AMD recently confirmed that new graphics cards based on its RDNA3 architecture are on the way, with a launch expected to take place within this quarter. The announcement was made during the company’s second-quarter earnings call, where Dr. Lisa Su, CEO and President of AMD, told investors of its plans to expand its Radeon RX 7000 Series portfolio with new “enthusiasts-class” segments.
“In gaming graphics, we expanded our Radeon 7000 GPU series in the second quarter with the launch of our mainstream RX 7600 cards for 1080p gaming. We are on track to further expand our RDNA 3 GPU offerings with the launch of new, enthusiast-class Radeon 7000 series cards in the third quarter.” said Dr. Su during the call.
The good AMD CEO’s wording could be taken to mean that the long-awaited RX 7800 series GPUs are just beyond the horizon, along with any other “enthusiast” level graphics cards. And for the record, this list doesn’t include the recently launched Radeon RX 7900 Golden Rabbit Edition (GRE) that was is only available within the Chinese market.
It’s been a weird ride for AMD and its Radeon RX RX 7000 Series graphics card. The CPU and GPU maker officially announced its RDNA3 architecture back in November last year, along with its top-of-the-line Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT. Then, after a lull of half a year, the brand kind of broke off from the norm and blindsided us with the launch of the RX 7600, a card that is both currently and universally considered to be its entry-level GPU.
It’s also not been clear why AMD has taken as long as it has with the rollout of new RDNA3 graphics cards; to-date, the company has released just three GPU in nearly a year, while its rival, NVIDIA has already launched six different GPUs within the same time frame. Speculations suggest the delay may be due to the chipmaker having an overstock of last generation RDNA2 cards, which could include the RX 6900 and RX 6800 GPUs. Further, there may also be an issue with Navi 32, which is technically what the brand will be using for the upcoming enthusiast-grade cards.
(Source: AMD via Videocardz)
