AMD’s newly launched Radeon RX 9070 GRE is not hopping off to a good start, according to German retailer Mindfactory. Per 3DCenter (via VideoCardz), consumers are opting to buy last year’s Radeon RX 9070, which features higher specs and costs slightly less. AMD, which has long had brand-loyal customers thanks to its support of Linux and other open-source software features, is getting backlash over the pricing for the Radeon RX 9070 GRE. Meanwhile, the numbers speak for themselves as Mindfactory has reported that it has moved almost zero units of the GRE at launch due to its pricing.
Mindfactory sold nearly (or really) nothing of the Radeon RX 9070 GRE on market start day (June 2). No big surprise, as the pricing is on par with the Radeon RX 9070 (non-XT).https://t.co/vw5k0wwW7k pic.twitter.com/VKOt6oG7Ox
— 3DCenter.org (@3DCenter_org) June 3, 2026
While the MSRP for the Radeon RX 9070 GRE is $549 intial listings for it started at around $10 higher than that, placing it roughly $10-$20 higher than the pre-existing Radeon RX 9070. There is technically nothing wrong with the Radeon 9070 GRE, but the pricing is an issue for a product aimed at the budget-minded sector. According to posts on Reddit, it’s roughly only $50 lesser than the RX 9070XT in Australia, further making it a tough decision for anyone to buy vs a flagship model for a bit more.
However, while it is easy to point fingers at the CPU and GPU manufacturer, there is a giant elephant in the room that most media outlets are forgetting about. Namely, the ongoing DRAM/NAND shortage caused by the growth of AI datacenters. It’s been commonly known that DRAM prices have skyrocketed, and this has affected the PC industry to disastrous effect. It’s quite probable that AMD had to price the Radeon RX 9070 GRE based on the increased costs of memory. Sadly, the GRE still has only 12 GB of VRAM vs 16 GB of the RX 9070. One can only hope that AMD is able to lower the price somehow to make it a more attractive option for gamers looking for a lower-cost graphics card. If not, this is a troubling sign of things to come for the gaming industry.
Discussion (10 replies)
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This release is rather a nothing burger.
Its nice to see something out there but the overall compromises will make this a tough sell.
Lets keep rehashing old shit because new shit has to go to enterprise or we will be sued by investors. Isn't it great being publicly traded?
Must be a EU thing as the 9070 is more expensive here in the US
yup. Igor predicts that 16gb cards will shoot up in price, once current stock gets depleted.
This is all part of the reasoning I got a 5090 now as opposed to waiting.
Of course if I wait even longer to sell my 7900xtx it could appreciate in value... lol.
When I wrote my review, I had the US pricing in mind.
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I know the 9070 GRE GPU isn't "new"
But it is "new" to the US market and other regions, where it was not available, and you just couldn't buy it. In that regard, it is new to this region, and might as well be a new GPU you can buy now. That is how I saw it. /shrug
In addition, it is a much better value for performance vs 5060 Ti 16GB which is in the same current price range, today.
I also think 16GB cards will not go down in price, but up. Further separating it and making the 9070 GRE a better value over time this year.
I agree. I think it's a good value at the $549 MSRP. The OC cards at $580-590 become less of a value. Might as well spend the extra $20-40 for the full blown 9070.
I'd love to see crazy RAM segmentation from ye olde days make a comeback.
AMD should release a 9070xt... But with 8gb of RAM for $299.
Chip is small enough there should barely be any defects. 8gb is fine for 1080p and medium 1440p.
16gb would be there for ultra 1440p and 4k...
LMAO that would be amazing. psolord would stroke out. All that compute with only 8GB is his worst nightmare.
Correct settings™
Or lower internal res but always max textures. Some games the visual difference with texture quality is not a big deal, for many, it is.
I still don't think this card makes sense at MSRP for windows gamers. The whole stack is over priced so no wiggle room. IMO it is the popcorn decoy effect, with it being the medium popcorn. I read it is a dust collector, so most agree with me.
- "As my non-monetized Youtube video clearly shows, 8GB is clearly fine so long as you have 4 9800x3ds glued together to feed the GPU at 720p..."
-Introducing FSR Always On Technology... even when you turn it off... it's ALWAYS ON!
- OK, next idea: then let's get a 9070LE with a full fat N48 core but 16GB of GDDR5 memory instead... Bring back that 4870/4850 segmentation model.