AMD launches new Radeon RX 7900, but you can’t have it

AMD’s newest high-end graphics playing cards have turned plenty of heads, with each the Radeon RX 7900 XT and its huge brother the RX 7900 XTX punching above their weight. Today the corporate introduced a new member of the road, the Radeon RX 7900 GRE. This new mannequin sits someplace between the top-of-the-line XT mannequin and the last-gen RX 6800 XT, going for an inexpensive $650 USD. Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of our readers gained’t be capable of purchase it: GRE stands for “Golden Rabbit Edition,” and this card isn’t getting a retail launch exterior of the Chinese market.

The Radeon RX 7900 GRE hits slightly below the RX 7900 XT in nearly each {hardware} aspect. Though it’s utilizing a modified Navi 31 processor design, it comes with 80 GPU clusters, a 2.2GHz most clock pace, 16GB of GDDR6 reminiscence, and a 256-bit reminiscence bus (examine to 84, 2.4GHz, 20GB, and 320-bit on the XT, respectively).

That nonetheless places the $650 card nicely above the following step down within the collection to this point, the Radeon RX 7600, which has simply 32 compute items and 8GB of reminiscence. The $270 “budget” card was launched early this summer time, and to this point it’s the one different GPU within the lineup, leaving a big hole in AMD’s mid-range for the 7000 line. What’s the holdup for the mid-range playing cards? No concrete particulars can be found, although the rumor mill says AMD is understanding a number of the kinks of the new Navi chip design earlier than it brings them to market.

In the meantime, you would possibly simply discover the Radeon RX 7900 GRE in some {hardware} sure for shores past China later this 12 months…if you’re keen to purchase a pre-built desktop. According to VideoCardz.com, whereas reference playing cards can be bought alongside OEM fashions from Sapphire, XTX, and PowerColor, system integrators will be capable of promote machines with the GRE pre-loaded to supply a barely extra inexpensive different to the XT and XTX.

Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer