One might question why an RX 9070 card would need so much memory, but increased capacity can serve purposes beyond gaming, such as Large Language Model (LLM) support for AI workloads. Additionally, it’s worth noting that RX 9070 cards will use 20 Gbps memory, much slower than the RTX 50 series, which features 28-30 Gbps GDDR7 variants. So, while capacity may increase, bandwidth likely won’t.
I’ve been buying Nvidia cards up until now(my last AMD was the HD 5830), but I’d buy this. I’m not super concerned about power or bandwidth, I just want VRAM.