AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT: Ready to Challenge NVIDIA RTX 4080 in Next-Gen GPU Battle

Is a shake-up coming in the world of graphics cards? Whispers suggest AMD is ready to give NVIDIA a massive headache in the next generation. Word on the grapevine indicates AMD is aiming for the Radeon RX 9070 XT to not only compete with NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4080 but outperform it in important areas like rasterization. Leaked Performance Targets: Ambitious AMD Rumors from MLID suggest AMD is not merely seeking parity. The firm allegedly has the RX 9070 XT positioned to clear the RTX 4080 by around 3% in raw performance. The somewhat weaker RX 9070 is said to reach for around 85% of the RTX 4080's. This would still position it above the RTX 4070 Ti. What makes this interesting is the context. The first launches of the RTX 50 series, such as the RTX 5090 and the RTX 5080, have not been revolutionary jumps. Performance has not been as great from generation to generation as many hoped. This leaves an avenue for AMD to make quite the splash in the mid-to-high-end segment of the market…