The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT surprised me in the best way possible — reaching higher frame rates in some games than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, while also being up to $150 cheaper at the same time.
In raw rasterization, this is (mostly) a slick GPU that can run all your favorite titles at buttery smooth frame rates with all the fidelity options turned up to max. Ray tracing has definitely improved, but it hasn’t matched the same levels as Team Green — not that this is a complete dealbreaker as all your favorite AAA titles still look amazing with baked in lights, shadows and reflections.
