AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT to Debut in January Exclusively in Custom Variants

AMD is reportedly gearing up to launch the Radeon RX 7600 XT GPU in late January, targeting the budget segment within the $300 US range. Speculations surrounding the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT GPU have been circulating since September when it initially surfaced in online listings. Recently, it was identified in new listings by relatively new Add-In-Board (AIB) partners, primarily limited to Asian regions. Typically, these AIBs list cards as placeholders in case AMD decides to release these graphics cards in the future.

The All New AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

Building on these listings, Benchlife has now disclosed that AMD currently has plans to launch only the Radeon RX 7600 XT, omitting the RX 7800 and RX 7700 cards from its roadmap. This GPU will mark the first release of a new RDNA 3 GPU in 2024 and is likely to be the final one before AMD shifts its focus to the RDNA 4 GPU lineup. The launch of the Radeon RX 7600 XT is expected between January 22nd and 28th, coinciding with NVIDIA‘s RTX 4070 Ti SUPER graphics card launch.

Previous reports from the same source indicated that the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT GPU might feature 16 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, twice that of the RX 7600 non-XT. However, details about the specific GPU adopted by the RX 7600 XT remain unknown. Options include either offering a higher clock and VRAM configuration of the same RX 7600 GPU as the “XT” variant or moving up the stack and providing more cores using a cut-down Navi 32 silicon. At launch, the graphics card is expected to have only custom variants, with no reference to the “MBA” model released by AMD itself.

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 launched with a price tag of $269 US but is commonly found close to $249 US. Based on this, it is anticipated that the XT model will debut at around $299 US. While having double the VRAM on a budget-level graphics card may find applications, it is likely to be limited to 1080p gaming, similar to the constraints observed with the RTX 4060 Ti and its 16 GB variant due to its 128-bit bus interface. The performance and reception of the RX 7600 XT remain to be seen, especially considering NVIDIA’s introduction of the sub-$200 US 6 GB RTX 3050 in the same month.