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AMD looks to have scrapped its RX 7900 GRE – the graphics card that’s our current pick for best GPU

  • AMD has reportedly stopped production of the Radeon RX 7900 GRE
  • This is reflected in the mid-range GPU vanishing rapidly off the shelves
  • AMD is likely preparing the way for new RDNA 4 graphics cards

AMD is ditching the Radeon RX 7900 GRE from its current-gen GPU line-up, if fresh gossip from the grapevine is to be believed.

According to a report from Dutch tech site Tweakers, the RX 7900 GRE is now end-of-life, with AMD halting production of this graphics card.

Tweakers explains that it received a tip from a retail store that this was the case, with that outlet having heard from multiple suppliers that the 7900 GRE is effectively out of the mix.

Add plenty of salt, but if true, once existing stock has sold through, it’ll be curtains for this popular GPU. (The RX 7900 GRE is, in fact, still currently our top pick of the best graphics cards out there).

The site clarifies that AMD will continue to support the card with its software (driver updates), as would clearly be expected.

Tweakers further notes that AMD didn’t reply to requests to confirm that the RX 7900 GRE had been discontinued, but that’s not surprising, we wouldn’t expect Team Red to do so.

The report also observes that stock (presumably in The Netherlands) is dwindling, and the lack of availability backs up the notion that this RDNA 3 GPU – which was first introduced as an Asia-only model, before releasing globally – is on the way out.

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An AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE from ASRock on a pink desk mat with its retail packaging

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Analysis: Stock has indeed all but vanished

Hopping on over to Newegg in the US, we note that there’s only one model of RX 7900 GRE left on sale – the Acer BiFrost spin on the AMD GPU – with all the others now out of stock. Micro Center looks to be out of stock almost entirely, too, so this graphics card does indeed seem to be vanishing. Going by reports, stock has been dwindling over the past month or two.

Why might AMD be canning our favorite GPU of the moment? Well, it could be something to do with yields of the Navi 31 chip, meaning the silicon that doesn’t make the cut for higher-end RX 7900 models – which would be repurposed for the GRE – has simply run out.

Of course, production of Navi 31 is likely being scaled back anyway, as we have new RDNA 4 graphics cards rumored to be launching in Q1 of 2025. Those will supposedly include the RX 8800 XT (and more), with that GPU possibly making the RX 7900 GRE redundant in terms of its value proposition.

In short, this is another sign that a potent mid-range offering is due imminently – AMD will supposedly reveal its new RDNA 4 GPUs at CES 2025, with the boards launching soon after – and we can’t wait to see how those RX 8000 models shape up.

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Intel Battlemage GPUs could hit shelves on December 12 – but price rumors are worrying some PC gamers

  • Intel’s B580 and B570 GPUs are rumored for a December 12 launch
  • Team Blue will supposedly reveal them next week on December 3
  • Price rumors hint at $250 MSRP, but don’t get carried away with that idea

Intel’s next-gen Battlemage GPUs are going to be out next month, according to the latest rumor, which gives us a specific release date for the first time – December 12.

VideoCardz claims that the Arc B580 (which has been widely leaked) and B570 desktop graphics cards are in the pipeline, and will be on sale at the same time reviews will apparently be aired, on the mentioned December 12 date.

We will get an announcement from Intel before that, on December 3, according to information VideoCardz has obtained – take all this with a teaspoon of seasoning, naturally.

Intel will supposedly have its own reference boards (or limited edition Arc products, as it calls them) for these GPUs, which will emerge first, and custom graphics cards from third-party partners are going to launch the day after (December 13). This slightly staggered approach to launch is not uncommon these days in the graphics card world.

Meanwhile, fresh buzz on the pricing of the Arc B580 has also emerged, with the usual early retailer listings popping up – some of which are around the $250 mark from US outlets.

Acer Predator BiFrost Arc A770 GPU, pictured against a bright blue and green background.

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Analysis: Maintain a keen sense of skepticism

Regarding the price leaks, these are notoriously flaky – and probably placeholder prices – so that part of the latest rumor dump must be regarded with even more caution than the release date-related spillage.

Assuming that the $250 rumor is close to ballpark for a moment, though, it’s coming in on the heavy side compared to the A580, which kicked off with an MSRP of $180 – and this has caused some fretting among some PC gamers out there.

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However, what we have to remember is that the B580 is a beefier model, at least if the rumored spec is right, particularly as it’ll purportedly come with 12GB of VRAM (up from 8GB with its predecessor), and seemingly a much faster boost clock. So, in that light, a price increase doesn’t look quite so bad – but with the specs and pricing being just speculation at this point, we’ll reserve judgement for now.

What we really want from Intel, though, is for Battlemage to bring in some truly affordable (sub-$200) GPUs. Although of course they should be coming down the line (fingers crossed).

There’s certainly a whole pile of evidence suggesting there’ll be a December launch for next-gen Battlemage desktop graphics cards, mind you, and it’s looking more and more likely that we could witness a new generation of Arc GPUs as soon as next week.

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Intel announces its new Battlemage graphics cards, and they might just be the 1440p budget champions we’ve been waiting for

Intel officially announced its latest discrete graphics cards on this week, the Intel Arc B580 and Intel Arc B570, based on its next-gen Xe2 graphics architecture.

Targeting the budget gaming segment, the new flagship Intel Arc B580 GPU features 20 Xe-cores, 20 ray tracing units, 160 XMX AI Engines and 12GB GDDR6 memory with a 192-bit memory interface, specs that could make it a very competitive 1440p graphics card.

The Intel Arc B570, meanwhile, features 18 Xe-cores, 18 ray tracing units, 144 XMX AI Engines, and 10GB GDDR6 memory with a 160-bit memory interface. And while this is less than the Arc B580, it is more memory bandwidth than the Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti and AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT, both of which struggled when it came to 1440p gaming in gaming benchmarks due to their constrained memory bandwidth.

What might be even more compelling for gamers right now, though, is the launch price of the two cards, with the Intel reference cards debuting at $249 (about £195/AU$385) and $219 (about £175/AU$340), respectively, though third-party cards from Acer, ASRock, Gunnir, and others will vary in price.

The Arc B580 will launch first on December 13, 2024, with the Arc B570 going on sale the following month on January 16, 2025.

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Intel Arc B-series graphics card specs

Header Cell – Column 0 Intel Arc B580 Intel Arc B570
Price $249 (about £195/AU$385) $219 (about £175/AU$340)
Xe-cores 20 18
Render Slices 5 5
Ray Tracing Units 20 18
XMX AI Engines 160 144
Graphics clock 2,670Mhz 2,500MHz
Memory 12GB 10GB
Memory Interface 192-bit 160-bit
Memory Bandwidth 456GB/s 380GB/s
Peak TOPS 233 203
Total Board Power 190W 150W
Power Connector 1 x 8-pin 1 x 8-pin
PCIe Interface PCIe 4.0 PCIe 4.0
Media Accelerators AV1, HEVC, AVC, VP9, XAVC-H AV1, HEVC, AVC, VP9, XAVC-H
Display output 3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x HDMI 2.1 3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x HDMI 2.1

Intel’s new card might be the RTX 3060 Ti successor we’ve been missing

When it launched a couple of years back, the Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti was a much more powerful card than it had a right to be, especially for it’s initial launch price. It ended up being one of the most popular graphics cards of the entire Nvidia Ampere generation, and so when the RTX 4060 Ti launched last year, fans of the 3060 Ti had high hopes for its successor.

Unfortunately, the RTX 4060 Ti was hamstrung out the gate by a memory interface that made it effectively impossible to process textures at 1440p with any kind of speed or efficiency, even when opting for the variant with the larger 16GB memory pool.

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For $399 (about £315/AU$615) at launch, the card was a disappointment, as this was way too much money to spend on what was effectively a 1080p graphics card, whereas the RTX 3060 Ti, with a memory interface twice as large as the RTX 4060 Ti’s, could easily play games at 1440p with moderate to high settings at respectable framerates.

The only graphics cards to really make a splash in the sub-$400 segment over the past year and a half have been the Nvidia RTX 4060 and AMD RX 7600, and only really because of their pricing after the wild GPU price inflation on some of Nvidia and AMD’s flagship cards. And neither of those cards could handle 1440p gaming.

With the new Intel Arc B580 and Arc B570, however, it’s entirely possible that we might be able to see a new graphics card in the budget segment capable of tackling 1440p, the fastest-growing resolution for PC gaming, where their competitors at this price point cannot.

That’s something that’s been sorely missed these last couple of years, and while we’ll have to test the cards ourselves before we can say for certain, I’ve been impressed with Intel’s Xe2 cores in its Lunar Lake laptops, so I, for one, cannot wait to get my hands of the desktop version to take it for a spin.

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