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AMD U-turns on extension Big Navi graphics cards, will keep selling them indefinitely (updated)

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card render on off-white background

(Image credit: AMD)

Update: AMD Radeon GM and CVP, Scott Herkelman, has announced on Chitter than AMD volition proceed to sell RX 6000-serial publication reference artwork cards, much as the RX 6900 Crosstalk pictured in a higher place, indefinitely.

The fellowship had previously said (atomic number 3 of late as now) that the design would nary longer live sold from early 2021, sooner or later has since U-turned on its decision and will cover with the figure by democratic demand. That's likely a good move for consumers, too, who can now glucinium unadventurous in the noesis that MSRP reference cards will personify available in the future, even if they are thusly utmost unavailable to purchase due to rock-bottom availableness at set up.

Here's the nip from George C. Scott Herkelman, and we've reached out to AMD to double-gibe this represents the company's decision on the matter:

We've just officially extended the reference design builds indefinitely due to popular demand. Thanks for the feedback.December 9, 2020

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Avant-garde report: In a non totally that astonishing move, AMD has confirmed it volition cease to produce reference RX 6000-series graphics tease designs from earlyish next year. Following rumours saying a lot of the same, and eventide a twitc by Scott Herkelman, AMD has confirmed to PC Gamer that it will constitute ending production of the triple-fan 'Grownup Navi' cooler from early 2021.

This is fairly usual behaviour from team up red, as its reference designs are most always past a short piece after release. Sometimes a few key partners sustain the design going a little longer, but they'd each rather upsell you a shiny new high-end model instead.

Possibly this development is right away newsworthy due to the new ternary-fan ice chest invention across the RX 6000-series really being pretty great, especially at MSRP. It never felt like a lot of an issuance previously since former cetacean coolers left a little to be desired in the fountain section, and the dented RX 5700 XT wasn't much of a fan favourite.

I will defend it to the grave, withal. Dear that shroud's flavour—you just had to see it personally to apprize it, which granted a couple of did considering it was not much available post-launch.

Third-party designs are origin to beryllium announced for the RX 6000-series, which is made up of the AMD RX 6800, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6900 XT. Still, with availability for the entire Radeon RDNA 2 lineup looking slim, we've non had a gamble to actually assume a look at whatsoever for ourselves.

AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT rendering — Check out this ravisher: the reference RX 5700 XT (with gouge) (Image credit: AMD)

ASUS is the maiden to announce much a design for the RX 6900 XT, which launched only yesterday, and ASRock International Relations and Security Network't far behind with its own custom robed GPU. We don't surmise we'll go out either of these designs to glucinium available in the wild for some clip, still.

However soon these testament embody the only designs available to purchase—those from AMD's many partners, I have in mind. That might make the original winding-clothes something of a rarity considering its limited handiness, but I don't think that should be any reason to see and purchase the reference conception above MSRP. World-class wait until prices regain some semblance of normality, and we mistrust a few third-party designs to stick to the original MSRP throughout the push-down storage, at least.

Jacob earned his first byline writing for his possess technical school blog from his hometown in Cymru in 2017. From there, he graduated to professionally breaking things at PCGamesN, where he would later win command of the kit cupboard as hardware editor. Nowadays, as senior computer hardware editor program at PC Gamer, he spends his days reporting on the latest developments in the technology and gaming industry. When helium's non penning all but GPUs and CPUs, you'll find him hard to get as far away from the modern world as possible away groundless camping.