While wondering and speculating about the AMD Radeon RX 7800 series' conspicuous absence, we saw a simulation of the RX 7800 XT created with the Radeon Pro W7800. In the same article, we speculated that the RX 7800 XT may still be months away from hitting store shelves, but it turns out that we may see it sooner rather than later.

As harukaze5719 discovered, ASRock has registered two AMD graphics card models with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). Both cards confirm the presence and name of the RX 7800 XT. While there are no confirmed specs yet, the name suggests that the cards will ship with 16GB of memory. [The two cards are ASRock RX 7800 XT PG 16GO and RX 7800 XT PGW 16GO; aside from the RX 7800 XT name and the confirmed 16GB of memory, it is safe to assume that these cards fall under ASRock's Phantom Gaming subbrand The PGW name does not match other Phantom Gaming models, but it is certainly a variant rather than something truly different.

The presence of the RX 7800 XT is not a surprise, but the timing of its release is more surprising. In a typical GPU release sequence, a high-end card is released first, followed by a mid-range card, and finally an entry-level model. However, the RX 7600 was released before either the RX 7800 or 7700. [But this is not a strict rule, and nothing is in the GPU world these days; AMD released the RX 7600 as a replacement for Nvidia's upcoming RTX 4060, but before AMD was satisfied with shipping the heart of the Navi 32 chip to the public, performance was either not where it needed to be or re It is possible that adjustments and bug fixes were needed. But we are merely speculating here.

The RX 7800 XT should be a competitor to Nvidia's RTX 4070 series The RX 7800 XT should compete with Nvidia's RTX 4070 series in performance, price, or both.