Two months after launch, the Radeon RX 9070 XT is still nowhere near its advertised $600 price. With global supply stabilizing, it's time to examine the real...

Article is a bit old but still relevant and how gamers are being screwed.

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AMD and Intel both need to be launching FEs and pushing the price down and making these board partners look bad.

They do.

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-B580-Limited-Graphics-Card/dp/B0DPM9923G

Looks like the 9070 might not have a reference design card, but previous gens you used to be able to buy a reference design directly from AMD.

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Recent reference cards for AMD were actually built by Sapphire from what I was told.

So the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT was their reference card basically. And it acts like that, a very solid card.

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Sapphire has been building/designing their reference cards for a long ass time.

AMD’s website has a picture of what I assume is the reference 9070 and sapphires pulse looks pretty different.

I wish they’d bring back the reference cards. They look so much better than the aftermarket ones, even if the coolers are usually some of the worst.

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