The Graphics Card Market Heats Up Again: Nvidia RTX5070 Release Delayed, AMD May Have Countermeasures

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Published inAI News · 4 min read · Feb 14, 2025

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The graphics card market is about to enter a new round of intense competition. Nvidia has high hopes for its upcoming RTX 5070 graphics card, claiming its performance can rival that of the RTX 4090, with a price tag of only $549. However, whether this claim holds true remains to be seen in the market.

Nvidia initially planned to release the RTX 5070 in February, but according to the latest information revealed on its product page today, the release date has been postponed to March 5. Nevertheless, Nvidia still plans to launch the RTX 5070 Ti, priced at $749, on February 20, one week before AMD's scheduled event.

Currently, AMD has announced a streaming event on February 28, expected to showcase the Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT graphics cards. AMD has previously stated that its product strategy does not directly compete with Nvidia's top-tier graphics cards, but rather focuses more on cost-effectiveness. It is speculated that the target performance level of the AMD Radeon 9070 series graphics cards may be comparable to Nvidia's 4070 Ti and 4070 Super.

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However, as a giant with a quarterly net profit of up to $20 billion, Nvidia has strong power in price wars. If deemed necessary, Nvidia is fully capable of adjusting its pricing strategy to respond to AMD's challenges. The postponement of the RTX 5070 release may also provide Nvidia with more strategic adjustment space.

Meanwhile, there are rumors that AMD may be developing a more powerful graphics card than the already released RX 9070 and 9070 XT, which will feature an enormous 32GB of video memory. Although AMD's gaming marketing head Frank Azor denied that the 9070 XT would come with 32GB of memory, he did not directly respond to rumors about a higher-end graphics card.

How the competition between Nvidia and AMD will evolve, as well as the actual performance of their new products, will become the focus of the industry in the coming weeks. This graphics card battle will ultimately be decided by the market and consumers.

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