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AMD promises “mainstream” 4K gaming with next-gen GPUs as current-gen GPU sales tank


9070-series Radeon GPUs were announced at CES, with plans to launch in March.

The Steam Hardware Survey, a noisy but broadly useful barometer for GPU market share, shows no RX 7000-series models in the top 50; only two of the GPUs (the 7900 XTX and 7700 XT) are used in enough gaming PCs to be mentioned on the list at all, with the others all getting lumped into the "other" category. The RX 7000 series usually came in a bit cheaper than comparable Nvidia cards, but never by enough to decisively offset Nvidia-exclusive advantages like DLSS upscaling, better power efficiency, and superior performance in games with heavy ray-tracing effects. Andrew is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica, with a focus on consumer tech including computer hardware and in-depth reviews of operating systems like Windows and macOS.

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