AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT may get 16GB of memory and launch in January

With the launch of the Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT, AMD has hinted that it is done with the graphics card family. But by all accounts, it was about releasing graphics circuits, opening the door to adding new models. One such card that has been in the news for a long time is the Radeon RX 7600 XT, which is getting closer and closer due to the information that is pouring in.

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT was listed on the company’s website, only to disappear just as quickly, and then on the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) database. Now the graphics card appears again and it is a report from Table lifeWhich states that the graphics card gets less than 16GB of graphics memory. This is much higher than the previous data that talked about 10 and 12 GB.

As for the other specifications of the Radeon RX 7600 XT, there is no reliable information to be found, but taking the different amounts of memory into account, there are two main possible paths. The first is that it’s a scaled-down version of the Navi 32, found in the Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT, with graphics memory in the lower range of 10-12GB and a 160-192-bit memory bus. In such cases, there is the possibility of a graphics card that bridges the large gap that exists between the RX 7700 XT and the entry-level RX 7600 model.

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The second is that AMD is doing the same maneuver that Nvidia is doing with the Geforce RTX 4060 Ti. This graphics card was first launched in an 8GB version of graphics memory and then was released in a 16GB version, but with the same graphics circuit and identical specifications. If the information about 16GB of graphics memory is correct for the Radeon RX 7600 XT, this is also the most likely scenario for AMD, as the capacity fits well on the 128-bit memory bus found in the Navi 31.

The disadvantage of the latter scenario with 16GB of graphics memory and Navi 31 is that performance will only be significantly affected at higher resolutions. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 already uses the graphics chip in a full version and at high clock rates, so there’s not much to pick up there.

In conclusion, the report talks about the launch of the Radeon RX 7600 XT in January 2024 and then the likely arena is the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which starts on January 9.