Select Micro Center Stores have
ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Challenger Triple Fan 16GB GDDR6 PCIe 5.0 Graphics Card (VGRX9070XTCL16G) on sale for
$579.99. Select free store pickup where stock permits.
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Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.
Specs: - Boost Core Clock Speed: 2970MHz
- 16GB GDDR6 256-bit Memory
- 7680 x 4320 Maximum Resolution
- PCIe 5.0
- Full Height, Triple Slot
- Ports:
- 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
- 1x HDMI 2.1b
Top Comments
I was just happy to get away from Nvidia and that awful 12pin connector.
Community Reviews
ASRock's RX 9070 XT Challenger comes across as a strong 1440p card with solid build quality and performance that feels close to a 5070 Ti or a meaningful step up from cards like the 3080 and 6800 XT. The price is repeatedly framed as one of the best 9070 XT values, especially versus pricier models, and the card is praised for undervolting well and pairing nicely with FSR 4. The main cautions are limited overclocking headroom, a short one year ASRock warranty, and recurring concern around the 12 pin power connector. A good fit if value and raster performance matter more than chasing big overclocks.
Common Questions (7)
It is a noticeable upgrade from cards like the 6800 XT and 3080, with users describing it as a big difference or a fair improvement. Against a 6950 XT, the gain is often estimated around 10-30%, so the value depends on how much you can recoup by selling the old card.
Yes, the card uses a 12VHPWR/12VHP connector, and it needs to be fully seated with no cable bend or tension at the plug. A 90° or 180° adapter can help with clearance, but some users avoid these cards entirely because of melt/fire concerns.
ASRock's GPU warranty is only 1 year, which is shorter than many competitors. There are also reports of some units failing within 2-3 weeks or showing no video output, so warranty coverage matters more than usual.
At $580, it is one of the cheapest 9070 XT options and is viewed as better value than cards around $700, especially since the overclocking difference is small. It also appears to have held around this price since Black Friday, with some stores offering open-box units even lower.
Dual HDMI setups can be difficult because many cards only offer one HDMI port, and DP-to-HDMI adapters may not work reliably for every display. Some users say dual-HDMI cards can still struggle running both outputs at once, so older cards or specific adapters may be the only practical fix.
It has low overclocking headroom; most 9070 XT cards only gain about 3-5% at best, and that can be lottery-dependent. Undervolting is the more useful tuning path because it can improve efficiency without chasing small OC gains.
Yes, it should handle 1440p very well for rasterized games, with one user saying a 6800 XT already runs anything at 1440p as long as ray tracing is off. The 9070 XT adds more headroom, especially for RT-heavy titles and FSR4 support.
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So, depending on what you care about, it could be worth it if the price difference between the two cards isn't that great.
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On titles that are also on console such as Call of Duty, this thing will outperform the 5070ti as Xbox and PS5 are running AMD stuff, they tend to optimize towards AMD hardware on big AAA console games. So an AMD card runs these titles great and the games look gorgeous.
Still can't believe this old ASRock Killer SLI AM4 MB from 2018 can run a 5800XT, 32GB of DDR4 3600mhz and this RDNA 9070xt - PCIe 3 x 16 is only a small bottleneck for this PCIe 5 card, I watched the videos prior to purchase and after benchmarking, I am nearly running as fast as PCIe 4 and 5 motherboards for performance.
Long live AMD AM4 and cheers to the OP for this great deal!
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I've had it since April and want to try messing around with it.
Amazing.
HDMI 2.1b is 48 Gbps.
HDMI 2.2 on the other hand is superior to both.
UHBR 13.5 (Ultra-High Bit Rate 13.5) is a specific data transmission mode within the DisplayPort 2.0/2.1 standard, offering 13.5 Gigabits per second (Gbps) per lane, which totals 54 Gbps across four lanes.
HDMI 2.1b is 48 Gbps.
HDMI 2.2 on the other hand is superior to both.
HDMI 2.1 has more bandwidth on monitors not using DP2.1a/b spec.
sad thing is, with the way the insane RAM pricing going on, it seems that the OEMs are trying to cut costs every way possible
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