(Disclaimer, I realize I’m asking a question that everyone will have their own answer to and my answer is dependent on me and my situation, just curious to hear other’s perspectives.)
I’ve been rocking my GTX 1080 since a few months after launch, and it’s held up incredibly well at 1440p ultra wide. However I’m finally at the point where I have a decent number of games I’m waiting to play until I have hardware that can run it (Oblivion remaster, Borderlands 4 in a couple days, GTA VI in four years when it comes to PC). However I’m stuck on what card to get. The 9070XT would be my immediate choice, if the MSRP was not 600 and the cheapest available cards selling at 720+.
Now if the MSRP was 700 I’d feel more comfortable buying the card at that price, as even at the inflated price it seems to offer the best performance in that price range. However if people have been able to get their hands on it for 100 bucks cheaper by being vigilant and waiting, I can’t really justify the scalp fee.
The 5070 is the only card available to purchase at the 550-600 range, and while I’m not strictly opposed to it, I’d rather an AMD card since I’ve been on Linux mostly these days.
I guess long story short, is holding out for an MSRP 9070XT even viable, or is it pretty much guaranteed not to happen before the next gen comes out in a year or two? And would you pay the extra price for the 9070XT over the 5070?
This is definitely gonna depend on the market you’re in - in Canada, iirc the msrp was $899 and a couple retailers stuck to that for a bit on launch. They went up for a bit after that but now it’s not uncommon to see certain variants at msrp (most often the gigabyte ones ime).
If you’re in the states it’s probably less likely to ever see msrp, unless the orange piece of shit finally dies or stops ripping off consumers with dumbass tariffs.
Like the other person said tho, the msrp for this gen is less relevant cuz amd didn’t make a reference card to actually have to stick to it, so I’d focus more on the price/performance vs a 5070ti for any kind of value assessment (usually way better in both).