Good news, gamers – AMD could launch a cheap Radeon GPU soon that may shake up the budget card market
We could be getting a budget AMD Radeon GPU reveal this CES 2025
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Rumors aboutAMD’s Radeon GRE graphics cards aren’t anything new, but the latest whisperings on the tech grapevine may be revealing something big for the upcomingCES 2025event.
According tothe latest leakfrom well-known hardware leaker Hoang Anh Phu (reported on byPCGamesN), we could be seeing an AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE graphics card reveal during the tech trade show next year. The post leak in question lists the model name of the card with the hashtag #CES2025.
Judging from previous RX 7000-series cards, the RX 7650 GRE model name could mean that it’ll be between theAMD Radeon RX 7700 XTand theAMD Radeon RX 7600 XTin terms of performance. The former is in competition with theNvidia RTX 4070and tends to retail for $449, while the latter competes with theRTX 4060and is usually priced at $329.
Most likely then, the RX 7650 GRE will retail between $300-$400 if it does end up being confirmed. This would put it above theRadeon RX 7600- easily thebest cheap graphics cardsince theRTX 3060- in terms of price but the tradeoff would be assumed superior performance and VRAM.
The AMD RX 7650 GRE and other 2025 launches could make for a great PC gaming year
There’s a good point to be made that the GRE branding tends to be given to cards that are released in China exclusively or first. However, with theAMD Radeon RX 7900 GREgoing global after a Chinese-exclusive launch and subsequently upending the mid-range cards market, the chances of us seeing the worldwide release of the 7650 GRE (if this card really does exist) would be rather solid.
There’s also the chance that Team Red is planning on using the GRE label for new variants of its graphics cards, which lines up with the part of the leak that this particular card will debut during a Western tech trade show and not at a Chinese one. If this does end up being true, it would probably be the last of theRDNA 3 cardsbefore RDNA 4 makes its debut.
In general, it seems like a good plan for gamers to wait until at least January 2025 before investing in a new graphics card, since not only is there this rumor but the fact that Team Red will also be launching saidRDNA 4 cards next year. Team Green’s next-gen 5000-series cards are expected to launch in January as well, giving gamers even more options.
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Named by the CTA as a CES 2023 Media Trailblazer, Allisa is a Computing Staff Writer who covers breaking news and rumors in the computing industry, as well as reviews, hands-on previews, featured articles, and the latest deals and trends. In her spare time you can find her chatting it up on her two podcasts, Megaten Marathon and Combo Chain, as well as playing any JRPGs she can get her hands on.
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