AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT Tipped for April Release

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The Radeon RX 6950 XT, one of AMD’s rumored Radeon RX 6000 Series refreshes, will be available as early as April, according to a new rumor shared by Coreteks. This graphics card will supposedly feature faster, 18 Gbps memory, a 2 Gbps improvement over the Radeon RX 6900 XT’s specification. Coreteks also claims that AMD isn’t planning to release a Radeon RX 6850 XT, which opens up the possibility that only the current RDNA 2 flagship is getting the benefit of a refresh.



6950XT is planned for mid-april. There’s no 6850XT etc as far as I know — coreteks (@coreteks) February 3, 2022



AMD Radeon RX 6950XT with 18 Gbps memory could launch already in April...

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[Grimlakin]

Why not they only refreshed one of the Ryzen 5000 series CPU's.

 

[SeymourGore]

I dunno, part of me says 'makes sense, there wasn't a huge gulf between RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT anyways', but another part says "Why not just refresh them both?"

What they really need to do is release a RX 6550 XT (without the gimpy laptop lanes) and bury that RX 6500 XT to the OEMs.

 

[Dogsofjune]

What they really need to do is release a RX 6550 XT (without the gimpy laptop lanes) and bury that RX 6500 XT to the OEMs.

I'm sure OEM's would rather their products sell

 

[Uvilla]

These release to unavailable are making nostalgic for paper launches.

 

[Endgame]

These release to unavailable are making nostalgic for paper launches.

The 6900XT seems to be available, so I expect the 6950 to be as well. If it widens the gap a bit from 6800XT, perhaps it will make a bit more sense in the product stack.