NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition Video Card Review

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Introduction Today, March 4th, 2025, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition is launching, with the availability of video cards, as well as factory overclocked non-MSRP video cards, on March 5th, 2025. The GeForce RTX 5070 is NVIDIA’s $549 GeForce RTX 50 series GPU based on the Blackwell architecture. The GeForce RTX 5070 is a […]

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umm, trying to be positive about this card, DLSS4 (multi frame-gen)?, umm. :unsure:

Edit: I thought of a positive, it could help promote RX 9070 / B580 sales!
 
Brian_B said:
This is nVidia being worried about the AMD launch
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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 over the FE "MSRP-ish" pricing -- and there weren't too many of either the FE or AIB models, to boot. That's nVidia prioritizing AI (no surprise there) while also proceeding to mess around big with the AIBs. Jensen has long wanted to cut the AIBs right out of the market (he's frequently stated his admiration of Apple's closed ecosystem model, and also see what happened to EVGA, for example), and he already had the good connections (along with considerable amounts of R&D on the FE designs) with OEMs like Foxconn, etc to be halfway there. And now that Jensen has the $$$ with AI (and nVidia is a multi-trillion USD company), he has the raw capital to aggressively move strongly to cut the AIBs right to the core (by being financially able to ignore their complaints, and tie them up in courts as needed, should they sue) ...

IMHO, Jensen himself has probably envisioned the "demise" of the AIB market for nVidia gaming GPUs in 2-3 years (maybe a bit longer for the commercial/AI stuff).
 
I wouldn't mind them 'undercutting AIBs' if I could walk into Best Buy / Microcenter and get whichever FE model I budgeted for.

But that ain't the case.
 
LazyGamer said:
I wouldn't mind them 'undercutting AIBs' if I could walk into Best Buy / Microcenter and get whichever FE model I budgeted for.

But that ain't the case.
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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 (virtual monopoly, as expected).

With that in mind, we can expect theoretical "RTX 8060s" (relabeled 8050s?) to hit the $500-700 USD range ...

Side note: I really hope I don't end up getting the mediocre 5070 as my GPU upgrade in the days/weeks to come (there's a Microcenter near me, so I'm planning to be there a few hours early this Thursday for a shot at 9070 XT or 9070) -- I just sold my RX 6700 XT, which has been showing its age as of the past year or so ...
 
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