- An AMD executive explained why RDNA 4 GPUs will not be launched until March
- The reason is to ensure that drivers are completely perfected and FSR 4 is more widely compatible.
- In addition to that, it is mentioned to make sure there are a lot of RX 9070 stock
AMD has provided a reason why the launch of its RX 9070 graphics cards was announced that occurred in March 2025, when hope, based on the vine talk, and many of them, it was for an earlier launch in the first quarter.
As it made it clear for David Mcafee in X, the Vice President of AMD and GM of Ryzen CPU and Radeon Graphics, the company is “taking a little extra time to optimize the software stack to obtain maximum performance and enable more FSR titles 4 “.
I really appreciate the emotion for RDNA4. We are focused on ensuring that we deliver a large set of products with the Radeon 9000 series. We are taking a little extra time to optimize the software stack to obtain maximum performance and enable more FSR titles 4. We also have a wide range …January 22, 2025
Therefore, AMD is adjusting to graphics controllers to work as well as possible with the entrantes of RX 9070, and bring more PC games to the fold of being compatible with FSR 4.
In addition, the Team Red Executive also indicates that building stock is part of the equation when it comes to launching the RDNA 4 GPUs later in Q1, instead of before.
Analysis: A new AMD tactics – Don’t hurry, do you understand well?
This second announcement in a short time of McAFee seems to have some possible purposes. Of course, on a surface level, it is good to keep up with what is happening, and listen to why Team Red is taking longer in this. And I think this is something that AMD needed to clarify, since there were many rumors that bubble around what happens behind closed doors with RDNA 4.
One of the most frustrating elements of RDNA 4, which is not strictly a delay, since AMD only said the first 2025 quarter for launch, and that can be as late as March (although it is true that no more afternoon) – It was the apparent appearance of multiple RX 9070 models in retailers. The seasoning had to spray on those sightings, naturally, but there were a series of photos, all of which seemed authentic enough (it seemed unlikely that they were all false in some way). This led to a bewilderment and frustration of why AMD will not only “continue” so to speak.
Mcafee is indirectly directed with his last comment, in the mention that some retail partners “began building an initial inventory”, but there is much more to come. This explains these photo leaks and also assures us that there will be a lot of RDNA 4 stock by hand, also playing and capitalizing on the concerns that Nvidia will not have a decent inventory level for your graphics cards RTX 5000 (at least not initially for RTX 5090 and 5080 models).
All this deviates from the rumor that AMD has been involved in prices disputes with retail partners (who already ordered and received RX 9070 models or at least some actions) after seeing the unexpectedly low NVIDIA MSRP for the desktop GPUs Blackwell.
In addition, another concern transmitted by RDNA 4 was that the support for FSR 4 could be thin on the floor to begin with, especially compared to DLSS 4, since Nvidia has a lot of support from the door.
Therefore, it makes sense to address this, and focuses more widely on making the launch of RX 9070 as good as possible, in terms of FSR, drivers and availability of actions. According to the fact that the RTX 5070 should already be out in February, and completely proven, to allow a better launch of the RX 9070 price and his brother XT, it is obviously also a benefit here. (If AMD has not yet finished the price, which, given the general image, seems to be the case).
This main impulse to make the RDNA 4 lance a high quality issue also provides what Moore’s law is dead (MLID) has just shared in its last video (see above). Youtuber points out that AMD has changed their strategy under Jack Huynh (senior vice president of computer and graphics) to avoid hurrying the products when the market, or launches rivals, demands that they arrive and, instead, take the time for the Hardware is completely correct.
And I cannot argue with that strategy because, well, it makes sense, and Mlid’s sources also make it clear that they are not worried that RX 9070 models can disappoint.
So, although I would like to buy a new average range GPUs sooner rather than later, I will have to be patient, just like everyone else. Because even if that is a bit frustrating, if rdna 4 moves very well as a result, of course, it will be worth the wait.
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