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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!