AMD’s David McAfee has just announced that the red team will release its Radeon RX 9070XT and 9070 RDNA4 GPUs in March 2025. This means that AMD will release its GPUs after the release of all of NVIDIA’s RTX 50 series GPUs.
It’s pretty obvious to everyone at this point that AMD is playing catch-up. The red team is simply waiting to see the price and performance of the NVIDIA RTX 5070 so that it can adjust the price of its RX 9000 series GPUs. This became obvious at CES 2025.
From what we know, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070Ti and the 5070 will have an MSRP of $749 and $549, respectively. So, the AMD Radeon RX 9070XT should be somewhere between those prices. Rumor has it that it will be closer to a $599 MSRP.
Anyway, it’s pretty obvious that AMD is not THAT confident about its products. If it was, it would have released them at really competitive prices from the get-go. Instead, the red team is now looking to adjust their prices based on the competition.
In one way, this makes sense. NVIDIA has been leading the GPU market these past years. So, there is no point at all for AMD to release its GPUs prior – or close – to the launch of the RTX 50 series. By releasing its RDNA4 GPUs after the release of the RTX50 series, AMD will be able to attract more attention to them.
On the other hand, I’m a bit concerned about this whole approach. For all we know, AMD may even jack up the prices of these GPUs. Do not forget that AMD – like NVIDIA and Intel – is a corporation and not your friend. Not only that but the red team hasn’t even released one or two benchmarks somehow please its audience. Again, that’s a bad move. And don’t get me started about its software which is miles behind NVIDIA’s.
Ultimately, I’m fine with this decision. However, we can all agree that AMD is once again playing catch-up. That’s a bit disappointing but hey, it is what it is. And… well… I told you so. I don’t want to rub it in your face, but here is a direct quote from my previous article. Guess I knew what I was talking about after all, right?
“Instead of exposing themselves, AMD is simply waiting for NVIDIA to reveal its RTX 50 series. Then, once AMD sees how NVIDIA has priced its GPUs, it will most likely adjust its own prices so that it can be competitive with them.”
Stay tuned for more!
Radeon 9000 series hardware and software are looking great and we are planning to have a wide assortment of cards available globally. Can’t wait for gamers to get their hands on the cards when they go on sale in March!
— David McAfee (@McAfeeDavid_AMD) January 20, 2025
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