After AMD had already indicated new graphics cards for the CES, there is finally a butter on the bread. With Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070, the manufacturer presented two new graphics cards.
Actually, almost everyone had expected that AMD faced its competitor Nvidia in January and presented the new maps of the RDNA-4 generation. However, that did not take place. But now the time has finally come, the cat is from the sack and Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 are ready to start.
The Radeon RX 9070 XT has 64 compute units and 16 GB GDDR6. The clocking is 2.4 GHz in game mode or 3.0 GHz in the boost. With the memory interface, AMD rely on 256-bit and 64MB Infinity Cache on both cards. The power consumption is 304W. With 220W, the RX 9070 is significantly more frugal, but also only has 56 C and 2.1, or 2.5 GHz clocks.
In terms of price, the cards are quite close together, the XT version starts with $ 599, the smaller sister is $ 549. The graphics cards of the AMD Radeon RX 9000 series are expected to be available from March 6, 2025 from leading board partners such as Acer, Asrock, Asus, Gigabyte, Powercolor, Sapphire, Vastarmor, XFX and Yeston.
The new RDNA-4 architecture is intended to make up to 40 percent more power than the previous RDNA 3. In addition, a significant increase in the ray tracing performance is intended-AMD speaks of more than twice as much raytracing throughput per computing unit as the previous generation. Thanks to the new generation, more power should also be available for AI accelerators. Furthermore, AMD introduces a new generation of upcaling with FSR 4, which is to be supported by more than 30 games in the market launch. Based on the statements in the context of the announcement, the two cards should be designed primarily for gaming in 1440p and can be replaced by the RX 7900 GRE.
The AMD Radiance Display Engine supports the latest DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b connections and enables ultra-hole resolutions and refresh rates of up to 8k 144Hz with 12-bit HDR and full REC2020 color space.
