A brand new leak is hinting at a model new AMD Radeon graphics card that would turn out to be an reasonably priced choice for avid gamers. The rumor, straight from the leak mines on X (previously Twitter), appears to counsel that the brand new AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE can be introduced on the subsequent CES commerce present in January 2025.
This wouldnβt be the primary AMD card to make use of the GRE branding, with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE making it onto our greatest graphics playing cards shortlist as the perfect mid-range GPU you should purchase. Nevertheless, we might count on the brand new card to be a much more reasonably priced choice, based mostly on its mannequin quantity.
In a submit on X, common {hardware} leaker Hoang Anh Phu (@AnhPhuH) gave a really transient trace to the brand new GPU, merely stating the identify of the cardboard alongside a CES 2025 hashtag. This would appear to suggest that AMD plans to announce the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE on the subsequent Shopper Electronics Present commerce present occasion in Las Vegas in early January 2025.
current AMD Radeon RX 7000 collection playing cards, the mannequin identify of RX 7650 GRE suggests the brand new card will sit within the center floor between the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and its youthful sibling, the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT. The RX 7700 XT is an efficient card for 1440p gaming, utilizing a Navi 32 XL GPU with 12GB of GDDR6 VRAM, which retails for round $449. The RX 7600 XT, in the meantime, makes use of a Navi 33 XT GPU, has the next 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM, and retails for $329.
If it does land between these two playing cards, that means a budget-friendly price for the RX 7650 GRE of someplace between $300-400, though that is solely hypothesis. This pricing would make it costlier than the Radeon RX 7600 β the perfect finances card proper now β however with (what weβd assume can be) higher efficiency and extra VRAM for less than $100-$200 extra.
The RX 7650 GRE can be more likely to be the final of AMDβs RDNA 3 playing cards earlier than new RDNA 4 Radeon GPUs are launched, with rumors that these playing cards are coming in early 2025.
One potential drawback for these excited by this doable upcoming launch, although, is that the GRE branding has typically been a marker of China-exclusive or a minimum of China-first GPU releases from AMD. GRE stands for Golden Rabbit Version, referring to the Chinese language zodiac. As such, itβs fairly doable that this card, if confirmed, will launch for Chinese language audiences solely or first earlier than a wider launch.
Weβve seen some GRE merchandise, such because the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE, finally launch exterior of China β with that card truly proving to be a very good worth choice β but it surelyβs additionally doable AMD might be switching to simply utilizing GRE as a common marker of latest variants of its GPUs. The timing of the launch definitely hints on the latter being the case, as CES is a really a lot a western-market-focused present, so a brand new China-exclusive card can be an odd match.
All advised, for those whoβre searching for a brand new graphics card, it could be price holding off till January. Together with this doable launch shaking up the finances finish of the market, Nvidiaβs next-gen 5000 collection playing cards are anticipated to launch in January, together with the brand new flagship Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090. In the meantime, AMD can be plotting its personal early January launches for its RDNA 4 playing cards.
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