AMD's new Radeon GPUs launch March 6, starting $549

AMD has announced its new Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070XT graphics cards, set to launch on March 6th. The RX 9070 will start at $549, while the RX 9070XT will be priced at $599, making them more affordable than previous models. The RX 9070XT is claimed to be 42% faster than the discontinued 7900GRE and slightly slower than the flagship 7900XTX. Both cards feature 16GB of VRAM and improvements in video encoding and ray-tracing capabilities. AMD's pricing strategy has raised concerns, as the RX 9070 is only $50 less than the more powerful RX 9070XT. This mirrors past pricing issues with AMD's previous GPU releases.