FPS, 81 1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
86 Avg FPS, 72 1% Low FPS
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
78 Avg FPS, 69 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
130
78
RX 9070 | 16 GB
149
102
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
122
97
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
96
79
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
102
73
Cyberpunk 2077 (1440p RT Ultra + upscaling (quality)) Data
Product
Value
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
130 Avg FPS, 78 1% Low FPS
RX 9070 | 16 GB
149 Avg FPS, 102 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
122 Avg FPS, 97 1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
96 Avg FPS, 79 1% Low FPS
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
102 Avg FPS, 73 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
249
122
RX 9070 | 16 GB
261
114
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
176
113
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
136
89
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
190
113
F1 24 (1440p Ultra high +upscaling (Quality), 2x FG) Data
Product
Value
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
249 Avg FPS, 122 1% Low FPS
RX 9070 | 16 GB
261 Avg FPS, 114 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
176 Avg FPS, 113 1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
136 Avg FPS, 89 1% Low FPS
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
190 Avg FPS, 113 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
115
63
RX 9070 | 16 GB
123
64
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
127
63
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
118
63
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
110
62
Homeworld 3 (1440p Epic + upscaling (quality)) Data
Product
Value
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
115 Avg FPS, 63 1% Low FPS
RX 9070 | 16 GB
123 Avg FPS, 64 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
127 Avg FPS, 63 1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
118 Avg FPS, 63 1% Low FPS
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
110 Avg FPS, 62 1% Low FPS
Avg FPS
1% Low FPS
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
164
60
RX 9070 | 16 GB
197
90
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
144
65
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
115
41
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
135
59
The Talos Principle 2 (1440p Ultra +upscaling (quality), 2x FG) Data
Product
Value
RX 9070 GRE | 12 GB
164 Avg FPS, 60 1% Low FPS
RX 9070 | 16 GB
197 Avg FPS, 90 1% Low FPS
RTX 5070 | 12 GB
144 Avg FPS, 65 1% Low FPS
RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB
115 Avg FPS, 41 1% Low FPS
RX 9060 XT | 16 GB
135 Avg FPS, 59 1% Low FPS
There are a couple of instances where, when using upscaling, the RX 9070 GRE takes a healthy lead in terms of frame rates over the RTX 5070.
It should be roundly beaten by the RX 9070, which has the same MSRP in theory. Though that card now costs $700. So, yeah, maybe not.
Alas, the RX 9070 GRE is still the best we’ve got. Though it’s going up in price right now, which is the exact opposite trend that we were hoping for from this Prime Day. Maybe Black Friday will finally see another reduction for this final bastion of reasonable priced graphics performance?
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