AMD ‘Big Navi’ GPU might be right around the corner – but don’t hold your breath
Plus, we’ll probably hear about RDNA 2 in March
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Ever sinceE3 2019whenAMDlifted the veilon theRadeon RX 5700andRX 5700 XT, we always knew it wouldn’t be the highest level of performance AMD would reach withNavi– and a high-end “Big Navi” might be right around the corner.
The latest in a long line of “NvidiaKiller” leaks and rumors comes via an officialKorean RRA certification, and spotted via a retweet by famed leakerKomachi. This specific leak doesn’t have any new insights as to what we can expect from this newgraphics card, but it does hint at the idea that we could be seeing the next high-end graphics card from AMDvery soon.
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As pointed out by the lovely folks over atPCGamesN, these RRA certifications usually make their way out about a month or so before the public release of a new graphics card, so we could be seeing ‘Big Navi’ in the very near future.
How likely is it?
However, we’re not so sure that willactually happen. You see, according to anotherPCGamesN report, AMD will be holding an investors meeting, where it’s likely to unveil RDNA 2. Unless Team Red wants to hamper the sales of its would-be-brand-new graphics card by saying “a better one is coming later this year,” we think AMD might hold off on Big Navi for now.
It also doesn’t make much sense that AMD would launch a big4K-ready graphics card right now, as it wouldn’t haveray tracingcompatibility. It’s more than likely that RDNA 2, if it is announced on March 5, will feature hardware-accelerated ray tracing, as that’s something AMD’s Navi GPUs for thePS5andXbox Series Xwill be capable of. Then again, AMD could just push out a 4K graphics card because the market is hungry for it.
At the end of the day, we’re just going to have to wait until AMD is ready to spill the beans on its next graphics card. And, hey, maybewe willsee an RTX 2080 Ti rival in the next month from Team Red – we know we’d love to get our hands on it.
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