A curious case of manufacturing error has surfaced involving ASUS ‘s TUF Gaming graphics card series, highlighting an unusual crossover of branding between AMD and NVIDIA models. A Reddit user recently discovered a Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card outfitted with a cooler bearing GeForce RTX markings—an odd sight given the clear separation between the two GPU brands.
The incident was first reported by Reddit user Fantastic-Ad8410, who had returned a faulty ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Edition to Micro Center due to persistent display artifacts. Expecting a standard replacement, he was surprised to find that the card he received carried mixed branding. While the backplate correctly identified the card as an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, the fan shroud featured the “GeForce RTX 5070 Ti” logo, indicating a mismatch in cooler components.
Both the Radeon RX 9070 XT and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti are based on similar cooling designs and share comparable thermal profiles—304 W and 300 W TDP, respectively. ASUS appears to have used an identical dual-fan heatsink for both products. This likely contributed to the ease with which the wrong shroud was installed during assembly, as the mounting points and physical dimensions align closely.
This is not the first instance of such a mix-up. Roughly a month earlier, another Reddit user, Blood-Wolfe, reported the inverse situation: an ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC Edition card that came with Radeon branding on the top panel. While these occurrences remain rare, they seem to stem from overlapping production processes where small errors can result in the installation of mismatched cooler components.
Despite the cosmetic confusion, the GPU itself functions according to AMD specifications. The silicon, PCB, and VRAM are all legitimate Radeon RX 9070 XT components, and performance benchmarks fall in line with expected metrics. The card performs as intended in games and workloads, meaning the incident is limited to external aesthetics rather than hardware performance.
ASUS has not publicly commented on these occurrences. The mix-up has sparked discussions online about manufacturing quality control, with some users suggesting it could indicate a broader issue in assembly oversight. Others see it as a collector’s item—a rare example of two rival brands accidentally combined into a single product.
Whether the owner chooses to keep the misbranded card or return it again remains unknown. For now, it stands as an unusual byproduct of a fast-paced production environment where even the smallest oversight can result in a unique piece of hardware history.
