AMD Radeon news
The gist
Hardware Unboxed tested AMD's OEM-only Radeon RX 9050 4GB, finding the 8GB model 37% faster.
The card's halved memory bus and cache show what OEM-only 4GB configs cost buyers.
How it unfolded
- Mar 2025AMD launched the flagship RX 9070 XT with an official MSRP of $599.
- Sep 17, 2026AMDGPU maintainer Alex Deucher sent feature updates to DRM-Next, including HDMI FRL updates, fixes for upcoming AMD graphics hardware (GFX12.1, DCN6), and CU occupancy reporting for RDNA1/GFX10 in the AMDKFD compute driver.
- Sep 17, 2026A report suggested AMD GPU manufacturers face 10% higher chip costs toward the end of the year, attributed to TSMC price increases affecting AI chips, consumer GPUs, and motherboard chipsets.