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Jan 2, 2026 4:00 PM

Micro Center: ASRock Challenger Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

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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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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

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  • About this deal:
    • This offer is in the vicinity of previous frontpage deals.
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $80 less (12.1% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $659.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • 3 Years Limited Warranty
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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.

Thanks to Community Member N3RD_01 for sharing this deal.

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

Editor's Notes

Written by Nate650 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This offer is in the vicinity of previous frontpage deals.
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $80 less (12.1% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $659.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • 3 Years Limited Warranty
  • Additional notes:

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NathanS4019
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Been using a microcenter openbox Asrock 9070xt steel legend for just over 6 months, no complaints. I was honestly impressed with the build quality.
I was just happy to get away from Nvidia and that awful 12pin connector.
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SociablePickle793
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Always disappointing for me when it's a Microcenter deal, but good for anyone who lives close enough!
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dalto
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IMO, this is a much better deal than a Sapphire Nitro Plus @$700. The overclock isn't that significant.
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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.

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Jan 4, 2026 10:37 AM
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PurpleOctopus364Jan 4, 2026 10:37 AM
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Quote from Aridzona View quoted comment :
Haha, I have had many EVGA cards. I miss them, especially right now. nod
Still have a EVGA 2080 Super XC ultra. Still works. It sits on a shelf now.
Jan 4, 2026 4:49 PM
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danielhulin86Jan 4, 2026 4:49 PM
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Quote from chong67 View quoted comment :
Cards with 2 HDMI is hard to find, I need one for TV, one for projector.The DP to HDMI conversion adapter does not work well.
If you don't need them at the same time you can run a HDMI splitter switch
Jan 4, 2026 4:51 PM
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danielhulin86Jan 4, 2026 4:51 PM
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Quote from Tuan10 View quoted comment :
Going to buy one tomorrow. My plan is the price will increase in the near future raising older cards prices a tad and I can make out selling my current 7900xt for maybe $550, making this a small $50 "upgrade" .
My understanding was 7900xt and 9070xt are similar. That not the case?
Jan 4, 2026 5:07 PM
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daltoJan 4, 2026 5:07 PM
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Quote from danielhulin86 View quoted comment :
My understanding was 7900xt and 9070xt are similar. That not the case?
In raster performance they are pretty close with the 9070XT being slightly faster on average. In RT performance the 9070XT is about 40-50% faster. But the 9070 XT also supports FSR4. I also suspect the 9070 XT will be supported longer unless AMD dumps RDNA soon and switches to a new architecture.


So, depending on what you care about, it could be worth it if the price difference between the two cards isn't that great.
Jan 4, 2026 5:55 PM
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daforcebwithuJan 4, 2026 5:55 PM
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Quote from PurpleOctopus364 View quoted comment :
Still have a EVGA 2080 Super XC ultra. Still works. It sits on a shelf now.
Same with the original box too boot. Evga was awesome.
Jan 4, 2026 6:02 PM
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KaiTheNinjaJan 4, 2026 6:02 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank

This is the cheapest option for 9070XT. I think these may be the last days to see such pricing after the DRAM situation.
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Jan 4, 2026 8:02 PM
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Jan 4, 2026 8:02 PM
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Thanks for posting OP, I made the trip last night and grabbed one of these cards to upgrade an older system from a founders RTX 3070 to this ATI beast. Getting about the same performance as a 5070ti, but saving enough to also get a new power supply, my old Corsair 550 watt was still running good, but I thought with this new card, time to pickup a bigger PSU, so I went with a nice 750 watt Thermaltake they had in store.

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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Jan 4, 2026 8:49 PM
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jinnbaba48Jan 4, 2026 8:49 PM
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Quote from asifgunz View quoted comment :
Fwiw most 9070xt do not OC well. You get diminishing returns because at max you're getting 3-5% increase and even that is lottery.Its actually undervolting that leads to better efficiency. I did a bit of research before getting a steel legend 9070xt myself. Thank God. Its been a big upgrade from the 2080Ti.
What did you do to your steel legend 9070 xt?

I've had it since April and want to try messing around with it.
Jan 4, 2026 9:42 PM
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zzmarshallzz14Jan 4, 2026 9:42 PM
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Quote from Aridzona View quoted comment :

Amazing. worship
I bought the ASRock 9070 and it lasted 2-3 weeks as well before not displaying any video. I don't think I'm buying ASRock again hearing another person had similar experience.
Jan 5, 2026 12:13 AM
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DrGreenthumbJan 5, 2026 12:13 AM
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If you are even close to getting a new GPU in this price range might be the last chance before prices go up. This was a good deal during BF.
Jan 5, 2026 1:32 AM
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PonderJan 5, 2026 1:32 AM
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Quote from SensibleArm6183 View quoted comment :
This is DP2.1a UHBR13.5 spec'd by AMD. HDMI 2.1 has more bandwidth. DP2.1b has full UHBR20, better than both, but only 50 series NV cards support it so far.
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.
Jan 5, 2026 6:33 AM
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SensibleArm6183Jan 5, 2026 6:33 AM
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Quote from Ponder View quoted comment :

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.
Youre right, I was thinking from a monitor POV where most are DSC off a lower DP1.4 30gb/s or so value.

HDMI 2.1 has more bandwidth on monitors not using DP2.1a/b spec.
Jan 5, 2026 3:50 PM
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AridzonaJan 5, 2026 3:50 PM
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Quote from zzmarshallzz14 View quoted comment :
I bought the ASRock 9070 and it lasted 2-3 weeks as well before not displaying any video. I don't think I'm buying ASRock again hearing another person had similar experience.
Same problem with mine. It appears to turn on fine, fans spin and LEDs light up, but no video. No more ASRock for me either.
Jan 5, 2026 4:12 PM
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EltoryJan 5, 2026 4:12 PM
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Quote from zzmarshallzz14 View quoted comment :
I bought the ASRock 9070 and it lasted 2-3 weeks as well before not displaying any video. I don't think I'm buying ASRock again hearing another person had similar experience.
I don't know of any brand that hasn't had some defective units, I had EVGA ones die out in a month, but, they aren't even making cards anymore

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 Frown We need that AI bubble to burst so prices can come back down to normal

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Jan 5, 2026 6:04 PM
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daltoJan 5, 2026 6:04 PM
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I think it is unlikely that ASRock has significantly more defective GPUs than the industry average. What is more important, IMO, is how they handle warranty claims. Do some searching on that if you want to be horrified.

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