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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Zhiye Liu

This scent-dispensing RX 9070 XT assures at least one GPU launch this year doesn't stink

Yeston Sakura Radeon RX 9070 XT.

AMD's latest Radeon RX 9070 series is among the best graphics cards gamers can purchase. Thanks to Yeston, they may also be among the best-smelling graphics cards around, as the company has integrated fragrance dispensers in Team Red's RDNA 4 offerings.

Computer hardware manufacturers have long been adding RGB lighting to every component they can think of. That trend isn’t going away anytime soon, but a few companies seem to have locked on to another trend: scented hardware. We've already encountered laptops, mice, and even thermal pastes that emit pleasant scents. It makes some sense in the first two cases, since you tend to work for long hours on your laptop, or your hands become sweaty after a while. However, fragrance-infused thermal paste feels more like a gimmick.

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