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Jacqueline Thomas
IGN
“If AMD’s $549 launch price actually holds this time around, the 9070 GRE is just as much a 1440p all-star as the 7900 GRE before it, even if there isn’t much of a generational performance uplift this time around.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- Best bang for your buck
- 1440p all star performance
- Same price as original
- 136 fps in Call of Duty
- Higher boost speed 2.79GHz
- 12GB GDDR6 memory
Points of Contention
- No reference version
- Fewer compute units and ray tracing accelerators
- Lower benchmark scores in newer titles
Professional Reviews
3 reviews from 3 critics80
Devindra Hardawar
Engadget
“If retailers can actually keep its price close to $549, it's one of the few semi-affordable options for decent 1440p gaming (with a dash of ray tracing).”
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Jeffrey Kampman
Tom's Hardware
“In today's wild graphics market, prices on what we might call 'entry-level enthusiast' cards with large memory capacities have gotten out of whack with the performance levels they deliver.”
