Due to Taiwanese producer PowerColor, we now have our first glimpse at what the next-gen AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT would possibly seem like. These teased photographs of the long run flagship card from AMD come simply days earlier than we anticipate to listen to an official announcement from the chip maker on the CES 2025 commerce present, with this notably fiendish card anticipated to hitch PowerColor’s red-themed Crimson Satan GPU sequence.
This new flagship RDNA 4 graphics card from AMD will probably be its greatest try to interrupt by means of the dominance that Nvidia has held over the GPU market since producing the most effective graphics playing cards of current years. There’s potential to be excited, too, with current rumors suggesting that it would supply ray tracing efficiency that matches the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080, regardless of hypothesis earlier this 12 months that AMD was abandoning high-end Radeon GPUs fully.
The potential first glimpse on the RX 9070 XT got here through a submit on X (previously Twitter) by PowerColor. In a cryptic submit, the GPU maker shared a tease of its new graphics card with a take a look at the GPU’s backplate design. In response to a report by wcctech.com, their evaluation means that this specific backplate doesn’t match as much as current RX 7900 GPUs and is as a substitute from an unreleased card.
The primary picture doesn’t give an excessive amount of away, nevertheless it does present what appears to be like to be a metallic backplate with PowerColor’s Crimson Satan emblem prominently displayed. One other X submit, nevertheless, confirmed off a a lot clearer take a look at the brand new card, with three followers and a outstanding pink LED-lit, crystal-like construction on the top of the cardboard.
Whereas there’s admittedly nothing particular linking these photographs to the RX 9070 XT in PowerColor’s posts, one other X person prompt in response to this picture that the “9000 sequence [is] wanting good” and, in response, PowerColor teasingly replied “9000 sequence eh?” with an emoji.
As for when this card would possibly turn out to be obtainable, RX 9000 launch hypothesis from earlier this week suggests the timescale for these flagship GPUs hitting store cabinets will probably be round February. This may solely be for the flagship AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, although, with decrease vary playing cards arriving in March, in response to leaked info.
What we do know is that PowerColor’s Crimson Satan branding has, to date, been used for mildly overclocked variations of AMD GPUs, however there’ll probably be no details about specs till AMD declares the GPU itself.
A method or one other, AMD is anticipated to launch this new card subsequent week on the CES 2025 commerce present, which is after we’ll get our first official take a look at the GPU itself. Within the meantime, take a look at our AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT information for all of the current rumors and leaks about this new flagship GPU to date.
