MSI legt Debatte über seine Radeon RX bei 7900 Serienstart

MSI fiel durch das Fehlen der Radeon RX auf 7900 Grafikkarten der Serie beim Start, ohne Produktankündigungen, nor even placeholder product pages on its website as of this writing. Rumors started to fly on social media that the company is skipping the RX 7900 Serie, and that all is not well between MSI and AMD Radeon group. MSI last week laid many of these rumors to rest, with its MSI Gaming Twitter handle quote-tweeting an AMD Radeon handle with the message “Available Soon.”

Andreas Schilling of HardwareLuxx.de added more clarity on the issue with some first-hand info: although MSI skipped the December 12/13 Starttermine, the company is preparing to release some custom-design RX 7900 Serie Karten, and will present them in Q1-2023. The company is however skipping the launch of reference-design MBA (von AMD hergestellt) cards under its own brand—something most other AMD add-in board (SCHANDE) partners did release on December 12. Although AMD directly sells reference-design cards, it also sells them through its AIB partners, by allowing them to use their own brand identity, custom packaging, inclusions, and product warranty specific to the brand.