For all intents and purposes, AMD appeared finished with the Radeon RX 7000 series following the wider release of Radeon RX 7900 GRE. After all, the lineup looks complete as is. Nonetheless, it seems that several new graphics cards will hit the scene soon.
We’ve already seen the best graphics cards that the RDNA 3 architecture has to offer through the Navi 31 GPU inside Radeon RX 7900 XTX. There’s seemingly no extra headroom for dies further down the stack. As such, in lieu of an RDNA 3.5 refresh, the only path before AMD is to launch cutdown variants of existing pixel pushers. According to leaks, this appears to be the case.
According to a new EEC filing by Acer, the company plans to produce Predator and Nitro models of three unconfirmed Radeon RX 7000 series graphics cards (via Videocardz). More specifically, the list includes RX 7700, 7800, and 7900. There are also references to OC models, but these should just be cards with higher clock speeds than stock speeds set by AMD.
While the first mention of these graphics cards comes by way of Acer, we presume it won’t be the only company to launch custom coolers for these new additions to the lineup. Stalwart partners, including Gigabyte and Sapphire, seem like a shoo-in, but it’s likely MSI will continue to give Radeon a miss for now.
The specifications inside Radeon RX 7700, 7800, and 7900 remain unknown for now. However, it’s safe to assume that they’ll effectively be slightly cutdown versions of existing cards, such as Radeon RX 7800 XT, given the lack of the XT moniker. This strategy would mirror AMD’s approach to the Radeon RX 6000 series.
It’s unclear when AMD will reveal more details about these new graphics cards, especially given that the company is busying itself with the release of Ryzen 9000 and AI 300 series processors. That said, the timing of the trademark suggests it shouldn’t be too far into the future.
