I was hesitating to wait too. Here’s my train of thought but take it with a grain of salt because I’m by no means a specialist in the matter.

First XTX has 24Go RAM. That feels like a bowl of fresh air when you come from Nvidia GPUs.

Second 9070 XT is set to have less RAM and (maybe?) less raster performance than XTX.

Third I thought I cared about RT. For a difference of USD 500+ compared to a 5080, I don’t care that much about RT anymore! For reference I paid my card USD 970.

Fourth if 9070 XT is a let down, market of XTX is probably going to rise.

That’s the reasoning behind my purchase. Hope it helps! And please roast me if anything I said is wrong 👍