Saturday, February 15th 2025
Despite Frank Azor's Dismissal, Whispers of a 32 GB Radeon RX 9070 XTX Resurface
Recent rumors hinted at a 32 GB variant of the Radeon RX 9070 XT being in the works, which were quickly dismissed as false information by AMD's Frank Azor. However, reliable sources seem to point to the contrary, stating that a 32 GB variant of the RX 9070 XT, likely dubbed the RX 9070 XTX, is under active development indeed. The source, as pointed out by Wccftech, has a decent track record with AMD-related claims, which sure does add weight to the assertion. Unlike previous XTX-class cards from AMD, which boasted higher clock speeds and core counts, the 9070 XTX is almost certain to feature the same core count as the XT, since the latter already utilizes the full Navi 48 chip - unless, of course, there is an even higher-end chip under wraps.
The VRAM amount seems to indicate that the card will likely be positioned to appease AI enthusiasts. There is also the possibility that the rumored card will be launched under a different branding entirely, although that is not what the post at Chiphell states. Interestingly, Frank Azor did specifically mention that a 32 GB "RX 9070 XT" card is not on the horizon - he did not state that a higher-end XTX card isn't either, which sure does leave room for us to speculate. Benchlife has also chimed in on the matter, claiming that they are aware of AIB partners working on a 32 GB RDNA 4 card with the Navi 48 GPU, which in some ways, confirms the information that came out of Chiphell. The RDNA 4 cards are set to see the light of day soon enough, it seems the wait won't be much longer. However, if the 32 GB card is indeed in the pipeline, it's likely still further down the road.
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Wccftech
The VRAM amount seems to indicate that the card will likely be positioned to appease AI enthusiasts. There is also the possibility that the rumored card will be launched under a different branding entirely, although that is not what the post at Chiphell states. Interestingly, Frank Azor did specifically mention that a 32 GB "RX 9070 XT" card is not on the horizon - he did not state that a higher-end XTX card isn't either, which sure does leave room for us to speculate. Benchlife has also chimed in on the matter, claiming that they are aware of AIB partners working on a 32 GB RDNA 4 card with the Navi 48 GPU, which in some ways, confirms the information that came out of Chiphell. The RDNA 4 cards are set to see the light of day soon enough, it seems the wait won't be much longer. However, if the 32 GB card is indeed in the pipeline, it's likely still further down the road.
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now gone or do you mean dismissal of 32GB version and not job?
MSRP's appear to be meaningless this generation, once again. If 9070 XT launches at $600 MSRP then there's hope that the street price may be $800.
"Despite Frank Azor's dismissal [...]" can sound ambiguous. Either he dismissed something (which is the case), or he was dismissed himself.
Not to mention the drivers on this trash
A 9070XT with 32GB for $1000 would be a steal. With two of these, you'd effectively have 64GB of VRAM and more computing power than a 5090. Not even CUDA would save Jensen’s ass.
AMD makes clear its MID RANGE!
Truth is AMD and NV have done something they haven't done in a long time: sold out of existing inventory before launching their next series.
It's a wasteland out there if you want a a new card. Newegg brought back their daily shuffle/lottery thing to hawk absurdly overpriced NV cards at dope addicted no self control gamers and we don't even have a mining crisis to deal with.
AMD can launch into this environment and sell cards. If they're smart they'll do the fake MSRP thing like Nvidia, while their board partners jack up pricing, but I am certain more than a few people that would "never settle" for AMD/Radeon infact will right now given the complete lack of supply from NV.
They might even discover that AMD cards don't strangle puppies and eat kittens with their drivers too.
From the prices, it looks like $599 MSRP for the 9070 and $699 for the 9070 XT. Add to that the skyrocketing prices of RTX 5000 series cards and we might see something similar with RX 9070/XT cards, even with plenty of stock available.
Obviously I would love to see another HD 4800 series case, where Nvidia was rushing to return $50 to early adopters of GTX 280 and GTX 270, because the HD 4850 at $199 and HD 4870 at $299 were killers.
Yeah, yeah, "at least it'll be in stock" okay well when the 5070s are in stock there's no reason to buy at that point.
It should read "Despite Frank Azor's Dismissal of Rumors"