Yesterday, French site Cowcotland reported that shipments of the reference Radeon RX 5700 XT and Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards are being phased out, making this claim very clear. The source explained that AMD partners no longer receive ready-made reference design graphics cards from the company, and now they have to release their own design Radeon RX 5700 series products. For AMD, this is a completely common practice: reference products are designed to saturate the market in the first weeks after the announcement, then partners take over.
AMD itself, of course, does not produce video cards - a trusted contractor is engaged in the production of reference solutions of the "first wave", and the company then distributes its products among other video card manufacturers. Colleagues from the site managed to get a detailed comment from AMD representatives about yesterday's information from the French site.
While this sounds like a rebuttal to yesterday's news, in reality, AMD partners will be able to continue bringing the reference design Radeon RX 5700 graphics cards to market. The fact is that the company is ready to give them all the necessary design and technological documentation for products of the reference design, and they will be able to arrange the release of the corresponding video cards on their own. Moreover, video card manufacturers will be able to make some changes in the design of manufactured products and optimize it at their discretion.
True, it should be taken into account here that among computer enthusiasts, the reference design of video cards of the Navi generation will not have so many fans. Alternative graphics cards from AMD partners will be able to offer much more efficient cooling systems. For the company's partners, the opportunity to maintain the production of reference products is just a chance to offer low-cost products to unpretentious customers. For example, computer assemblers will certainly be interested in such components.
Source: 3dnews.ru