AMD could be set to make available its mid-range AMD RX 9000 graphics cards as early as March, according to a new rumor. Historically, gaming GPU manufacturers have tended to launch flagship high-end cards for each new generation first, before launching new mid-range cards several months later, so this quick turnaround from AMD would make for a change from the norm.

Part of the reason for this could be that AMD has long been expected not  to compete with Nvidia at the high-end of the market, with the RX 9070 XT expected to be the company’s flagship next-gen card with specs fast enough to only compete with the RTX 5070 rather than the RTX 5090. That means AMD will be highly reliant on grabbing as much of the mid-range GPU market as possible, so the sooner it can launch its more affordable cards, the higher its chances of enticing buyers.

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