Something to look forward to: AMD has officially confirmed that its Radeon RX 9000-series graphics cards will launch in March, putting an end to speculation about when its latest GPUs will be available for purchase. The RX 9000 lineup will compete with some of Nvidia's recently announced RTX 5000-series cards, headlined by the $1,999 RTX 5090. The announcement was made by David McAfee, the VP and GM of Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics at AMD. According to his post on X, Radeon 9000-series hardware and software are pretty much baked, and all that remains is the official launch. McAfee also said that the company is planning to have "a wide assortment of cards available globally" when they go on sale this March.AMD unveiled the Radeon RX 9000 cards earlier this month at CES 2025. The lineup includes four SKUs, led by the RX 9070 XT. The three other models are the vanilla RX 9070, RX 9060, and RX 9050. Based on the RDNA 4 architecture, the new products feature AI-powered FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) upscaling, improved ray-tracing performance, and upgraded media encoding quality.The top-of-the-line RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 include AMD's second-generation AI accelerators, third-generation ray-tracing accelerators, and second-generation Radiance Display Engine. It's unclear how powerful the new 9070 twins are, but promotional material from AMD seems to suggest that they will offer similar performance to that of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4070 Super.AMD hasn't revealed much else about its latest GPUs, but a steady stream of leaks in recent months has revealed some of their hardware specifications and features. According to rumors, the flagship 9070 XT will feature the Navi 48 GPU with 4,096 cores, a 2.97GHz boost clock, 16GB of GDDR6 memory, 256-bit memory bus, 20 Gbps memory speed, and 640 GB/s memory bandwidth.Other critical specs, like the max board power and PCIe interface, remain a mystery. AMD has yet to announce the pricing for any of its 9000-series cards, but they are expected to be priced competitively against the RTX 5070 series. For reference, the vanilla RTX 5070 has a $549 MSRP in the US, while the more powerful 5070 Ti starts at $749. // Related Stories