AMD has finally settled on an announcement date for its much-awaited RDNA 4 GPUs. The event in two weeks time should reveal whether Radeon 9000 Series will provide a value-oriented alternative for gamers relative to GeForce RTX 50 Series pricing, as well as a more detail on their specifications.
David McAfee shared via X that AMD will present its next-gen Radeon 9000 Series on February 28 at 8 AM EST. The company will live-stream the reveal on its YouTube channel. Here’s hoping the release date isn’t too far behind this event. After all, we’ve been patiently waiting since CES 2025 to get our hands on these graphics cards.
For now, rumours peg the Radeon RX 9000 Series release date in early March. If true, AMD will go toe-to-toe with Nvidia following the latter’s delay of GeForce RTX 5070 to the same time period. This puts all the more pressure on Team Red to get its pricing right out of the gate, if it hopes to claw back market share from its rival.
The latest performance leaks put the Radeon RX 9070 XT slightly below AMD’s current flagship RX 7900 XTX. While not an advancement in terms of raw performance, a more affordable price and technologies like FSR 4 could tip the balance.
For now, AMD seems to be planning two GPU ranges, Radeon RX 9070 and 9060. The former comprises of RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT models, with the latter likely following a similar scheme of an RX 9060 and RX 9060 XT. Since the RX 9070 series will feature 16GB of VRAM, the RX 9060 series could reduce it a little bit to 12GB to lower the final cost.
Talking of which, AMD’s Frank Azor has debunked the previous rumour claiming that the Red Team is considering a 32GB Radeon RX 9070 XT. Though there is still a chance for a professional RDNA 4 card packing 32GB of memory, gamers might be out of luck. That said, seeing the target performance for AMD’s flagship option, 16GB should be fine for most users. Having double the VRAM would just increase the price for very little benefit, at least in the majority of games.
I hope AMD has planned some exciting features, as a basic price cut may not be enough. Wide FSR 4 game support will likely be part of the announcement to add weight, but its quality is still unknown.