Sunday, December 22nd 2024
AMD Radeon "RX 8800 XT" is Actually the RX 9070 XT?
It turns out that the Radeon RX 8800 XT, the top SKU in AMD's next generation gaming GPU series, is actually named the Radeon RX 9070 XT. European computer hardware retailer may have leaked the name, along with that of the Radeon RX 9070 (non-XT), ahead of its January 2025 reveal. The two cards appeared in the store's search filters, where it was screengrabbed by enthusiasts. The RX 9070 XT is what was supposed to be the RX 8800 XT; while the RX 9070 is the RX 8800. Extrapolating this, the series could include the RX 9060 series, the RX 9050 series, and the RX 9040 series, says All The Watts.
What prompted this change in nomenclature probably has to do with the company's decision to withdraw from the enthusiast segment of gaming GPUs. While the RX 9070 XT technically succeeds the RX 7800 XT, a performance-segment, 1440p-class SKU, the company wouldn't want its product stack to have a "void" left by the lack of an "RX 8900 series." The company also took the opportunity to skip the RX 8000 series altogether, which probably give it room to rebadge some SKUs from the RX 7000 series over to the RX 8000 series. The RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 are based on the "Navi 48" silicon, and implement the RDNA 4 graphics architecture.
Sources:
momomo_us (Twitter), All The Watts (Twitter)
What prompted this change in nomenclature probably has to do with the company's decision to withdraw from the enthusiast segment of gaming GPUs. While the RX 9070 XT technically succeeds the RX 7800 XT, a performance-segment, 1440p-class SKU, the company wouldn't want its product stack to have a "void" left by the lack of an "RX 8900 series." The company also took the opportunity to skip the RX 8000 series altogether, which probably give it room to rebadge some SKUs from the RX 7000 series over to the RX 8000 series. The RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 are based on the "Navi 48" silicon, and implement the RDNA 4 graphics architecture.
43 Comments on AMD Radeon "RX 8800 XT" is Actually the RX 9070 XT?
It kind of made sense when they named RDNA the RX 5000 series because of 50th Anniversary. This time what's the point again? Copying opponents' (both Intel and Nvidia) naming doesn't make it competitive.
(And stop with the suffix soup, f*ck that shit too)
Oh and wait for high idle and media power consumption.... AGAIN, cause it will happen
Personally, I wouldn’t mind if it was 970 instead, for example.
They need to sort their shit out though.
Cant continue jumping numbers like this and it applies to the CPUs.
At the same time, this will be bad for the next generation of GPUs, where they will either have to enjoy having a very long RX 100X0 or change the naming again, though if UDNA ends up being what they're doing then chances are they were going to do it regardless.
:kookoo: + o_O = :banghead:
Taking everything into consideration, the 9070XT could be sub-$500, sub-300W and have the same performance as a 7900XTX and 4080 series. AMD would then be competing with Nvidia's next generation all the way up to the 5070Ti. That's a little better than being just a 7800XT successor especially if AMD matches Nvidia's RT performance as well.
If I were AMD, I would call the RTX 5070 Ti equivalent a Radeon AI 110 16K and shout - look, our *10 tier is as fast/faster than your **70 Ti tier! You are losers! :laugh:
Apple is keeping it simple for consumers. They start with 1 and add 1. Is this rocket science AMD?
Because the most obvious thing is they switched from a 8 to a 7 in the naming scheme. So it's either they want to really attack the price/performance ratio or RDNA 4 is even less impressive than anticipated.
Like a hybrid - our extreme level product, but with a midrange performance. Hence, 9+7.
Either way, RX 9070 XT is too similar to Nvidia's all time naming convention. Should have been more creative, at least with something like Radeon RX 975 XT or similar.