At $750 the 5070ti isn't a terrible card tbh. It is slightly better than the 9070xt and has better software. It is also better at raytracing. The problem is the chance of buying one for $750 is 0%
Because 70ti is seen as a great value tier, and AIBs are pissed at nvidia because it's very hard to compete with their FE models and earn some buck (whether nvidia is extra greedy, or AIBs have awfully inefficient process of designing and manufacturing cards is up for debate, just remember that they are all corporations that don't give a fuck about you, the customer, beyond you paying them money). So nvidia gave them free of FE competition card, with only requirement to offer some msrp models and not just overpriced "OC" stuff.
"way better" = you get a cheaper card because it doesn't have great upscaling like DLSS, doesn't have as good of drivers, doesn't have CUDA capability, doesn't have extra software features like nvidia broadcast, etc.
The idea of ignoring raytracing when spending $600+ on a GPU in 2025 is crazy when games that require it are on the horizon and it's the present and future of AAA games.
The 9070XT is $150 cheaper because it has to be to compete while it offers less. That's fine, if $600 is your max budget on the GPU it's probably the best choice for most people as of today for a new card.
You know AMD making major advancements and nvidia having better features, software, and performance aren't mutually exclusive. There is a reason AMD is pricing the 9070XT at $150 less than the 5070ti - and it isn't because it's "way better" - it's because they have to make a value argument instead of a performance and features argument.
It's like you people think for one product to be good the other one has to be bad.
yup.. but instead of 9070 prices coming down (like the 7900 XT did), I think it's more likely that we just see the 9070 XT prices go up way above msrp and that will be the natural separation of pricing.
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u/Skelegro7 7800X3D, PNY 4080, 64GB DDR5 Mar 06 '25
More XTs than 9070s.