It's not a failure to compete. It's Nvidia's failure to produce. They released something before they had production under control. You'd think they'd learn by now that demand will be high so they should have product in the pipeline ready to meet that demand. Instead they release a couple...
That just confirms my point. I'm not "camping out" for a GPU. They'll sell out immediately and be vaporware for 2-3 months. Instead of having enough product on the shelves to satisfy demand. Makes no sense.
I don't have hopes if using 6000 and 7000 series launches as a litmus test. They were both "paper" launches and inventory was non-existent for months after launch.
I must the only one that didn't care for either ratpad I owned. The GS wore out and the XT never stayed flat.
Since switching to a glass pad I'll never use anything else.
Then make your dataset work within it's specifications. There's zero reason a gaming card like the 9070XT should have 32GB of VRAM it'll never be able to utilize in gaming, just to drive up the cost so a very small percentage of people can "tinker".
If that's the case you aren't exactly buying gaming cards for that workload. You're buying Radeon Pro's or Nvidia Ava's or H100's for DC's.
Right tool for the job.
Even if they do produce those products unlikely they'd be available in the U.S. as they lost their U.S. manufacturing and distribution. Last I heard the building was abandoned.