- AMD has confirmed its full RDNA 4 launch event for February 28
- These initial RX 9070 models are sold in early March
- It sets the RX 9070 up to a showdown against Nvidia
AMD has revealed that its RDNA 4 graphics card will have a full launch event – as opposed to the volatile messages made on CES 2025 – in two weeks, prior to the March release for these GPUs.
David McAfee, AMDS VP and GM for Ryzen and Radeon, tells us that the date and time to mark in our calendars is February 28 at. 05 (5:00 PST, 13:00 UK TIME) via a post of X.
The wait is almost over. Join us on February 28 at 1 p.m. 8 est to reveal the next generation @amd Radeon RX 9000 series. Get ready to make it yours when it hits shelves in early March. RSVP by subscribing to the AMD YouTube channel: https://t.co/4rkvxeodia13 February 2025
AMD Exec also said the long-awaited RX 9070 models will hit shelves in early March.
When the RX 9070 XT and regular RX 9070 were announced back on CES 2025 last month, the broad expectation they arrived earlier in the first quarter rather than later.
This hope had cold water poured over it when AMD confirmed that these RDNA 4 graphics cards were delayed by March, and McAfee went to X to explain why. Namely, to ensure that AMDs adrenaling traffic drivers are fully set and ready to go to secure the best performance for the RX 9070 GPUs out of the gate and also to get more support for FSR 4 in PC games (when the same end, effective).
Analysis: One last concern …
Of crucial importance, McAfee also mentioned that another reason for dismissing the release of RDNA 4 GPUs for March was to build stock levels on the graphics cards in retail.
Now I read the release date set to “The beginning of March” to mean the first week of next month, and it makes sense if we turn attention to Nvidia’s plans. We just heard from AMD’s most important GPU rival that its GeForce RTX 5070 will be for sale coming on March 5th.
So it looks a lot to me as if there’s going to be a head-to-head clash of mid-range GPUs, more or less, just after March rolls around, with AMD aiming to take nvidia On directly here.
Hold red may well be bent by the general shake of stock levels for Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs so far, and (credible) rumors that RTX 5070 may not be so much different from RTX 5080 and 5090 in this regard. After all, Nvidia announced that the RTX 5070 models are both launched in the February-Ti version and Vanilla Spin-and then pushed back to the non-ten graphics card for March. The broken promise does not feel like a good sign, stock for me.
In contrast, AMD seems more confident about relatively robust delivery levels for RDNA 4, and we actually know that these GPUs have been with retailers since January. It is thanks to leaked photos from these stores, and in addition Team Red’s own confirmation that board -making partners had “begun to build the first inventory at retailers” back in January.
In addition, there are some convincing positive rumors of the potential performance levels we will see from the RX 9070 models to start, and sources elsewhere indicate the AMD really takes its time over this next-hen GPU launch to get it right .
The only concern that remains is pricing, and whether AMD’s apparent confidence in this middle-class showdown against NVIDIA’s RTX 5070 models could mean the company pushes a little higher asking prices for the RX 9070 variants.
If you scan through the answers to McAfee’s post on X, it is the consistent worry thread everywhere from the respondents who have less positive thoughts about RDNA 4. In short, fear is that Nvidia’s truper Blackwell launch can mean that AMD decides to Charge more for the RX 9070 GPUs self that has created its booth as these are medium-sized graphics card, is there certainly a limit to how far the team could possibly push here if this was a temptation?
Time will show and I remain hopeful that AMD is not running for overruns here – after all, this is a great opportunity to take the fight to Nvidia. At the same time, I also do not expect a surprise with lower pricing as the market is right now, it does not make much sense. Whatever happens, we need to see exactly how the RX 9070 performance pans out before we can really get a perspective on pricing.
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