Wednesday, February 5th 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Launch Allegedly Set for March 6
Earlier this week, it was reported that AMD is preparing at least online media event to announce and detail its upcoming Radeon RX 9070 series next-generation graphics cards powered by the RDNA 4 graphics architecture. It turns out that both the Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070 will be available on March 6, 2025, according to a report by Uniko's Hardware. Reviews of the two cards should go live some time between the late-February media event and this launch date. AMD launching the RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 on the same date isn't the only thing the two SKUs share. Both SKUs max out the 4 nm "Navi 48" silicon they're based on, and are differentiated by clock speeds. The two are expected to square off against NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5070 series.
Sources:
Uniko's Hardware, VideoCardz
152 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Launch Allegedly Set for March 6
RT is becoming mandatory in a few games, but whether that's something you consider a deciding factor is up to you. Personally, I'm not planning to upgrade for the next 2-3 generations at least, so I'll pay attention to the RT performance, even though I do not consider it crucial at the moment. I do not care about the majority of games, but if The Witcher 4 or The Witcher 1 remake comes with mandatory RT, I'm screwed.
On the other hand, if you don't mind upgrading a bit more frequently (I wouldn't normally, but recent prices changed my mind), then going for the 7900 XTX and selling it whenever shouldn't be a problem.