Arrr, ye scurvy dogs at PowerColor be blabberin' prematurely 'bout the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT afore its grand reveal! Blimey!
2023-08-04
Arrr, mateys! Avast ye! PowerColor hath gone and blundered, spilling the beans on the wondrous AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT afore its grand reveal. They be jumping the gun, methinks! Shiver me timbers, the anticipation be killed!
The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT has been accidentally revealed by PowerColor after the product page for the card appeared on PowerColor's website.PowerColor, an AMD board partner (for now, anyway), accidentally posted the product page for the AMD graphics card, which we've been anticipating would launch this quarter.AMD hasn't actually announced the card yet, though, so the product page slip-up essentially steps on AMD's eventual reveal.Not only do we get a look at PowerColor's version of the card, but the product page also reveals the actual specs of the card.The fact that the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is inbound really isn't a surprise to anyone.While the launch of the AMD Radeon RX 7600 ahead of the rest of AMD's enthusiast and midrange stack looks to have been a smart move on AMD's part, the RX 7800s and RX 7700s is where a lot of the excitement is.This is especially true for the midrange gamer and enthusiast set who've only had the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT pine for.With Nvidia launching pretty much its entire product stack for this generation already, AMD's RX 7800- and RX 7700-series cards are the final major releases that we're anticipating for at least another year if not longer.So there are a few things that stand out from the leaked specs.First, there are slightly higher Game and Boost Clocks.There is faster memory, even if it's the same VRAM pool and bus size, which should definitely help the card tear through 4K gaming.There are also only 60 CUs on the RX 7800 XT, compared to 72 for the RX 6800 XT.Even though the RX 7800 XT will have fewer processing units, these are faster and more mature, so what AMD loses in quantity, it can hopefully make up in quality.The card will also feature two 8-pin power connectors, similar to the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT.The actual dimensions of the card will obviously vary between third-party manufacturers, and it's not known yet if AMD will be making its own reference card, but given the positioning of this card and the RX 7700 XT in the market, it's likely that we'll see AMD producing its own hardware as well.While it's too soon to tell if this card will find its way into gamers' hearts, it looks like we won't have to wait too long.