The iBuypower Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming PC Is the Best Gaming PC You Can Get for $1,500

iBuypower Slate AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming PC (32GB/1TB)

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The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is still one of the best gaming CPUs

The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has an established reputation of being one of the best gaming CPUs available. It’s a slightly older model that has been replaced by the newer Ryzen 9 98000X3D, but it is still one of the best gaming CPUs you can get today. According to Passmark, the 7800X3D’s gaming performance surpasses that of the latest generation Intel Core Ultra 7 265K. The 7800X3D is also more efficient than the 9800X3D, which means it will consume less power and produce less heat (and thus less noise because your fans don’t need to spin as fast).

The Radeon RX 9070 XT can run most games in 4K at 60fps or higher

We rated the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT a “perfect” 10/10. Even though it costs $150 less than the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, the 9070 XT beats it out in several of the games we tested. In a few benchmarks, the results aren’t even close. The 9070 XT is also comparable in performance to the older $1,000 RX 7900 XTX but with better ray tracing and upscaling performance than its predecessor. It does lose out on VRAM (16GB vs 24GB), but that isn’t really an issue for gaming. By “4K ready” I mean that this gaming PC can run pretty much any game at 4K resolution and at framerates of 60fps or higher. Any video card that’s weaker and you’ll have to compromise in order to get playable framerates.

Hardware Unboxed Benched the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Graphics Card During the Battlefield 6 Open Beta

For those of you looking to upgrade your rig for Battlefield 6, which comes out Friday, Hardware Unboxed tested out a few different Radeon RX 9070 XT configurations in-game. At 4K and with the maximum “Ultra” preset, the RX 9070 XT rig maintained an average of 70-85fps with a 1% low of 67fps. This was tested with both lower-end AMD Ryzen 5 and higher-end AMD Ryzen 7 X3D processors and the performance difference was minimal, especially at higher resolutions (1440p and 4K) where games are typically less CPU limited. What’s also impressive is that the GeForce RTX 5080 equipped PC only averaged about 8%-12% better, even though that GPU would cost you $1,000 or more.

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