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[BigAl01]

I was hoping to wait for the new RX 9000 series of GPUs coming out in March 2025,  but you-know-who has started a tariff war and I don't wish to pay a tax premium that's sure to be levied on components coming from China.  So I just ordered a Sapphire RX 7900 XT for $649 USD on Amazon, the same GPU I had purchased back in July 2023 for a much higher price.  I need this to replace an RX 590 Fatboy that's temporarily in my 'Through the Looking Glass' build; I had taken it's RX 7900 XTX out for my new build 'Green with Envy' earlier this week.  I know, it's complicated. 

You guys should act quickly if you wish to avoid being caught up in the tariff war.  It won't be a good time, trust me.

This is an excellent GPU. I have several RX 7900 XT's now.

[Vynski]

I had to replace the old RX 480 last summer and was considering the 6950 series.  However I weighed the benefits of RDNA3 to RDNA2 and got the 7600 instead.  

If RDNA4 benefits are equivalent to the RDNA3 it will be a huge step in performance.

I'm not a big gamer, but just in my GPU performance testing the 7600 absolutely blew the 5700XT to pieces.  The 5700XT is running on a Ryzen 9 3900X and the 7600 is running on a Ryzen 5 5600.

[BigAl01]

You are doing well with those GPUs.  I needed to 'up my game' with all these LAN parties I've been having!

[BigAl01]

I would like to add that I ordered this card on 02 February 2025 at the price of $649.  Now it is two days later (04 February 2025) and the price is $761.  That's around a 17% increase in price, likely due to the tariffs. 

[cpurpe91]

I have the same model 7900 XTX. It is fantastic.

[BigAl01]

How about this?  Today the Sapphire 7900 XT is back to $649 again!  What's going on Amazon?  My order still hasn't shipped, but it's not due until 14-19 February 2025.

[eebiii]

Don't you think it's time @BigAl01?

EK-Quantum Vector² EVO for NITRO+/Pulse RX 7900 XT/XTX D-RGB - Ni + Plexi

[BigAl01]

Time to sip the Kool-Aid?  I'm just not ready to jump into custom water cooling.  I do like the AIOs though. 

[ajlueke]

I like the water block EK did for reference 7900 XTX boards.

Thankfully, my PC was upgraded to AM5 with a 7950X3D and an RTX 4090 the last round.  The level of performance uplift in the current generation has been pretty anemic, so I feel like I'll just be sitting this upgrade cycle out entirely. 

[eebiii]

It is my favorite block by far vs any GPU block I have ever used. It's like an ice-cold blanket around the 7900xtx. I have never reached 60C and I have tried. It's in my son's computer now and after long hard gaming sessions and all the other crap he leaves running while gaming it won't get over 52C and 52C was only once. I love it!

[Bmacek01]

I don't really need to replace my RX 6900XT this year, but I was hoping to upgrade to a RX 9070XT and sell the 6900 to pay half or so.  I guess we'll see what happens to new and used prices.

[mengelag]

MicroCenter has most of their AMD GPUs on sale right now. At least $50 off for most of 7000 and smaller discounts on the 6000 series.

[BigAl01]

At our nearby Microcenter, they don't have any of the 7900 XT or XTX GPUs in stock.  

[eebiii]

Same at our local Microcenter. Only 7800xt available.

[cpurpe91]

I should look at my local Microcenter.

[ajlueke]

It does look like @BigAl01 isn't the only one with this idea though.  Stock of most GPUs appears really low right now.  My local Microcenter is basically picked clean.