The AMD Radeon RX 7600 would possibly look like a good distance off, however the rumor mill is swirling about an imminent launch of Workforce Pink’s solidly midrange gaming GPU, and we will not be extra excited.

Whereas the present technology of graphics playing cards — from the top-of-the-line Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 to the surprisingly robust flagship AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX — have proven themselves to be unimaginable performance-wise, reasonably priced they don’t seem to be. 

Even with the latest launch of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, which no less than introduced us a next-gen GPU underneath $600, costs for the very best graphics playing cards have remained agonizingly excessive, and it is being mirrored within the inventory ranges of the foremost choices from AMD and Nvidia. It is nonetheless surprisingly straightforward to search out the newest GPUs in inventory within the US and UK, one thing that will be completely unparalleled simply two years in the past.

It is greater than probably that a variety of avid gamers particularly are holding off on shopping for a brand new GPU till they will get one thing much more reasonably priced than the playing cards at the moment being provided, which makes the rumors of an upcoming AMD RX 7600 launch all that extra engaging. Broadly anticipated to be the very best low cost graphics card out there when it launches, the RX 7600 may very well be simply what the market is determined for proper now, and Workforce Pink might ship in a really massive method very quickly.

AMD RX 7600: Minimize to the chase

• What’s it? AMD’s subsequent midrange GPU
• How a lot does it price? MSRP probably round $329 (about £260, AU$490)
• When can I get it? Anticipated to launch by the top of Might 2023

AMD RX 7600: Value

We’ve not heard something official concerning the RX 7600 from AMD, so it is laborious to foretell one thing as squishy as value this far out from a graphics card launch, however the AMD Radeon RX 6600 launched in 2021 at $329 (about £260, AU$490), and we do not count on it to return in lower than that. 

At $329, the RX 7600 would nonetheless be excellently priced for the market as it’s, and with Nvidia broadly anticipated to extend the worth on the RTX 4060 Ti and RTX 4060 over the RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3060, AMD would nonetheless have loads of value benefit for a 1080p graphics card.

Moreover, AMD has to make up the unofficial MSRP low cost on its flagship 7900 XTX someplace, and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT can solely transfer so many items priced simply $100 underneath the 7900 XTX’s MSRP. 

AMD Radeon RX 7600: Launch date

Nobody can say for certain when the AMD RX 7600 will launch, however we predicted again in February that AMD is likely to be wanting on the market circumstances and sensing a possibility to get the leap on Nvidia and launch the RX 7600 or RX 7600 XT sooner than anticipated to seize a big section of the midrange market that is been starved for a top quality GPU improve for years now.

Latest rumors point out that AMD is ready to do exactly that, with a late Might 2023 launch being broadly reported. There’s some cross-talk within the information, although, that claims the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is likely to be launching first and proper on time for a Computex 2023 debut. This could additionally put it in competitors with the anticipated launch of the Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti, additionally rumored for a late Might launch.

With out an official announcement although, there is no approach to say for sure when the RX 7600 will launch, and contemplating that each AMD and Nvidia usually announce non-flagship GPUs mere days earlier than they go on sale, if that, we’ll in all probability know for certain a few day or two earlier than the cardboard goes on sale.

AMD Radeon RX 7600: Specs

We all know little or no, if something, concerning the specs of a possible RX 7600 (opens in new tab) at this level, apart from it is going to be an RDNA three GPU, so it should in all probability use the identical TSMC 6nm/5nm GPU chiplet design because the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT.

As a 1080p graphics card, it should probably not go above 12GB VRAM, and can extra probably are available in at a decrease VRAM configuration. We might like to see 10GB no less than, since the very best PC video games from AAA publishers are demanding increasingly more reminiscence, however we’d not be there simply but for the RX 7600, particularly when FSR 2 by itself can get you north of 60 fps on a variety of video games on max settings at 1080p. 

FSR 2 may even push you into playable 1440p gaming efficiency on an 8GB VRAM card, so packing in further video reminiscence over the RX 6600 is likely to be an excessive amount of to hope for, but it surely additionally in all probability will not be the hill anybody is keen to carry til the bitter finish on the anticipated value level of the RX 7600.

AMD Radeon RX 7600: Efficiency

Since we all know little about what to anticipate when it comes to specs, it is laborious to gauge what sort of efficiency enhancements we are able to count on from the RX 7600, however it should nearly definitely be a considerable enchancment over the RX 6600.

The latter was a extremely competent 1080p graphics card, but it surely nonetheless acquired bested by the RTX 3060 total. It wasn’t a lot of a distinction to make it uncompetitive although, particularly on PC titles which are optimized for AMD {hardware}. 

Whether or not the identical will maintain true for the RX 7600 stays to be seen, clearly, however given the efficiency good points that the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT made gen-on-gen, we positively count on to see one thing comparable right here with the RX 7600.

AMD Radeon RX 7600: What to anticipate

As an AMD midrange graphics card, you should not count on to see far more than high-quality 1080p efficiency on high-to-max settings with some strong 1440p efficiency with the correct graphics menu tweaks. What you positively ought to count on is aggressive pricing, which has all the time been AMD’s robust go well with. 

Given how Nvidia looks as if it is hooked on GPU value inflation, all AMD would wish to do right here is maintain issues to the RX 6600’s $329 MSRP and it will rating a giant win towards its archrival. In fact, that is assuming that Nvidia would not wisen up and decrease the worth of its midrange graphics playing cards. If the RTX 4060 particularly had been to match the RX 6600’s MSRP, for instance, then all bets are off, and AMD must be extra aggressive than it will probably in all probability afford to be on value with a view to make this a compelling card.

We’ll see over the following a number of weeks as rumors and new leaks begin to trickle out forward of the anticipated Computex 2023 launch window, however for sure, it is a card that avid gamers on a finances are positively going to need to observe intently.