Lucky gamer scores a rare ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce Radeon 9070 XT

That's not a typo. Some rare GPUs with both GeForce and Radeon branding are making their way into gamers' hands. This looks to be limited to ASUS's TUF Gaming models, as both TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9000 Series and GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs now share identical shrouds and cooling.

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As seen in our reviews of the ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition and ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition graphic cards, the only thing visually separating the two is the 'AMD Radeon' and 'GeForce RTX' branding. With that, it looks like a production issue or assembly mix-up is causing Radeon and GeForce RTX-branded TUF Gaming components to be put on the wrong GPUs.

Over on Reddit, user Blood-Wolfe posted a picture of their brand-new ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, stating they would exchange it. The latest case occurred four days ago, with Reddit user Fantastic-Ad8410 posting images of their rare ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce Radeon RX 9070 XT.

The feedback on this one differed slightly in that the user considered keeping it as "an absolute meme of a card." The comments on both posts are what you'd expect: several people finding it funny, and the sort of thing you should hold onto as it could be worth something someday. As of writing, we're unsure if ASUS is aware of this issue; however, if these GPUs are being returned, odds are that the reason would end up on the desk of an ASUS employee somewhere.

Personally, if I got my hands on a GPU with both Radeon and GeForce branding, I'd probably hold onto it as a showpiece, because there's no way there would ever be a desktop PC gaming graphics card with both Radeon and GeForce hardware underneath the hood.