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Just for fun, I checked up Newegg's inventory on this specific card: out of stock ;) Other RX 9060 XT 16GB are easily available both there and at Micro Center, though. As a fun note, I just read TechPowerUp's review on the top-tier Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX 9060 XT, and it's amusing to see that for...

Oh, I hear you (I grew up in the Apple ][+ days of monochrome greenscreen, just so you know where I'm coming from) -- but a ton has changed in GPU-land since the pandemic! I took these two comments below from a Microcenter subreddit thread: Comment 1 How many people do you think there were...

Blame big-box stores like Best Buy for not wanting to sell cards in person. I know, I know, BB hates the idea of having halfway decent employees actually help their customers, or doing actually fun or interesting events (they have long chased away their best employees in search of short-term...

Lined up earlier today @ my local MC at 6am (I was #8 on line) and got the Powercolor Reaper RX 9070 XT @ the MSRP of $599 (I used a MC store credit that I had to drive the price down to $499 (including taxes). Was out of the store by 9:20am (and got home around 10:30am). The line really started...

AI priority, of course (nVidia shareholders would revolt if Jensen dedicated TSMC GPU inventory to the VASTLY less money-making gaming market), but once nVidia chases the AIBs into bankruptcy (of their GPU divisions, a la EVGA), Jensen will provide more inventory, but at increased prices, too...

Update: my (aging) case can only support up to 11.4" (289mm) in length, so that limits me to one option from the RX 9070 XT list, five options from the RX 9070 list, and (worst comes to worst, but not too likely) a whopping 17 (theoretical) options from the (gasp) RTX 5070 list. I'll swallow my...

It's also a way for nVidia to screw over their AIBs by dumping the burden of selling a "not too hot" card onto them (and having them shoulder the costs -- and projected losses). It's noteworthy that the "desired" custom AIB cards of the 5070Ti/5080/5090 class all came with very hefty premiums...

Pretty good prices: if I can find a halfway decent 9070 XT late next week @ MSRP in MicroCenter, I'll go for it. It'll be a very nice upgrade over my (aging) RX 6700XT ...

It's NVIDIA: they're all-in on AI (in terms of their revenue stream), these "Super" releases are just to keep AMD roughly "at bay", and given their market dominance, they are likely to continue doing just that (let's see what Intel has cooked up w/Battlemage late this year) -- although it seems...

Priced about $50-$100 too high (vs AMD's RX 6800 XT, which offers better raster at a lower price point), but at least it's quite compact, with good power efficiency, good temps & 12GB of VRAM, which is "ok" in this day & age (not to mention other NVIDIA tech like DLSS 3). Edit: it's of note...

Thanks for the article -- what I'm curious to see is when more of the "improved" IPS panels hit the market, like the 'Agile Splendor' IPS monitor here or the "IPS Black" panel monitors slowly hitting the market like this one here. The only annoying thing about my LG OLED TV (used as a monitor)...

My incoming Lenovo Legion Slim 7 Gen 7, AMD Advantage Edition, (due to delays, not gonna get it until a few days after tree-hugging day) hit the markers I was looking for: Good Relative Compactness/Low Weight Good Looks (at my age, being seen with a blatantly "gaming laptop" w/disco lights...

@Brent_Justice Your data in the review got a brief mention here on the TPU forums, where SAM was asked by a forum member to Wizzard (posts #65 & #66).

@Brent_Justice, will you be reviewing the custom AIB editions of the 7900 XT/XTX in the near future? From what I've seen from some of the other review sites, the amount of OC potential left in them (via 3 8-pin, instead of 2 8-pin) can be quite substantial, especially on the top-end customs...

I've been using an external DAC/AMP in the SMSL M500 since early in the pandemic (summer 2020 -- decided it was about time), paired with an Audeze LCD-GX as my headphone & an AKG Lyra as my mic. I do use my Creative SXFI Gamer headset (which has a USB sound card built-in) occasionally, simply...