Not a bad price given the circumstances for this card. Note that this is the revised version of the disastrous original TUF RX 5700 XT model that had a pathetic cooling system. ASUS has greatly improved the thermal design and cooling for this EVO model.
In-depth look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpW1gku2Kc4
Must pay with Afterpay to get price in title.
I think the general consensus is the Asrock version isn't too great based on the last post and comments
I'd say Sapphire Pulse/PowerColor Red Dragon/Gigabyte Gaming OC < ASUS TUF GAMING X3 EVO < XFX THICC III/PowerColor Red Devil/Sapphire Nitro+ based on fan speeds, power draw and temps from Hardware Unboxed's videos.
Do you guys think the price will drop much when new cards arrive later this year?
No, based on the supply chains information from China, Nvidia high end graphic cards from 2070 to 2080ti are no longer producing and go clearance until new 30 series card released, but I’d say shortage rather than clearance which means the price is highly likely go up not down, at least stay at current level.
RTX 2070 Super is not quite dead yet.. It is a matter of time until it's discontinued, but there is still supply of 2070S in the short term.
Nvidia thinks there is a second wave of Cryptomining coming soon, they sent a warning to AIB's last month which is kind of bad news for gamers. Though that said I would take that rumour with a pinch of salt. But it sounds likely that there is a resurgance of bitcoin the pandemic continues to level the economy and people start investing in crypto as an alternative.
i've got the gigabyte 5700xt gaming oc which fits in a corsair 250d case and doesn't go over 70c under load - why is this asus one so big??
Because ASUS are shit at making efficient cooling solutions for AMD so they just brute forced it. The tiny dual slot PowerColor Red Dragon is incredibly close to it lmao.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ASRock-AMD-Radeon-RX-5700-XT-PHA…
This 5700 xt is AU $597.08 with the code.