AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE review: A cheaper GPU for a wildly expensive era - Engadget

It may be a lesser RX 9070, but it’s still a solid 1440p gaming performer. If you haven't noticed yet, it's a pretty bad time to buy hardware, PCs and anything that needs RAM. You can thank the AI companies for that. AMD has one potential fix for gamers, though: offer older gear. At Computex this year, the company revealed that it'll bring back its popular Ryzen 7 5800X3D chip, and also make the Radeon RX 9070 GRE card available globally after launching in China last year. With a suggested retail price of $549, it's currently more affordable than last year's RX 9070, which launched at the same price but now sells for upwards of $600. After testing the Radeon RX 9070 GRE — which stands for "Golden Rabbit Edition" — I can confirm it performs closely to the RX 9070. These GRE versions are typically lower-specced GPUs that AMD sells in China. 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). But if that price still sounds too steep to you, it may be worth waiting until next year to see how the hardware market fares. There was nothing special about the ASRock RX 9070 GRE I tested — it