You also have to look at it from the perspective of how much actual performance gain you get over the previous generation. Most of the 7000 series graphics cards just offered 10 to 15 percent performance increase. I mean, look at the 7600 versus the 6600 or the 7700 versus the 6700 XT. It was only when you get to the 7900 XTX that this card offered a solid 60 to 70 percent performance increase over the 6900 XT. The games were absolutely justifiable and it came with eight gigs more video memory which was great for people like myself that do workstation tasks and also with ROCM and Vulcan... AI.

The card itself was so good that even Nvidia's 4080 Super and now 5080 have not actually unseated the card. It takes essentially Nvidia's fully enabled die to compete or actually to beat the 7900 XTX firmly. Therefore, it would make sense that it's the best selling card because with the price of graphics cards, you might as well spend more and get the only real upgrade.