ASRock Preparing At Least Three Custom RX 7600 Versions

[GFreeman]

According to leaked details, it appears that ASRock is preparing at least three custom versions of the upcoming Radeon RX 7600 graphics card, including Phantom Gaming, Challenger, and Steel Legend series. The list of ASRock custom Radeon RX 7600 graphics cards comes from the ECC listing, and these three are listed among some other yet to be announced graphics cards.

As you can see from the list below, ASRock will have three Radeon RX 7600 versions, all of which are factory-overclocked. The Phantom Gaming version should be a more premium model, while the Challenger and Steel Legend should be closer to MSRP. The Steel Legend is a novelty in ASRock's graphics card lineup, and we expect a similar silver design found on ASRock's Steel Legend motherboards. The list also includes the recently announced Radeon RX 7900 XT Taichi White and a low profile Intel Arc A380 graphics card.



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[Daven]

So I am genuinely confused about the VRAM debate. Did AMD pledge at least 16 GB across their entire 7000 lineup? The comments I’ve been reading seem to say that they did but now are backing off on their lower tier parts. The best I can gather is that AMD says they have more VRAM at the same price points as Nvidia for parts above $500.

 

[ZoneDymo]

So I am genuinely confused about the VRAM debate. Did AMD pledge at least 16 GB across their entire 7000 lineup? The comments I’ve been reading seem to say that they did but now are backing off on their lower tier parts.

They made a big point out of their gpu's being at a lower price but offering more Vram just a little while ago.
So to now merely match something that everyone is complaining about is just weak.

 

[Daven]

How does this relate to criticisms regarding parts under $500 only having 8 GBs?

 

[ZoneDymo]

How does this relate to criticisms regarding parts under $500 only having 8 GBs?

it doesnt, its just a general mentality they put out there, they are clubbing their chests with messages of "me better, me more vram, buy us" and then they just go ahead and deliver the same 8 gb's on the lower end parts as they have been for the past 6 years?.....
Had they kept their mouth shut we would have been as upset with them as we are with Nvidia with that weak 8gb, but no, they had to boast they were the team that offers more.

In both cases its also a testement to lack of progress when it seems the world is asking for it and they have been doing it on the higher end.
RX6950XT 16gb - RX7900XTX - 24gb
RX6900XT 16gb - RX7900XT - 20gb
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RX6600XT 8gb - RX7600XT..........8gb

they should have done atleast 10gb like on the previous RX6700.

 

[btk2k2]

it doesnt, its just a general mentality they put out there, they are clubbing their chests with messages of "me better, me more vram, buy us" and then they just go ahead and deliver the same 8 gb's on the lower end parts as they have been for the past 6 years?.....
Had they kept their mouth shut we would have been as upset with them as we are with Nvidia with that weak 8gb, but no, they had to boast they were the team that offers more.

In both cases its also a testement to lack of progress when it seems the world is asking for it and they have been doing it on the higher end.
RX6950XT 16gb - RX7900XTX - 24gb
RX6900XT 16gb - RX7900XT - 20gb
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RX6600XT 8gb - RX7600XT..........8gb

they should have done atleast 10gb like on the previous RX6700.

it depends entirely on price. If it comes in at $200 or so then 8GB is fine. if you get towards $250 less fine and at $300 8GB is DOA imo.

 

[Daven]

it depends entirely on price. If it comes in at $200 or so then 8GB is fine. if you get towards $250 less fine and at $300 8GB is DOA imo.

I just looked at Newegg and 12/16 GB cards are available between $300 and $500 so that’s not bad. Cards with 8 GBs go all the way down to $80 but those are models from older generations. I guess I’m just not that convinced that AMD and Nvidia are being overly stingy on the VRAM.

Edit: If the 7600 comes in just below $300 and the 7600xt just above $300 (both with 8 GB) that aligns with my expectations.

 

[lukart]

I just looked at Newegg and 12/16 GB cards are available between $300 and $500 so that’s not bad. Cards with 8 GBs go all the way down to $80 but those are models from older generations. I guess I’m just not that convinced that AMD and Nvidia are being overly stingy on the VRAM.

Edit: If the 7600 comes in just below $300 and the 7600xt just above $300 (both with 8 GB) that aligns with my expectations.

If Asrock comes with a cool ITX card based on the 7600XT, I dont mind paying a bit above 300$.
They most likely will as they been releasing quite few ITX stuff lately, I know their ITX mobos are solid, now I need the GPU

 

[ZoneDymo]

it depends entirely on price. If it comes in at $200 or so then 8GB is fine. if you get towards $250 less fine and at $300 8GB is DOA imo.

I mean a capable card for 200, sure I welcome that, but really the problem with 8gbs is that its not sustainable really, and the only reason 200 dollars would then be ok is that you have some money left ot spend on an upgrade later....
But is it then not better to ask a bit more and give a bit more so the card can last a bit more? instead of 200 dollars for 8gb, how about 260 for 10gb?

Just seems e-wasteish.

 

[Nostras]

So I am genuinely confused about the VRAM debate. Did AMD pledge at least 16 GB across their entire 7000 lineup? The comments I’ve been reading seem to say that they did but now are backing off on their lower tier parts. The best I can gather is that AMD says they have more VRAM at the same price points as Nvidia for parts above $500.

This is how I interpreted it as well. At 500$ and up AMD says you're getting more than 8GB.
Stating AMD is being dumb and "bad marketing" and all that jazz for releasing an 8GB card in 2023 is incredibly stupid if you're not considering the price.
If it's about 300$ an 8GB card is fine. The vast majority of games that really start to hurt because the buffer is too small either require:

1. Enabling raytracing
2. Using very high resolution textures
3. Using it on 4k or higher

When any of these 3 apply you're frankly asking too much from a VALUE GPU, these are not supposed to do it all.
You can't expect a budget card to last you for many years without having to make compromises.

So AMD has three options:

1. Increase VRAM for budget models. This will increase the price of the GPU significantly without raising raw compute. People will bitch about having marginal compute improvement
2. Release a variant with 8GB and 16GB. This will increase the price of BOTH GPU's because you're effectively producing 2 different boards. People will bitch about the price.
3. Release only a variant with 8GB to compete on price. People will bitch about the lack of VRAM.

There's just no winning here.
I'm so tired of people slandering AMD for this.
Wait for the price. If the MSRP is reasonable it's fine. But if the MSRP is too high, by all means, blast them.

 

[ixi]

RX6600XT 8gb - RX7600XT..........8gb

they should have done atleast 10gb like on the previous RX6700.

7600xt should be 8.5 or 9GB

 

[MrDweezil]

I thought the rumors were the XT cards were supposed to launch first, but both this ASRock leak and yesterday's Gigabyte link appear to be non-XT cards.

 

[Daven]

I thought the rumors were the XT cards were supposed to launch first, but both this ASRock leak and yesterday's Gigabyte link appear to be non-XT cards.

Some of the first second rumors regarded reference/stock clocked cards versus overclocked versions.

 

[AnotherReader]

Wait for the price. If the MSRP is reasonable it's fine. But if the MSRP is too high, by all means, blast them.

I agree with it being fine if the price is in the 250 to 300 USD range, but AMD had a third option. They could have given it a 192-bit bus and chopped the L3 cache to 24 MB. That wouldn't have increased die size, and they would have had 12 GB of VRAM without any compromises. One consideration might have been laptops; there, the additional power consumption due to increased bus width would be undesirable.

 

[Denver]

Is there a RX 6650 with only 4GB? lol

 

[TheDeeGee]

SL - Slow
PG - Pegged
CL - Clocked Low

 

[DrCR]

Seems like if the 6800 drops down into the $300s, then that would be the way to go.