Sure, so here’s the thing. Went to this tech event — not really my scene, but they had coffee (not bad, actually) — and stumbled upon ASRock’s new little gems. Or beasts. Whatever you wanna call ’em.
Gotta talk about the RX 9070 XT Taichi White — okay, ASRock’s already doing a white model with their Steel Legend thing, but now they’re going all out with this Taichi cooling magic. I mean, it’s hitting like 3.1 GHz. Yeah, you read that right. Wild, right? This wasn’t just another graphic card; it kinda felt like a space machine. Or maybe I’m exaggerating. Who knows.
Anyway — no, wait a sec — what was crazy about this? Ah, the fans! Triple-slot, triple-fan setup. They’re like 100mm each with this funky Striped Ring vibe. And LEDs? Yup, all over. You control this light show with some Polychrome Sync sorcery.
And speaking of which, ever seen an LCD info window on a graphics card? Yeah, me neither, until now.
So then, drifting along the setup — ’cause that’s what you do at these things — I spotted their Radeon AI PRO R9700 Creator. This thing’s got 32 GB. Can you imagine? My old laptop would probably cry just being in the same room. It’s got this vapor chamber heatsink too, like it’s a mini fridge or something. Uses a Honeywell cooling thingamajig. Sounds like it could launch a rocket.
Meanwhile, the good ol’ Radeon RX 9060 XT customs — those was fun to see. There’s a triple-fan "Steel Legend OC" and the "Challenger OC" with just two fans. Minimalist? Maybe. These guys were saying they clock up to 3290 MHz. And hey, price-wise, they’re hovering around the $299/$349 mark. Pretty casual for all this hype, honestly.
So, yeah. ASRock’s really bringing it. Tech worlds collide — or something. I’ll probably never run these beasts, but a guy can dream by staring at the LED bling, right?