The company did not specify the launch date for Radeon RX 9070, although the first shipments of the graphics cards to partners suggested that it would happen very soon. However, the situation has changed. Yesterday, David McAfee, Vice President and Head of the Ryzen/Radeon division, announced in his post on X that the Radeon RX 9000 platform is fully ready, and that a wide range of graphics adapters is planned for global availability. As for the timing, the new graphics cards are scheduled to start selling in March.
Radeon 9000 series hardware and software are looking great and we are planning to have a wide assortment of cards available globally. Can’t wait for gamers to get their hands on the cards when they go on sale in March!
— David McAfee (@McAfeeDavid_AMD) January 20, 2025
Formally, AMD is not abandoning its previous plans. The official presentation stated that Radeon RX 9070/9070 XT would be available in Q1 2025. So, these deadlines are being met by the developers. Still, the question of postponing the launch remains open, especially if the first retailers have already started receiving video cards.
According to rumors, NVIDIA's decision to set a recommended price tag of $549 for the upcoming GeForce RTX 5070 12GB came as a bit of a surprise to AMD. This will have to be taken into account when pricing the Radeon RX 9070 models, which have not yet been officially announced. It seems that a certain compromise will be needed here with trading partners who will offer the cards on their shelves.
GeForce RTX 5070 will go on sale in February. AMD will probably need to estimate the real scale of the launch of this model, the actual prices and the ratio of forces with that of the Radeon RX 9000. After that, it will be possible to form the recommended price for Radeon RX 9070/9070 XT.
We hope that AMD will use the two months to further improve FSR 4 and expand support for the new scaling technology in games. This time will also allow them to accumulate a certain stock of video cards in local markets and immediately offer a wider range of devices after the launch. And if the prices of new competing models are also taken into account when forming the recommended price of Radeon RX 9070/9070 XT, it will meet the expectations of users who have been waiting for new RDNA 4 graphics cards.