Nvidia officially launched the GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card yesterday, and it seems that AMD’s current response to this graphics card is to reduce the price of the high-end RX 6000 RDNA 2 graphics cards. A few hours ago, we announced the price reduction of Radeon RX 6950 XT and Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics cards, and now the news Radeon RX 6800 graphics card price drop to $469.99 It has reached us.
RX 6800 graphics card price reduction
The Radeon RX 6800 graphics card is equipped with a weakened version of the Navi 21 flagship processor and has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory. Two years ago, this card was one of the best gaming graphics cards on the market, and the only problem at that time was limited stock. At that time, AMD focused on the RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT graphics cards and neglected the RX 6800 graphics card.
Now in 2023, the graphics card market has calmed down and gamers have more choices available. 12 or 16 GB of memory is no longer unusual for a new generation gaming graphics card, but Intel’s Arc A770 16GB graphics card still holds the title of the cheapest 16GB graphics card on the market. Intel’s flagship graphics card costs only $330!
Recently, on the Newegg store, the price of the 16GB Radeon RX 6800 Gaming OC graphics card from Gigabyte has dropped to $469.99. As we said, in response to the release of the RTX 4070 graphics card, AMD has reduced the price of RDNA 2 flagship cards, and in addition to this graphics card, the price of the RX 6950 XT graphics card has also dropped to $609.99 on the Newegg store.
The beginning of the battle of mid-range graphics cards
On the other hand, the RTX 4070 graphics card supply situation is not bad at all and everything is going smoothly. Of the 19 models listed, nine are reportedly still offered by Nvidia or other retailers at MSRP. Additionally, the more expensive custom graphics cards don’t have much of an advantage over the MSRP models, as Nvidia has limited manual overclocking on the RTX 4070 graphics card altogether.
As it seems, the real battle between mid-range and higher graphics cards has started in 2023. So far, the only weapon that both the green and red teams are allowed to use is price reduction, and AMD currently has no plans to launch a mid-range graphics card from the RX 7000 RDNA 3 series.
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