AMD Radeon RX 9000 reviews put the RTX 5070 to rest — "Nothing short of the graphics card everyone's been asking for."

AMD's RX 9000 GPU review embargo has been lifted, and the positive impressions are plentiful. Here's what you need to know before the March 6 launch.

March 5, 2025 · 1 min · 55 words · Levi Brown

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Let’s start with the RX 9070 XT before getting into RX 9070 impressions (with some overlap).

The RX 9070 XT isn’t perfect.

Sapphire Pulse RX 9070 XT

The Sapphire Pulse is but one of the RX 9070 XT versions launching on March 6.

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