AMD CEO confirms high-end Radeon ‘Navi’ graphics cards are coming

AMD’s Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT graphics cards ship huge bang-for-buck, deploying the cutting-edge 7nm manufacturing course of and an all-new RDNA graphics structure so successfully that at least six completely different GPUs had been rendered out of date virtually in a single day—however AMD isn’t stopping there. While many rumors about forthcoming “Navi” GPUs revolve round lower-cost replacements for venerable “Polaris” graphics cards such because the Radeon RX 580, AMD’s CEO not too long ago confirmed that larger, extra badass Navi variants are coming, too. 

Lisa Su was requested for “a sense on 7nm high-end NAVI and mobile 7nm CPUs” throughout AMD’s second-quarter earnings name, as first noticed by VideoCardz. She didn’t present any laborious particulars however confirmed that the Radeon RX 5700 collection isn’t the head of this new AMD era: 

“You asked a good product question. I would say they are coming. You should expect that our execution on those are on track and we have a rich 7nm portfolio beyond the products that we have already announced in the upcoming quarters.” 

Watch out, GeForce RTX 2080 Super? Perhaps. The final Super improve wasn’t as, effectively, tremendous as the RTX 2060 and 2070 Super that Nvidia launched to counter the RX 7000 collection. AMD’s long-lasting “GCN” graphics structure, the inspiration for Radeon GPUs since 2012, supported as much as 64 compute models (CU) per chip. The extra highly effective of the 2 new Radeon GPUs, the RX 5700 XT, packs 40 CUs, giving the brand new RDNA structure loads extra headroom if it scales up as successfully as its predecessor.  

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There’s an opportunity AMD might even have the ferocious $1,200 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti in its sights—particularly if the RDNA structure can surpass GCN’s 64 CU limitation. 

AMD wants a brand new flagship because the Radeon RX 5700 collection destroyed the $700 Radeon VII’s worth proposition.

Don’t get too excited but although. While the RDNA structure does great issues for AMD graphics cards, Radeon doesn’t have a sterling observe document on the high-end lately, and Su’s remark doesn’t even start to trace at a timeline for Big Navi. Last era’s high-end Vega GPUs arrived woefully late and disappointingly underpowered versus the fanatic competitors, failing to come back close to the GTX 1080 Ti’s efficiency regardless of aggressive AMD pre-release advertising and marketing that instructed Vega would dethrone Nvidia’s newest and biggest components. It didn’t.

That being mentioned, AMD’s firing on all cylinders not too long ago and coming off the red-hot launch of each the butt-kicking Radeon RX 5700 collection and Third-gen Ryzen CPUs that outshine Intel’s greatest processors. Knocking Nvidia off its perch can be the ultimate jewel in AMD’s shining 7nm crown. The previous has proven we shouldn’t soar aboard the Big Navi hype prepare till AMD reveals its hand, however these are thrilling occasions certainly for PC…