AMD Lags Behind Competitors by Retaining Outdated Memory Technology for New Graphics Card Line

While competitors continually strive for innovation, AMD seems to have chosen a conservative path in developing its new Radeon RX 8000 series based on the RDNA 4 architecture. Instead of following market trends and integrating the latest GDDR7 memory as NVIDIA is doing with its new GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 models, AMD continues to use the outdated GDDR6 memory with a speed of just 18 Gbps.

This conservative choice might undermine the competitiveness and appeal of the new cards, considering that consumers expect not just affordable prices but cutting-edge technology. All models in the Radeon RX 8000 series, for both desktops and laptops, will be equipped with this memory, potentially limiting their performance and innovative potential.