Thursday, February 13th 2025
AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Event Scheduled: February 28
David McAfee—AMD's corporate vice president and general manager of client channel business—has highlighted February 28 as a highly important date for next-gen graphics technology. The much-anticipated (and teased) Radeon RX 9000 series unveiling event has a confirmed time slot on that day: 8 AM EST. The overseer of Ryzen CPU and Radeon GPUs has warded off curious queries from journalists and members of the PC hardware for several weeks, since the conclusion of CES 2025. A confusing early January presentation did not include a segment dedicated to upcoming RDNA 4 products. Online conjecture pointed to Team Red delaying and restrategizing the launch of Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 models.
AMD enthusiasts will breathe a collective sigh of relief, after reading McAfee's announcement: "the wait is almost over. Join us on February 28 at 8 AM EST for the reveal of the next-gen 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." Insider sources reckon that retailers will have stock on shelves by the rumored March 6 launch day. Mid-to-late January leaks suggested a fairly comprehensive distribution of board partner custom cards across European retail channels. Alleged specifications and performance results have leaked out over the past month and a half—will AMD (and AIBs) have any surprises lined up for the February 28 event?
Sources:
David McAfee (AMD) Tweet, VideoCardz, Wccftech
AMD enthusiasts will breathe a collective sigh of relief, after reading McAfee's announcement: "the wait is almost over. Join us on February 28 at 8 AM EST for the reveal of the next-gen 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." Insider sources reckon that retailers will have stock on shelves by the rumored March 6 launch day. Mid-to-late January leaks suggested a fairly comprehensive distribution of board partner custom cards across European retail channels. Alleged specifications and performance results have leaked out over the past month and a half—will AMD (and AIBs) have any surprises lined up for the February 28 event?
31 Comments on AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series Event Scheduled: February 28
AMD can't take a dump without waiting for Nvidia to do it first.
Nvidia can announce a $100 discount on 5070 and 5070 Ti at any time they want, considering only a few cards will be sold at those levels. The rest will just skyrocket way above MSRP, because of supply constrains and high demand. But a move like that could make many to just wait in front of their screens refreshing store pages until they see the Nvidia cards available at prices close to Nvidia's MSRP.
It's so late in February that they have to hold it at 8am because it'll be March for 2 billion people before the event ends.
When tech companies promise something in Q1, I assume they mean 11:59pm on March 31st.
When tech companies promise something in 2025, I assume they mean 11:59pm on December 31st.
At least they're not as bad as game developers at estimating dates :D
www.techpowerup.com/332447/amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-9070-prices-leaked-by-canadian-retailer
"baseline MSRP for the Radeon RX 9070 XT will be $599. Its non-XT sibling is expected to launch at a minimum point of $499."
with 500usd being about $710cad i thought not too shabby, but $950 is about $1075 after taxes.
I guess time will tell.
exorbitant numbers and allow us to get the real deal from our beloved independent reviewers.
AMD has bought themselves a lot of rope. I don't doubt they'll find some way to hang themselves, but at least they'll look pretty while doing it.
They've been talking about better mainstream cards at more popular price points. They suggested 7900XT performance for the price of a 7800XT
That might end up being the vanilla 9070, but if that isn't $500 then people are going to feel lied to, and justifiably so.