AMD launched their flagship graphic cards (GPUs), the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT, back in December 2022 and the budget-entry RX 7600 in May this year.
As you can see, AMD left a huge performance and price gap between the 7900 series and the 7600, and gamers have been patiently waiting for the company to plug that gap by releasing mid-level GPUs. Well, the wait is almost over because AMD is planning to release something soon.
AMD CEO and President, Dr. Lisa Su, disclosed that the company plans to launch new enthusiast GPUs in the Radeon 7000 series within this quarter, during the recent second-quarter earnings call. These GPUs will represent the enthusiast-class segment and will have multiple variants according to VideoCardz.
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.
AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su.
Early rumours indicate that AMD is indeed gearing up for the launch of the RX 7800 and RX 7700 series by the end of this quarter.
The exact reasons for the delay are not entirely clear, but it’s possible that it is related to an overstock of RX 6900/6800 RDNA2 models, which the new cards are intended to replace.
Additionally, there might be some issues with the deployment of Navi 32, the third yet unused RDNA3 GPU in the RX 7000 family.
On another note, AMD recently introduced the Radeon RX 7900 GRE graphics card, primarily targeting the Chinese market.
This card features a smaller Navi 31 GPU called XL, which has more cores but a reduced package size compared to what was initially expected for Navi 32.
It’s uncertain whether this GPU replaces Navi 32 or if it was a one-off release for the Chinese market.
