AMD’s newest GPUs could mean realistic pricing for once

It seemed like AMD and Nvidia were living in a fantasy world. They'd throw out prices like $329 or $479 for a midrange graphics card, knowing you'd actually pay hundreds more by the time pandemic middlemen had their cut. But today, AMD seems to be waking up.

With the recently announced $1,099 AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, $549 Radeon 6750 XT, and $399 Radeon 6650 XT, the company is finally pricing its graphics cards based on the market instead of creating a fake MSRP. When you combine that with the fact AMD graphics cards have nearly come back down to sane prices in general, it means there's a chance in hell you might actually be able to buy these new ones for the price that AMD is quoting.

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