AMD at Computex 2026: RX 9070 GRE, FSR 4, RDNA 5 and what it means for you

Computex 2026 is over. And on the AMD side, we had a mix of concrete and teasing. No revolution, but several announcements that deserve our attention - especially if you're hesitating to upgrade your setup or if you've been monitoring GPU prices for months.

The big piece: the Radeon RX 9070 GRE finally lands on the global market after being reserved for the Chinese market for a year. Next to that, AMD has expanded support for FSR 4.1 to the old cards, teased a crazy overclocking record on the future RX 9060 XT, and dropped some hints on RDNA 5 We dissect everything.

The RX 9070 GRE, we had been hearing about it since early 2025 when it was released in China under the name Radeon RX 9070 GRE. Same Navi 48 chip, but cut with a hatchet: 48 compute units RDNA 4 (against 56 on the standard RX 9070), 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus and a bandwidth of 432 GB/s. The boost clock goes up to 2,790 MHz, and the displayed TDP is 220W — but in practice, it rather draws around 240-270W.

In France, the recommended price is set at 569 euros In reality, custom models are priced between 587 and 689 euros depending on the brands. The ASRock Steel Legend is priced at 569 euros at PowerLab, the XFX Triple Fan at 587 euros on Amazon.fr. At Fnac, the Sapphire is listed at 869 euros - in short, it's the usual mess.

The thing is, the pricing positioning is shaky. The standard RX 9070 costs barely more and offers 16GB of VRAM, a 256-bit bus, and 17-18% more performance in 1440p. In other words: for 50-80 euros more, you get a significantly superior GPU. Tom's Hardware even talks about shrinkflation , and it's hard to blame them.

In pure rasterization, the RX 9070 GRE performs decently at 1080p and 1440p. We are talking about performances about 14% under the standard RX 9070 and 30% above the RX 960 XT in 1440p. Nothing scandalous for a mid-range card — but nothing exciting either.

The problem is facing competition. Nvidia's RTX 5070 outperforms it by 7 to 10% in general performance, and the gap widens significantly in ray tracing - the 48 RT accelerators and the limited bandwidth of 432 GB/s are not enough in 1440p RT. And compared to its predecessor (the RX 700 GRE), it's even worse: 11% slower in 1440p You pay more to have less.

The result in Europe? The card finds no buyers. Tom's Hardware FR wrote an article on this: European consumers are snubbing it, and we understand why. At 569 euros, the value for money does not hold up against the standard RX 9070. Unless it is the only one available in stock — which is probably AMD's strategy.

The other big GPU announcement is the extension of FSR 4.1 to older cards. So far, the complete FSR 4 - with frame generation by machine learning - was reserved for RDNA 4 cards (the RX 9000 series). Now, upscaling FSR 4.1 arrives on Radeon RX 7000 (RDNA 3) , with RDNA 2 support (RX 6000) planned for 2027.

Attention, however: ML frame generation remains exclusive to RDNA 4. If you have an RX 7900 XT, you get the improved upscaling but not the AI frame generation. It's a bit like if Nvidia gave you DLSS but not Multi Frame Generation - useful, but not the complete package.

On the adoption side, AMD announces over 300 FSR 4 compatible games. The number looks good on paper, but in practice, the implementation varies greatly from one title to another. And compared to Nvidia's DLSS 4 - which has the advantage of dedicated hardware integration with Tensor Cores - FSR remains a step below in the final rendering. But it's progressing.

The fun moment of Computex: AMD's overclocking team pushed a RX 9060 XT at 4 769 MHz under liquid nitrogen cooling. New world record GPU frequency. We are talking about a card that hasn't even been officially released yet — AMD only showed it for this OC demo.

The RX 9060 XT has no announced release date. No price, no confirmed specs for the market. Rumors are circulating but nothing official. The fact that AMD is using it for a frequency record suggests that it is on track - but don't expect to find it on the shelf tomorrow. Some sources mention a delayed launch, with AMD preferring to sell off the RX 9070 GRE stocks first.

4.7 GHz on a GPU, it remains impressive. For context, current cards boost between 2.5 and 3 GHz under normal usage. Under LN2, it is obviously unusable for daily use, but it shows that the RDNA 4 architecture has room to spare.

Not strictly GPU, but interesting for gaming setups: AMD has presented the profiles EXPO ULL (Ultra Low Latency) . The idea is to optimize the sub-timings of mid-range DDR5 kits to make them perform at the level of high-end kits. Specifically, a DDR5-6000 CL36 kit for 70 euros could achieve the performance of a DDR5-6000 CL28 kit for 130 euros.

G.SKILL showed compatible kits at Computex, and the first Gigabyte and MSI X870E/X870 motherboards already support these profiles. If it works as promised, it's really good news for AM5 budget builds. Less need to spend 150 bucks on premium RAM.

For those hoping for RDNA 5 in the coming months: it's a no. Board partners present at Computex have confirmed that the next generation of AMD gaming GPUs will not arrive before the second semester 2027 as soon as possible. Several leakers (TweakTown, Tom's Hardware) converge towards mid-2027, which would coincide with the arrival of Zen 6 "Medusa" processors on mobile - which will precisely integrate an RDNA 5 iGPU.

What we know about RDNA 5: it should support LPDDR6, and the provisional naming of the mobile chips is "Medusa Point" and "Medusa Halo". As for discrete desktop GPUs, it's still unclear. AMD didn't show any roadmap slides at Computex — which says a lot about the actual timing. If you're on RDNA 3 today and aiming for RDNA 5, get ready to wait another 12 to 18 months.

Let's be direct. The RX 9070 GRE at 569 euros is a purchase that is justified only if you cannot find the standard RX 9070 at a correct price. The 12GB of VRAM in 2026 is just for 1080p-1440p — but it will quickly become limited with upcoming AAA games. And the 192-bit bus limits performance in ray tracing.

The real interest of this Computex for AMD is the signal sent: RDNA 4 is maturing, FSR 4 is expanding, and the AM5 ecosystem continues to enrich with EXPO ULL. It's not spectacular, but it's solid.

Our advice: if you are on an RX 6000 or a GTX 1000/RTX 2000, the RX 9070 (not the GRE) remains an excellent choice. If you can wait and have the budget, the RTX 5070 performs better in RT. And if you aim for the long term, RDNA 5 in 2027 could be the real generational leap.

Not really at 569 euros. The standard RX 9070 offers 16GB of VRAM and 18% more performance for 50-80 euros more. The GRE is only justified if it's the only one available in stock.

No official date. AMD only showed it in an overclock demo at Computex 2026. Rumors talk about a delayed launch — probably not before late 2026 or early 2027.

Upscaling FSR 4.1 is now supported on RDNA 3 cards (RX 7000). AI frame generation remains exclusive to RDNA 4 cards (RX 9000).

Board partners and leakers are converging towards the second semester of 2027. No official announcement from AMD at the moment.

The RTX 5070 is 7 to 10% faster overall and significantly better at ray tracing thanks to DLSS 4. But it is also more expensive. If ray tracing interests you little and you find the GRE at a good price, it remains competitive in rasterization.