AMD’s ‘Golden Rabbit’ GPU reportedly hits ‘end of life’ status — Radeon RX 7900 GRE is no longer available at any retailer
December 20, 2024

AMD’s ‘Golden Rabbit’ GPU reportedly hits ‘end of life’ status — Radeon RX 7900 GRE is no longer available at any retailer

AMD begins to phase out some current-generation products RX 7000 Series The GPU will launch next year with the rumored RX 8000 series. adjuster’s report Several AMD add-on board partners confirmed that mid- to high-end RX 7900 GRE has been declared “discontinued” and is no longer in production.

We can confirm this: the RX 7900 GRE has been discontinued by all US dealers. Tweakers confirmed that this is also the case overseas, with one exception. If you really want one, the only way to get one right now is to buy second hand or overpriced new on eBay.

Tweakers reported that AMD’s partners did not disclose the reason for the unexpected discontinuation of RX 7900 GRE, so why AMD decided to discontinue this GPU so early remains a mystery.

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We have some theories; however, there’s a good chance that production of AMD’s flagship Navi 31 chips (which power the entire RX 7900 series) has gotten better over the past two years. If true, this would allow AMD to reduce supply of highly defective Navi 31 chips to just enough to run in the RX 7900 GRE. There’s no reason for AMD to use a perfectly healthy Navi 31 chip with the RX 7900 GRE when it can RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XTwhich is a more expensive premium card than the GRE variant.

2024-12-19 17:33:47

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