AMD and NVIDIA may be on a collision course for CES. AMD CEO Lisa Su has confirmed for the first time that the company is preparing to release its next-generation PC GPUs early next year.
“Revenue in gaming graphics declined year-over-year as we prepare to transition to our next-generation Radeon GPUs based on our RDNA 4 architecture,” Su told investors. AMD’s third quarter earnings call. “In addition to a strong increase in gaming performance, RDNA 4 delivers significantly higher ray tracing performance and adds new artificial intelligence capabilities. We are on track to launch the first RDNA 4 GPUs in early 2025.”
The timing very much suggests that AMD will be showing off their RDNA 4 based graphics cards at CES in early January. It’s rare for a company to show off desktop GPUs at a trade show (laptop cards are usually the order of the day for AMD at that event). However, NVIDIA is expected to use the CES keynote to make its debut next-generation 50-series GeForce RTX GPUs. We may get a little more clarity on that front when NVIDIA announces its third quarter earnings results on November 19th.
as PCWorld notes that AMD’s first RDNA 4 GPUs are expected to deliver mid-range performance at an equivalent price point to increase market share. AMD’s gaming business (which includes the company’s GPU division) posted revenue of $462 million in the third quarter, down 69 percent year over year.
