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AMD Pushes RX 9000 Launch to March for Higher Software program and FSR Help


AMD has confirmed it plans to launch its RX 9000 vary of next-gen graphics playing cards in March, relatively than in January or February as was beforehand believed. Though not a delay within the conventional sense, since no agency date was touted by AMD previous to this revelation, a number of advertising materials leaks urged that the plan was a launch at, or simply after CES 2025 in early January. This delay additionally places Crew Pink’s new playing cards a few months behind the primary of Nvidia’s new RTX 50 era—starting with the RTX 5090 on January 30.

The RX 9000 collection of AMD’s graphics playing cards has been a little bit of a unusual beast in the course of the lead-up to its unveiling and eventual launch. AMD tempered expectations by clarifying that it wasn’t focusing on flagship efficiency with its RDNA4 playing cards and, subsequently, wouldn’t compete immediately with Nvidia’s prime alternate options. As an alternative, it might be trying to make the midrange extra inexpensive, whereas enhancing assist for options like dynamic upscaling with FSR and boosting ray tracing efficiency for appropriate video games. Its CES 2025 keynote included a slide about its RX 9070 XT and 9070, with a “Q1” launch date, whereas companions had many precise 9070 playing cards on the present itself, seemingly able to go.

It’s attainable that Nvidia’s huge RTX 50 bulletins—and heavy-handed advertising round body charges—inspired AMD to take somewhat extra time with its personal next-gen playing cards, and now it seems to be like we gained’t get our fingers on any RDNA4 GPUs till March. The flip facet of that’s AMD sounds prefer it desires to ensure the drivers are sturdy out the gate and that entry to superior upscaling and body era with FSR4 might be higher, with extra supporting video games on day one.

One different “characteristic” of AMD’s delayed launch, we’re instructed, might be improved inventory ranges. Nvidia and a few retailers have urged that inventory ranges of the RTX 5090 and different 50-series playing cards might be slight at and round launch. That’s unlikely to fully right by March, so AMD could also be in place to promote its new playing cards as each inexpensive and out there—neither of which is prone to characterize Nvidia’s new era of GPUs.

AMD RDNA 4 Architecture graphic


Credit score: AMD

The precise success of the RX 9070 and 9070 XT might be depending on greater than inventory ranges, although. Certainly, as with Nvidia’s playing cards, it is going to be value and efficiency that play the largest half. If AMD can undercut the RTX 5070 Nvidia touted at CES with a price ticket of $550, while providing comparable rasterization efficiency, good-enough ray tracing, and sensible availability, it may very well be on to a winner.

It’s being assaulted on all fronts, although, as Intel’s newest Battlemage GPUs are shaping as much as be the actual worth buys for players in 2025. 



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