AMD Launching Radeon RX 6700 XT Graphics Cards on March 18 for $479

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AMD has announced its latest Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics card, the Radeon RX 6700 XT. Red team confirmed the existence of the new model during its Where Gaming Begins event today, which revealed that the reference version and custom variants of the GPU would be available from AMD.com and etailers/retailers (respectively) on March 18. AMD has set the SEP/MSRP of the Radeon RX 6700 XT at $479.



The reference edition of the Radeon RX 6700 XT boasts 40 Compute Units, 2,560 Stream Processors, 40 Ray Accelerators, 12 GB of GDDR6 memory, a Boost Frequency of up to 2,581 MHz, and a TBP of 230 watts. Its also features custom-designed dual axial fans that offer 50 percent lower perceived noise than previous blower designs, as well...

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[Grimlakin]

Unless they launch with phone orders only... bots and scalpers win again.

 

[Brent_Justice]

Maybe AMD and AIBs will be taking more steps this launch to combat bots.

 

[Brian_B]

Maybe AMD and AIBs will be taking more steps this launch to combat bots.

I’m sure AMD certainly has. By making only 12 cards. Available only by using your F5 skills.

 

[Endgame]

I’m sure AMD certainly has. By making only 12 cards. Available only by using your F5 skills.

Kyle on the [H] forum said there would be 5 times the number of 6700s as there were 6800s.... so that means 15 not 12.

 

[Auer]

The 6700XT seems a bit.......meh.....

 

[Grimlakin]

Kyle on the [H] forum said there would be 5 times the number of 6700s as there were 6800s.... so that means 15 not 12.

I'm sorry, who on what forum?

 

[Riccochet]

We'll all be able to buy one. They'll be on Ebay for $1100.

 

[Eduardo_Domingot]

Ive got my fingers crossed this has real availability. I am not hopeful though.

 

[Grimlakin]

Yea they have promised too much and never delivered on availability. Best of luck to everyone still trying to get a card!!

 

[Burticus]

$479? More like $1079