News AMD RX 9060 XT GPUs reportedly target a May 18 launch — RX 9070 GRE tipped for a Q4 release

[Admin]

Sources suggest AMD's RX 9060 XT GPUs will allegedly launch on May 18, while the RX 9070 GRE has reportedly been pushed back to October or November.

AMD RX 9060 XT GPUs reportedly target a May 18 launch — RX 9070 GRE tipped for a Q4 release : Read more

 

[usertests]

I think that pretty much confirms the 9070 GRE is irrelevant outside of China, and may NOT get a global release. If yields are good most chips should become 9070 non-XT or XT.

9060 XT 8 GB should be faster (maybe not?) than the 5060 8 GB but slower than the 5060 Ti 8 GB. If it undercuts the 5060 with for example a $280 MSRP, and gets sold for even less, then it has some relevance. AMD's most popular dGPU on Steam Survey is the RX 6600 non-XT, and the 9060 XT could be 40-60% faster, although stuck at 8 GB.

Nvidia has the option to refresh the 5060 with 12 GB while AMD can't do that with the GDDR6 in the 9060 XT.

 

[GenericUser2001]

If Nvidia refreshes the 5060 with 12 GB AMD does have the option of just not making 8 GB versions, and going full 16 GB for that tier of cards. I would wager that 16 GB of GDDR6 AMD is using is probably pretty much the same price as 12 GB of GDDR7, maybe even cheaper.

 

[Notton]

Looking back at Navi 1~3, the only time they did a dedicated 192-bit chip was with Navi 22.
Navi 32: 7700XT 12GB is a cut down 7800XT 16GB.
Navi 22: 6750XT 12GB full configuration. The cut down version is a 6700XT 10GB.
Navi 10: 5600XT 6GB is a cut down 5700XT 8GB.

I'm guessing the lack of 192-bit on 9060XT is because the same can be achieved with a cut down Navi 48.
As for the China limited launch in Q4, that's still a ton of cards. Assuming it's not a paper launch, I'm guessing yields are good, but not fantastic enough to result in a Microcenter only 5600X3D type of ordeal.

If Nvidia refreshes the 5060 with 12 GB AMD does have the option of just not making 8 GB versions, and going full 16 GB for that tier of cards. I would wager that 16 GB of GDDR6 AMD is using is probably pretty much the same price as 12 GB of GDDR7, maybe even cheaper.

Technically Nvidia could do a 5060 12GB with 3GB chips for $350~400...
but why do that when using 96GB of 3GB chips results in a $10,000 to $20,000 card with Blackwell Pro.

 

[usertests]

Technically Nvidia could do a 5060 12GB with 3GB chips for $350~400...
but why do that when using 96GB of 3GB chips results in a $10,000 to $20,000 card with Blackwell Pro.

You could make the same argument for them making any consumer Blackwell GPUs at all. Just turn all the wafers into AI accelerators and send them over to OpenAI. Consumer Blackwell GPUs have reportedly had terribly low supply, so I guess that's already happening.

I would hope that by the end of 2025, there are plenty of reasonably priced 3 GB GDDR7 modules available for refreshes, and AMD can use them for their next gen of cards later in 2026. Intel may also be using GDDR7 for Celestial according to this job leak.

 

[Notton]

At this point, I assume nvidia already allocated 99.5% of capacity to AI and the gaming stuff is 0.5%.