After a low-key announcement at CES 2025, AMD has given an replace on when to count on its next-generation graphics playing cards. The brand new AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT now have a launch month, in line with David McAfee, vice chairman and common supervisor of Ryzen and Radeon at AMD.
The subsequent main graphics card launch from AMD has already been hit with a quagmire of confusion. Whereas each the Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT have been anticipated to be introduced with massive fanfare on stage at CES 2025, they obtained barely greater than a passing point out. There have been loads of Radeon RX 9070 XT playing cards on the present ground, although, and we even managed to conduct an FSR 4 check on one of many new playing cards on the present.
Now, nonetheless, McAfee has confirmed that the Radeon RX 9070 lineup will go on sale in March. Initially anticipated to be launched alongside the Nvidia RTX 5000 collection in a giant conflict, this announcement has had a blended response. There’s no actual motive given for the March launch date given by McAfee or AMD, however some X (previously Twitter) customers are irate over the choice.
One consumer, Michael aus Lönneberga jibes “Can [you] specify the 12 months please[?]” One other consumer, DGBurns, seems irritated – together with 104 likes from different posters – about AMD’s determination for a “stealth reveal”. Additionally they point out that CES was “uninformative” and the corporate shouldn’t have proven up in any respect.
A part of the confusion and anger seems to come back from stories that shops internationally have already acquired inventory of the brand new playing cards. The RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT have even been proven as “in inventory” on some retailer web sites.
There are additionally rumors that the launch has been delayed as a result of Radeon RX 9070 lineup’s excessive costs. The pricing of the 9070 XT shall be essential to its success, because it’s anticipated to take a seat within the mid-range slightly than do battle with Nvidia’s higher-tier playing cards.
Nvidia’s mid-range GPUs within the RTX 5000 line are going to be priced at $749 for the RTX 5070 Ti and $549 for the RTX 5070. It’s this pricing that has apparently pressured AMD’s hand to delay the launch. The RX 9070 XT was reportedly priced too excessive, so AMD wanted to re-figure out its technique at retail.
AMD won’t be having an excellent time on the graphics card entrance, nevertheless it’s a very totally different story in the most effective gaming CPU world. The corporate is at present dominating, and you’ll learn our Ryzen 9800X3D overview to seek out out why.
