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noxtwo2
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  #3353948 14-Mar-2025 14:27
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I had a Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT on order at pbtech that was supposed to ship at the end of April but I just got an email that it's shipped now so that's a pleasant surprise. AMD did say there was more stock going out but I didn't think that would reach us.


 
 
 
 

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  #3355806 20-Mar-2025 23:36
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It looks like this has been a massively successful launch for AMD. Various reports are suggesting that AMD has outsold Nvidias 50 series in 2 weeks and have sold over 200,000 units.

 

It's all rumours but I think it's safe to say there is real competition this generation which can only be a good thing.


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  #3355819 21-Mar-2025 08:09
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is it just me or is every AMD GPU box design just cringe.

 

the anime futuristic cyborg is on every one of them.




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  #3355954 21-Mar-2025 12:02
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There's just one box with the anime character on it (the Pure(or Puke))? The Yeston one isn't even sold here.


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  #3356091 21-Mar-2025 17:31
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Batman:

 

is it just me or is every AMD GPU box design just cringe.

 

the anime futuristic cyborg is on every one of them.

 

 

AMD 9070XT

 

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/search/filter/components/graphics-cards?sf=9070+xt

 

NVIDIA 5070 Ti

 

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/search/filter/components?sf=5070+ti&search_type=prediction

 

Looking at the box images they look as "cringe" as each other, remember will all have biases. 

 

The difference appears to be at a company level, MSI and ASUS designs are more appealing to me. 
However saying that, cringe box design is nowhere on my list when buying the product. 
It is the spec sheet and the warranty period that I care about. 


CrushKill

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  #3357044 24-Mar-2025 20:56
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The box art is the companies choice, not AMD I suppose.


 

On a side note, the back and forth between this scalper and TM members is pretty funny lol.

 

 

 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/computers/components/video-cards/pci-express/listing/5223688964

 

 

 

At the price he wants, you would just get 5070ti. Madness.

 

 

 

Oh, and nvidia has plenty of cringe to go around: https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1jijp51/1000_weeb_tax_uwu/

 

 

 

But again, not the chip manufacturer's choice.


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