AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, Radeon RX 5700 Officially Launched in India, Priced to Compete With Nvidia GeForce RTX Super

AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards based on the new RDNA architecture have gone on sale all over the world including in India, as previously announced. However, both models have received price cuts compared to what AMD announced earlier, and the company has directly stated that this is in response to Nvidia’s GeForce RTX Super series GPU lineup which was unveiled less than a week ago. 

The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is now officially priced at Rs. 30,990 (plus 18 percent tax, which comes to approximately Rs. 36,570), while the Radeon RX 5700 will cost Rs. 26,990 (approximately Rs. 31,850 including tax) in India. The original prices were Rs. 34,990 and Rs. 29,990 (excluding tax) respectively.

AMD has not launched the higher priced Radeon RX 5700 XT Anniversary Edition in India. The two GPUs will be positioned below the existing Radeon VII. AMD has also launched its Ryzen 3000 series desktop CPUs and APUs today, symbolically on 7/7 (the 7th of July) as their 7nm manufacturing processes are headlining features. 

This drop reflects a $50 price cut across the line internationally. Initial reviews of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX Super series and AMD’s own projections of its brand new GPUs had indicated that AMD would just about be able to compete with Nvidia’s mid-range offerings, while the flagship GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti were unchallenged.

In a statement, the company said: “AMD is focused on providing gamers with amazing experiences and access to the very best gaming technology at attractive price points. As you have seen, competition is heating up in the GPU market. We embrace competition, which drives innovation to the benefit of gamers. In that spirit, we are updating the pricing of our new Radeon RX 5700 Series graphics cards (available on July 7)”

The new Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 are based on the company’s new RDNA graphics architecture, codenamed ‘Navi’, and use a new 7nm manufacturing process to raise performance while…