AMD, Nvidia may launch their next generation graphics cards in September
Here’s comes Big Navi
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We have long been anticipating the arrival of bothNvidia’s Ampere GPU architecture to its GeForce graphics cards as well asAMD’s ultimate Nvidia killer, the Big Navi… unfortunately, we have been disappointed on both counts. So far, AMD hasn’t shared any concrete details about itsRDNA 2, while Nvidia haslaunched Ampere only for Data Center.
On the upside, it does look like these GPUs are coming, and they’re coming later this year.
That’s according toDigitimes, who says graphics cards vendors are expected to cut prices for older products because both AMD and Nvidia are “set to launch their next-generation GPUs in September.”
Unfortunately, Digitimes has made no mention of which GPUs will be launching, and does not name its source, so we are taking this with a grain of salt. However, the report does corroborate an older press release byTrendForce, which states that “Nvidia and AMD are planning to release new GPUs in 3Q20.”
Adding weight to the rumors
This also seems to line up with existing speculations. Nvidia’s next-gen Ampere graphics cards are alreadyexpected to arrive in Q3 2020, and AMD’s Big Navi has already been reported tocome at the end of 2020.
The timing makes sense – both GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti were launched in September 2018, followed by GeForce RTX 2070 the next month. And, in July, theSuper RTXline will be a year old. Meanwhile, a new rumor points to both AMD’sRyzen 4000 desktop processorsand RDNA 2 GPUsgoing on on sale in October 2020.
Computex 2020 has also beenpostponed until September, though both manufacturers arerumored to be giving the major event a miss. However, it’s also possible that they’ll use the conference as an opportunity to show off their next-generation graphics cards. Major cities around the world are starting to open back up, and things could be back to normal by then.
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Michelle Rae Uy is the former Computing Reviews and Buying Guides Editor at TechRadar. She’s a Los Angeles-based tech, travel and lifestyle writer covering a wide range of topics, from computing to the latest in green commutes to the best hiking trails. She’s an ambivert who enjoys communing with nature and traveling for months at a time just as much as watching movies and playing sim games at home. That also means that she has a lot more avenues to explore in terms of understanding how tech can improve the different aspects of our lives.
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