Nope, AMD didn’t kill its reference Radeon 5700 cards barely a month after introducing them

Nothing would say failure greater than killing a new graphics card a month after introducing it. So no, Internet, AMD didn’t kill its reference Radeon 5700 and Radeon 5700 XT after releasing the cards on July 7. Well, not likely anyway.

This all seems to have been kicked off by a report on French website cowcotland.com posted on Thursday that mentioned “Nous avons appris ce matin, par nos sources, que les cartes graphiques de référence AMD RADEON RX 5700 et RX 5700 XT étaient donc déjà en fin de vie.”

Translated by machine it apparently says: “We learned this morning, from our sources, that the AMD RADEON RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT reference graphics cards were already at the end of their life.”

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The report went on to say that although the AMD reference blower designs primarily (however not actually) have been put in the identical landfill as these outdated E.T. Atari recreation cartridges, souped-up aftermarket Radeon 5700 designs would proceed.

That kicked off hand-wringing and cardboard-box smashing in boards throughout the Internet who assailed AMD for “cash grabs.” Others mentioned good riddance, as a result of that blower design stank anyway.

PCWorld contacted AMD and was instructed by officers that no, that’s simply not true. The firm didn’t deep-six the design it debuted simply a month earlier than (learn our assessment), nevertheless it was merely not competing with its companions.

“We expect there will continue to be strong supply of Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards in the market, with multiple designs starting to arrive from our AIB partners,” AMD officers mentioned. “As is standard practice, once the inventory of the AMD reference cards has been sold, AMD will continue to support new partner designs with Radeon RX 5700 series reference design kit.”

If we learn that proper, the corporate expects aftermarket designs to proceed flourish, as properly its reference design for the businesses that need to carry it.

But hey, Fridays appear to be the day to debate rumors gone unhealthy. Just final week, a in style Russian Youtuber mistranslated a statement by Intel’s Raja Koduri, which resulted in the false rumor that the first Intel GPU would cost just $200. Intel said that wasn’t true, and the Youtuber ultimately removed the video.