It appears to be like like AMD is on the brink of launch the subsequent half of their RDNA2/RX 6000 household of video playing cards. This afternoon the corporate despatched out a save the date invitation to the press and public, saying that the corporate can be holding a Radeon-related announcement subsequent Wednesday, March the threerd. And with an image of a beforehand unseen Radeon video card included with the announcement, AMD is leaving little ambiguity about their plans.
The occasion, formally dubbed “Where Gaming Begins Episode 3”, can be one other Radeon-focused occasion, the place AMD will “introduce the newest addition to the Radeon RX family of high-performance graphic cards.” AMD’s earlier two WGB occasions have been pre-recorded shows, so we’re anticipating the identical right here.
The cornerstone of the announcement would be the introduction of a brand new Radeon video card. Essentially giving us half of the product announcement up-front, AMD has additionally posted a brief, looping video of the cardboard, highlighting the pretty sizable card and its open air cooler with twin axial followers. Given this, we’re nearly actually taking a look at what can be a Radeon RX 6700 card. AMD began the RDNA2 household with the highest playing cards and GPU (Navi 21) first, so that is the subsequent step within the anticipated filtering down of RDNA2 into cheaper video playing cards.
On March third, the journey continues for #RDNA2. Join us at 11AM US Eastern as we reveal the most recent addition to the @AMD Radeon RX 6000 graphics household. https://t.co/5CFvT9D2SR pic.twitter.com/tUpUwRfpgk
— Radeon RX (@Radeon) February 24, 2021
We’ll discover out extra concerning the card subsequent week in fact, however I’d anticipate to see it positioned to compete towards NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3060 sequence, with at present’s announcement by AMD clearly supposed to be a little bit of a spoiler forward of NVIDIA’s launch tomorrow. Currently AMD’s product stack stops on the $579 RX 6800, so it will likely be fascinating to see simply the place this upcoming video card lands – if it’ll be positioned nearer to the $400 RTX 3060 Ti, or the (nominally) $329 RTX 3060. AMD and NVIDIA’s GPUs have been barely out of alignment this technology, as evidenced by Navi 21’s efficiency, so I gained’t be too stunned if this subsequent Navi GPU (Navi 22) equally floats between NVIDIA’s GA106 and GA104.
Finally, I believe we’ll hear some software-related information from AMD as effectively. The firm has demonstrated an aptness for bundling software program information into these {hardware} bulletins, seeking to take advantage of these giant, extremely seen product launches. So I don’t anticipate AMD to solely discuss concerning the new video card for 15+ minutes.
At any charge, we’ll discover out extra on March 3rd at 11am ET. So please be part of us then for the complete particulars on AMD’s subsequent Radeon video card.
