— Nvidia’s 5000 series GPUs are around 20% faster than their corresponding 4000 series counterparts (4060, 4060 Ti, 4090, 4080, 4070 Ti, 4070). Supply is almost non-existent at the moment so value for money considerations are not possible. Over the last five years, aggressive marketing through platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and forums—combined with subpar products—has crippled the credibility of AMD’s Radeon brand. Meanwhile, Intel has yet to release a truly competitive discrete GPU, though the B580 is getting close. As a result, once again, Nvidia only have themselves to compete with so it might take longer than usual for the 5000 series models to come into stock. Gamers that own a 3060 or better GPU need not rush to upgrade as dropping settings to medium/high rarely detracts much from real-world gameplay. Rather than overpaying scalpers for scarce stock, it’s worth waiting for prices to drop to MSRP. Users looking for the best price/performance should wait for the $300 USD 8GB 5060 cards, anticipated to “launch” in May 2025. Lately, influencers have been fixated on VRAM—mainly because it's one of the few specs their sponsors can actually compete on. However, 8GB of VRAM is still more than enough for most gamers, who are normally best off playing at 1080p either way. Although AMD’s influencers universally trashed the 4060, gamers quickly made it a global bestseller—a sign that even first time buyers are wising up to the scammers.

— Nvidia’s 5000 series GPUs are around 20% faster than their corresponding 4000 series counterparts (4060, 4060 Ti, 4090, 4080, 4070 Ti, 4070). Supply is almost non-existent at the moment so value for money considerations are not possible. Over the last five years, aggressive marketing through platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and forums—combined with subpar products—has crippled the credibility of AMD’s Radeon brand. Meanwhile, Intel has yet to release a truly competitive discrete GPU, though the B580 is getting close. As a result, once again, Nvidia only have themselves to compete with so it might take longer than usual for the 5000 series models to come into stock. Gamers that own a 3060 or better GPU need not rush to upgrade as dropping settings to medium/high rarely detracts much from real-world gameplay. Rather than overpaying scalpers for scarce stock, it’s worth waiting for prices to drop to MSRP. Users looking for the best price/performance should wait for the $300 USD 8GB 5060 cards, anticipated to “launch” in May 2025. Lately, influencers have been fixated on VRAM—mainly because it's one of the few specs their sponsors can actually compete on. However, 8GB of VRAM is still more than enough for most gamers, who are normally best off playing at 1080p either way. Although AMD’s influencers universally trashed the 4060, gamers quickly made it a global bestseller—a sign that even first time buyers are wising up to the scammers.

— Nvidia’s 5000 series GPUs are around 20% faster than their corresponding 4000 series counterparts (4060, 4060 Ti, 4090, 4080, 4070 Ti, 4070). Supply is almost non-existent at the moment so value for money considerations are not possible. Over the last five years, aggressive marketing through platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and forums—combined with subpar products—has crippled the credibility of AMD’s Radeon brand. Meanwhile, Intel has yet to release a truly competitive discrete GPU, though the B580 is getting close. As a result, once again, Nvidia only have themselves to compete with so it might take longer than usual for the 5000 series models to come into stock. Gamers that own a 3060 or better GPU need not rush to upgrade as dropping settings to medium/high rarely detracts much from real-world gameplay. Rather than overpaying scalpers for scarce stock, it’s worth waiting for prices to drop to MSRP. Users looking for the best price/performance should wait for the $300 USD 8GB 5060 cards, anticipated to “launch” in May 2025. Lately, influencers have been fixated on VRAM—mainly because it's one of the few specs their sponsors can actually compete on. However, 8GB of VRAM is still more than enough for most gamers, who are normally best off playing at 1080p either way. Although AMD’s influencers universally trashed the 4060, gamers quickly made it a global bestseller—a sign that even first time buyers are wising up to the scammers.

— Nvidia’s 5000 series GPUs are around 20% faster than their corresponding 4000 series counterparts (4060, 4060 Ti, 4090, 4080, 4070 Ti, 4070). Supply is almost non-existent at the moment so value for money considerations are not possible. Over the last five years, aggressive marketing through platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and forums—combined with subpar products—has crippled the credibility of AMD’s Radeon brand. Meanwhile, Intel has yet to release a truly competitive discrete GPU, though the B580 is getting close. As a result, once again, Nvidia only have themselves to compete with so it might take longer than usual for the 5000 series models to come into stock. Gamers that own a 3060 or better GPU need not rush to upgrade as dropping settings to medium/high rarely detracts much from real-world gameplay. Rather than overpaying scalpers for scarce stock, it’s worth waiting for prices to drop to MSRP. Users looking for the best price/performance should wait for the $300 USD 8GB 5060 cards, anticipated to “launch” in May 2025. Lately, influencers have been fixated on VRAM—mainly because it's one of the few specs their sponsors can actually compete on. However, 8GB of VRAM is still more than enough for most gamers, who are normally best off playing at 1080p either way. Although AMD’s influencers universally trashed the 4060, gamers quickly made it a global bestseller—a sign that even first time buyers are wising up to the scammers.

— Nvidia’s 5000 series GPUs are around 20% faster than their corresponding 4000 series counterparts (4060, 4060 Ti, 4090, 4080, 4070 Ti, 4070). Supply is almost non-existent at the moment so value for money considerations are not possible. Over the last five years, aggressive marketing through platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and forums—combined with subpar products—has crippled the credibility of AMD’s Radeon brand. Meanwhile, Intel has yet to release a truly competitive discrete GPU, though the B580 is getting close. As a result, once again, Nvidia only have themselves to compete with so it might take longer than usual for the 5000 series models to come into stock. Gamers that own a 3060 or better GPU need not rush to upgrade as dropping settings to medium/high rarely detracts much from real-world gameplay. Rather than overpaying scalpers for scarce stock, it’s worth waiting for prices to drop to MSRP. Users looking for the best price/performance should wait for the $300 USD 8GB 5060 cards, anticipated to “launch” in May 2025. Lately, influencers have been fixated on VRAM—mainly because it's one of the few specs their sponsors can actually compete on. However, 8GB of VRAM is still more than enough for most gamers, who are normally best off playing at 1080p either way. Although AMD’s influencers universally trashed the 4060, gamers quickly made it a global bestseller—a sign that even first time buyers are wising up to the scammers.

— Nvidia’s 5000 series GPUs are around 20% faster than their corresponding 4000 series counterparts (4060, 4060 Ti, 4090, 4080, 4070 Ti, 4070). Supply is almost non-existent at the moment so value for money considerations are not possible. Over the last five years, aggressive marketing through platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and forums—combined with subpar products—has crippled the credibility of AMD’s Radeon brand. Meanwhile, Intel has yet to release a truly competitive discrete GPU, though the B580 is getting close. As a result, once again, Nvidia only have themselves to compete with so it might take longer than usual for the 5000 series models to come into stock. Gamers that own a 3060 or better GPU need not rush to upgrade as dropping settings to medium/high rarely detracts much from real-world gameplay. Rather than overpaying scalpers for scarce stock, it’s worth waiting for prices to drop to MSRP. Users looking for the best price/performance should wait for the $300 USD 8GB 5060 cards, anticipated to “launch” in May 2025. Lately, influencers have been fixated on VRAM—mainly because it's one of the few specs their sponsors can actually compete on. However, 8GB of VRAM is still more than enough for most gamers, who are normally best off playing at 1080p either way. Although AMD’s influencers universally trashed the 4060, gamers quickly made it a global bestseller—a sign that even first time buyers are wising up to the scammers.

— If you are considering an AMD 9000 series GPU because you have been influenced by Reddit, Twitter or a wealthy tech YouTuber, it’s worth understanding AMD’s track record. While their GPUs are often great at beating cherry-picked benchmarks, they normally fall short in real-world gaming performance. Every year, an army of influencers target first-time buyers declaring AMD a godsend for PC gamers. Every year a small percentage of users get duped. Since almost all PC gamers use Steam, the February 2025 Steam statistics are relevant: AMD’s combined market share for discrete 5000/6000/7000 series GPUs is 3%. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s 4060 alone has 9% market share. This reality starkly contrasts with influencer hype. The reason is simple: influencers rarely play games and gamers rarely buy AMD GPUs. Experienced gamers know all too well that high average fps are worthless when they are accompanied with stutters, random crashes, black screens, excessive noise and a limited feature set. It’s notable that AMD’s GPUs have not historically had these problems in consoles because, unlike PCs, consoles operate in a closed environment which is less dependent on robust drivers. Using influencers for hardware performance data is less effective than using foxes to babysit chickens.

— If you are considering an AMD 9000 series GPU because you have been influenced by Reddit, Twitter or a wealthy tech YouTuber, it’s worth understanding AMD’s track record. While their GPUs are often great at beating cherry-picked benchmarks, they normally fall short in real-world gaming performance. Every year, an army of influencers target first-time buyers declaring AMD a godsend for PC gamers. Every year a small percentage of users get duped. Since almost all PC gamers use Steam, the February 2025 Steam statistics are relevant: AMD’s combined market share for discrete 5000/6000/7000 series GPUs is 3%. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s 4060 alone has 9% market share. This reality starkly contrasts with influencer hype. The reason is simple: influencers rarely play games and gamers rarely buy AMD GPUs. Experienced gamers know all too well that high average fps are worthless when they are accompanied with stutters, random crashes, black screens, excessive noise and a limited feature set. It’s notable that AMD’s GPUs have not historically had these problems in consoles because, unlike PCs, consoles operate in a closed environment which is less dependent on robust drivers. Using influencers for hardware performance data is less effective than using foxes to babysit chickens.

— AMD’s new 7900 series GPUs received a lot of pre-launch hype. There were claims of 50-70% performance improvements over the previous flagship. Our benchmarks show that the 7900-XTX leads the 6950-XT by around 30%. AMD overhype their product launches because it is effective at getting first-time buyers to pay over MRSP. After an initial burst in sales, prices often drop rapidly, as with the 6900 XT and the recently launched Zen 4 7950X, which are now both 30% cheaper. AMD’s domination of social media platforms has historically resulted in millions of users purchasing sub standard products, those users will be very hard, if not impossible for AMD to win back. If this trend continues, semiconductors may become a secondary business line for AMD, who appear more focused on developing “Advanced Marketing” relationships with select youtubers and media outlets. Based on the volume of social media/press coverage, you would never guess that the combined market share for all of AMD’s Radeon 5000 and 6000 GPUs amongst PC gamers is just 2.12% (Steam stats). Be wary of sponsored reviews (golden samples+cherry picked games) that showcase the wins and gloss over the losses whilst conveniently ignoring frame drops. Despite steady price cuts, an increasing number of seasoned gamers simply have no interest in buying AMD products. They know from bitter experience that headline average fps are worthless when they are accompanied with stutters, random crashes, excessive noise and a limited feature set. Most gamers, who are better off playing at 1080p, will do well to wait for Nvidia’s upcoming 4060/4070 series cards (est. early 2023). Even brand fans that wish to be in AMD’s “2%” club, will find better deals after the launch hype settles. Shoppers should avoid AMD’s reference design as many users are reporting thermal issues.