Reader Mail for March Loose Ends
Added 2025-04-10 20:29:03 +0000 UTCTom is about to do a livestream where he will be extensively discussing and leaking RX 9060, 9070 GRE, and 5060 Ti details...but also remember the following developments just happened:
RTX 5090 & 5080 Laptops were Reviewed
Rumors about "Navi 48 Ultimate" Swirled
AMD Sound Wave was Fully Detailed
AMD Zen 6 Medusa, Olympic Ridge, Bumblebee Leaked
Nintendo Switch 2 was Announced, then "Delayed" for the US
US Tariffs bludgeoned the Global Economy
...and so please write in below regarding all of these topics...or whatever else you want! Tom will be doing the livestream early Friday Evening.
https://www.theverge.com/news/645276/razer-blade-gaming-laptops-sales-pause-us-tariffs
Comments
So with Nintendo games now at $90 are we now at a new normal for pricing on all new games or just certain ones?
Intel FanBoy
2025-04-11 12:47:58 +0000 UTCHi Tom. Hopefully this isn't too late to submit a question. For my question, when does it look like supply in the retail chain will reach a point that the RX 9070 is in stock most of the time and at nearly rationalizable prices (minus tariffs and other geopolitical stupidity)? I built a PC in 2022 with a Ryzen 5 7600X and and a RX 6750 XT and promised myself that I would buy a new graphics card when RDNA4 came out. I've been setting aside money since then for that new graphics card. Most of the time, any RX 9070 is still out of stock (or at stock when I'm at work and bought out when I get home). The prices that I can see are always terrible. I could maybe justify swinging $669 for a Sapphire Pulse, but I can't easily bring myself to spend more than $700 for a $550 MSRP graphics card. And, no, I don't live near a Micro Center. The "nearest" Micro Center to me is a state away. Heck, the nearest Best Buy is two hours away.
kwerboom
2025-04-11 08:45:50 +0000 UTC
