AMD looks like it is getting ready to release its new line-up of graphics cards soon. Head of the consumer GPU and CPU division at AMD, David McAfee, took to social media platform X to reveal that AMD is targeting a March release window for its new set of graphics cards.
While no specific release date has been announced yet, McAfee’s post indicates that AMD has been on track when it comes to ironing out its driver software for the upcoming Radeon 9000-series graphics cards.
“Radeon 9000 series hardware and software are looking great and we are planning to have a wide assortment of cards available globally,” posted McAfee. “Can’t wait for gamers to get their hands on the cards when they go on sale in March!”
With McAfee mentioning the entire Radeon 9000 series rather than any specific GPU, it is possible that AMD will be launching all four of the graphics cards it had unveiled during CES 2025 in March.
These four GPUs are the Radeon RX 9070, RX 9070 XT, RX 9060, and the RX 9060 XT. While the company hasn’t yet provided concrete details on things like the clock speeds on the new GPUs, it did reveal that the new naming system for the Radeon 9000-series graphics cards is meant to allow consumers to deduce their specs from equivalent GPUs from Nvidia.
The few technical details we do know about AMD’s new GPUs is are that the RX 9070 and 9070 XT will feature 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, while the 9060 and 9060 XT will feature 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, and the fact that all four new graphics cards are based on the 4nm process node.
During the announcement, AMD had stated that the RX 9070 and 9070 XT would compete with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4070 and 4070 Ti, while the RX 9060 and 9060 XT would compete with RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti cards respectively, both in terms of performance and pricing.
One of the key new features of AMD’s new generation of graphics cards revolve around FSR 4, which is set to bring with it improvements to high-resolution rendering up to 4K, as well as features like Anti-Lag 2 and FSR Frame Generation.
While AMD might be targeting the mid-range hardware market, Nvidia took to the stage at CES 2025 to unveil its new high-end GeForce RTX 5000-series graphics cards. The new GPUs include the top-of-the-line RTX 5090, which features 32 GB of GDDR7 VRAM and 21,760 CUDA cores, as well as the RTX 5080, RTX 5070, and RTX 5070 Ti.
The GeForce RTX 5090 will be priced at $1,999, making it Nvidia’s most expensive consumer-grade GPU. The RTX 5080, on the other hand, is slated for release in January with a price tag of $999. The upper mid-range RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti will be hitting stores in February, and will be priced at $549 and $759 respectively.
Along with the graphics cards, Nvidia also announced a host of new software features under the DLSS 4 umbrella. The new features include a completely new AI model that makes use of transformers, as well as the capability of the new 50-series GPUs to use multi frame generation.
Radeon 9000 series hardware and software are looking great and we are planning to have a wide assortment of cards available globally. Can’t wait for gamers to get their hands on the cards when they go on sale in March!
— David McAfee (@McAfeeDavid_AMD) January 20, 2025
