On May 24, 2023, AMD officially released a new generation of entry-level graphics card, the Radeon RX 7600. Its performance is basically on par with rival Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4060, but its ** ($269) is $30 cheaper than its rival, and overall, there is good faith.
But objectively speaking, whether it is NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4060 or AMD's Radeon RX 7600, the performance of the new generation of entry-level graphics cards from the two manufacturers is quite different from user expectations.
Nvidia's RTX 40 series generally has a bad reputation, but the company is now aware of and intends to turn the situation around, and will release a chicken-blooded enhanced version of the RTX 40 series, also known as the RTX 40 Super series, in January next year.
At present, there is no actual performance comparison test of RTX 40 Super series graphics cards in the market, and there are only some general and unsubstantiated rumors for temporary reference.
The GeForce RTX 4070 Super is rumored to outperform the GeForce RTX 4070 by 14%, the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super by 15% over the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, and the GeForce RTX 4080 Super by 3-5% over the GeForce RTX 4080.
Some friends may have doubts about the above news, and I personally think that the credibility is relatively high, and if the performance of the RTX 40 Super series is less than 10% higher than the original, it doesn't make much sense, so the overall credibility is very high.
Obviously, after the release of the RTX 40 Super series, the competitive pressure on AMD graphics cards will further increase, so AMD will definitely not sit still and will take countermeasures accordingly.
Friends who are familiar with AMD's product line know that AMD's processors have a standard version of the digital series, and there will also be an enhanced version with the suffix "X", such as the Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 7 7700X, etc.
The same goes for AMD's graphics cards, which will have a standard version of the digital series, as well as an enhanced version with the suffix "XT", such as the Radeon RX 6700 and Radeon RX 6700 XT, among others.
In order to meet Nvidia, it has been rumored that AMD will release a chicken-blooded enhanced version of the Radeon RX 7600 in January next year, which is the Radeon RX 7600 XT. How much better will the performance of the Radeon RX 7600 XT really be?First of all, let's start with the market positioning of this product.
The Radeon RX 7600 XT is positioned in the $300** range, and its competitors are mainly the GeForce RTX 4060 series, including the GeForce RTX 4060 8GB, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, and of course, the previous generation of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3060 series.
So theoretically, as long as the Radeon RX 7600 XT is basically the same as the GeForce RTX 4060, and the performance is between the GeForce RTX 4060 and the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, this is the best way to play.
At present, there is no conclusive and detailed specifications of the Radeon RX 7600 XT, and it is known that there will be two versions, namely 10GB VRAM version and 12GB VRAM version, in addition, there are rumors of a 16GB version, but there is no basis for this at present.
The two versions of the Radeon RX 7600 XT are expected to use different GPUs, with one version having a bit width of 128 bits and the other a 192 bits. Other than that, there is no further news to share about the Radeon RX 7600 XT at this time, which is expected to increase the number of texture units and raster units, which is something you can expect.
Regarding the Radeon RX 7600 XT, it is basically certain that it is around $300, with a high probability of $299 (low-spec version). As for the release time, it is expected to be between January 22 and 28 next year.
Although Nvidia plans to launch the RTX 40 Super series to improve the performance of the RTX 40 series and improve the reputation, Lao Huang is still a "chicken thief" and keeps a hand, the RTX 40 Super series does not include the GeForce RTX 4060 Super that many friends are looking forward to, this model does not exist.
Before January of this year, the dessert-grade GeForce RTX 4060 has been in the hearts of many friends, hoping that it will perform well and be cost-effective. But the end result is that the GeForce RTX 4060 has a very small performance improvement compared to the previous generation GeForce RTX 3060, and even shrinks in some aspects, which has caused strong complaints.
Therefore, there is a joke in the digital circle that the performance of RTX 40 series graphics cards has been artificially depressed, but in fact, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti is the real GeForce RTX 4060. In this case, many friends are very much looking forward to Lao Huang being able to launch the GeForce RTX 4060 Super, which will improve the performance of the GeForce RTX 4060 without changing the same conditions.
However, this is just a good wish, and Lao Huang will not do this, because if the GeForce RTX 4060 Super is really launched, it will seriously impact many models with similar performance, and the overall disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
In this context, the positioning and role of AMD's upcoming Radeon RX 7600 XT will be very close to the GeForce RTX 4060 Super, which Lao Huang will not release, and it may become the real GeForce RTX 4060 in everyone's mind, and it is very likely to backstab Lao Huang.
The biggest suspense now is how much the performance of the Radeon RX 7600 XT has improved compared to the Radeon RX 7600How much higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060?How much lower than GeForce RTX 4060 Ti?How good is the cost performance?We will share the latest developments as soon as possible, so stay tuned.