AMD is looking to capture the mid-range GPU market for itself, and with the release of the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070, it seems to be back stronger than ever – ready to dominate a market that is otherwise very much Nvidia-only territory.
Indeed, AMD’s resurgence in the GPU space is much appreciated, and the high-end RX 9070 XT trades blows with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, at a much lower asking price. Despite a few initial disadvantages, AMD still manages to crush Nvidia in most tests, nearly completely overshadowing the RTX 5070.
AMD’s RX 9070 XT Beats The RTX 5070 To A Pulp In All Aspects Except Frame Generation
Clocking in at around $600, both the RX 9070 XT and RTX 5070 offer a great deal of performance, and are suited for 1440p gaming – with the occasional nudge toward 4K gaming as well.
While both cards share completely different architectures (and thereby cannot be compared at face value alone), a series of tests by XDA has seemingly confirmed AMD’s claims of total dominance over Nvidia.
As seen in a suite of tests, AMD’s RX 9070 XT etches out ahead over the competition, delivering higher frame rates without the use of smoke and mirrors, that is, frame generation and upscaling. AMD simply possesses more computational horsepower, and is thereby an easy pick for most.
However, things do change when we take into account additions such as frame generation and DLSS, which give the RTX 5070 an unfair advantage here. While DLSS is acceptable, frame generation is not, as it is in no way a true replacement for actual, rendered frames.
Furthermore, frame generation brings with it artifacting and latency, which is quite undesirable.
Interestingly, AMD manages to trump Nvidia in terms of ray tracing performance this time around – something which wasn’t the usual norm a generation back. The RX 9070 XT absolutely demolishes its competition this time around, especially at higher resolutions (such as 4K) which is undoubtedly thanks to its meaty 16 GB VRAM pool.
Based on these tests alone, the RX 9070 XT remains an easy recommendation thanks to its excellent price to performance ratio, assuming one can get their hands on the card in the first place.
Even the RTX 4070 Holds Better Value, With One Perk The RTX 5070 Lacks
Things are looking grim for Nvidia, especially if we take into account the last-gen RTX 4000 series, which is still readily available. So much so that these cards are much easier to find when compared to even the RX 9070 series, which is sold out currently.
The RTX 4070 in particular (as well as the RTX 4070 Ti) still hold amazing value and offer more than adequate performance for all gaming-related tasks. Furthermore, these cards are modestly priced currently, and bring with them some surprising legacy features.
For the uninitiated, 32-bit PhysX support was dropped starting with the RTX 5000 series. This means that no RTX 5000 GPU can make use of hardware-accelerated PhysX, which was a core component of many last-gen titles such as the Batman Arkham series.
This results in comically low frame rates for these cards (when Physx is enabled). As such, the RTX 4070 holds a surprising advantage over the RTX 5070 in this very regard, and is still a better pick.
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