This represents a 100% increase in pricing generation-over-generation, if the pricing information holds true. On the secondary market, anxious gamers unwilling to wait for AMD and Nvidia to replenish inventory of their graphics cards are already paying double or triple the retail price of these GPUs.įor comparison, AMD’s powerful Radeon RX 6900 XT currently retails for $999 in the U.S., but recent rumors suggest that its successor, the Radeon RX 7900 XT, could cost as much as $2,000. tariffs on imports, we expect prices of the Radeon RX 7000 to go up. And with current GPU prices rising due to demand outstripping supply as well as the U.S.
#AMD RADEON SERIES#
Though we can likely expect the Radeon RX 7000 series to cost as much as the Radeon RX 6000 upon launch, various factors could force an increase in price.ĪMD may be less inclined to be price competitive with its GPU series if the rumored performance uplift pans out. Pushing the launch of the Radeon RX 7000 to 2022 would make sense to allow supply chains and demand - both affected by the global pandemic - to normalize and recover while also giving the company the ability to recoup its investment in the RX 6000 architecture.Īs a stopgap for the rumored delayed launch of the RX 7000 series, AMD could continue to introduce more GPUs in the RX 6000 series - as rival Nvidia is doing - or announce special edition models, like its all-black version of the RadeonRX 6800 XT in the Midnight Black hue.Īnd since AMD hasn’t yet announced the Radeon RX 7000 series, we won’t know how the graphics card will be priced. The company is already having a difficult enough time fulfilling orders for the current Radeon RX 6000 GPUs.
#AMD RADEON PC#
Given that the world has been dealing with a massive semiconductor shortage that is affecting the production of both CPUs and GPUs, among other PC components, AMD likely doesn’t have much incentive to maintain an aggressive cadence for the launch of its next graphics cards. According to Twitter user the GPU could launch during the first half of next year. Originally expected to arrive sometime in late 2021, AMD’s RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7000 is now believed to debut in 2022. Here’s everything we know about AMD’s next-generation Radeon RX 7000 GPUs: Pricing Jumping to RDNA 3 could allow AMD to offer a performance uplift of up to 2.5x compared to the current generation Radeon RX 6000 cards, according to recent leaks and rumors. While AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 was based on the company’s 7nm RDNA 2 microarchitecture - a design that the company is using across its PC graphics cards and gaming consoles such as the Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X - the next-gen Radeon RX 7000 will make the jump to a new RDNA 3 design.
#AMD RADEON UPGRADE#
Expected to be called the Radeon RX 7000 series, following AMD’s historical naming and numbering convention, the GPU is expected to be a powerful upgrade that will make it even more competitive against rival Nvidia’s GeForce cards. Fitbit Versa 3Įven though gamers looking to upgrade to AMD’s current Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs may feel discouraged due to the global semiconductor shortage, the company is already hard at work on its next-generation graphics card.