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AMD RX 9070 XT review: the card that reset expectations

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Much-improved ray tracing, FSR 4, 16GB of VRAM, and a $599 price that makes Nvidia’s mid-range look expensive.

Our score: 9 / 10

RDNA 4 fixed the weak spots

AMD’s two long-standing problems were ray-tracing performance and upscaling quality. The RX 9070 XT addresses both: ray tracing is now genuinely competitive, and FSR 4 closes the gap to DLSS enough that it stopped being a reason to avoid Radeon.

The price is the weapon

At $599 with 16GB of VRAM, it undercuts the comparable Nvidia cards while matching or beating them in raster, and it forced Nvidia to respond on pricing.

The good and the bad

What works

Competitive ray tracing at last
FSR 4 is a big step up
16GB VRAM at the price
Strong rasterisation value

What doesn’t

Still behind Nvidia on the heaviest ray-traced workloads
FSR 4 game support still growing
Availability was tight at launch

Who it’s for

Buy it if you want the best 1440p-to-4K value and do not need Nvidia’s CUDA ecosystem.

Skip it if you rely on CUDA for work, or you want the absolute best path-tracing performance.

Alternatives worth a look

RTX 5070 Ti, the Nvidia rival, pricier, better RT and CUDA.
RX 9070, a bit slower, a bit cheaper.

The verdict: The card that made the mid-range a real contest again.

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AMD RX 9070 XT review: the card that reset expectations

RDNA 4 fixed the weak spots

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Who it’s for

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