AMD might launch its RX 6950 XT, 6750 XT and 6650 XT refreshed graphics playing cards on April 20, and the flagship reference card could be a black version.
This recent hypothesis from the GPU grapevine comes courtesy of Wccftech and Greymon55 (the latter being an lively {hardware} leaker on Twitter).As you possibly can see, the idea is that the reference RX 6950 XT will probably be a black model of the cardboard, however gained’t have a brand new design – it’ll apparently look similar to the present 6800 XT Midnight Black mannequin.
Wccftech has spoken to sources who've reasserted the April 20 launch date for the RX 6950 XT plus the opposite two RDNA 2 refreshes, and it’s now ‘confirmed’ at the least in keeping with the rumor mill – although in fact we will’t take that as precise affirmation. That date was beforehand floated earlier this week by way of the Chiphell boards (and supposedly AMD’s new Ryzen 5800X3D processor will probably be unleashed on that date, too).
As we’ve heard earlier than, the brand new ‘6x50’ spins on these Huge Navi graphics playing cards will probably be differentiated with sooner VRAM (18Gbps), with efficiency additionally probably upped by clock speeds being pushed to increased ranges as effectively (perhaps to spice up speeds of two.5GHz out of the field, or certainly more).
I forgot to say, it isn't a brand new design, it appears to be like the identical because the 6800XT Black Version.March 10, 2022
Evaluation: How concerning the inventory state of affairs – and is it higher to attend, anyway?
The large query is, provided that the 6800 XT Midnight Black graphics card proved in style, what are your odds of having the ability to pay money for a black version reference board this time round? Most likely not good given the state of affairs round provide points and element shortages, let’s face it – however there will probably be different fashions of this trio of revamped GPUs on sale by way of third-party card producers. As Wccftech signifies, the latter is more likely to signify nearly all of launch inventory that’s initially obtainable, however even getting maintain of a type of playing cards goes to be a wrestle, little doubt, within the present GPU local weather.
Arguably, you could be higher off ready anyway, provided that the next-gen RDNA 3 playing cards from AMD will not be all that far off, with the expectation that they’ll arrive earlier than the tip of 2022. If you additionally issue within the prediction from AMD (and Nvidia) that GPU provide points will ease within the second half of 2022 – and value inflation ought to be much less of an issue in consequence – enjoying the ready recreation for a Group Crimson graphics card definitely appears a sound technique to make use of proper now.
