AMD Launches Budget Radeon RX 9050 Following ASRock Leak
ASRock has jumped the gun on revealing a surprise new entry-level addition to AMD's RDNA 4 graphics card family, the Radeon RX 9050, which is evidently being offered in both 4GB and 8GB variants. The add-in board (AIB) partner went live with a couple of product pages for its custom Challenger series models before AMD updated its own site.
Notably, the launch marks a return for 4GB VRAM options in modern budget configurations. It arrives at a time when PC gamers increasingly view 8GB as skimping, and is a clear signal that the ongoing memory crunch is affecting product releases. In AMD's defense, the Radeon RX 9050 is an entry-level card, though it will still be interesting to see how gamers react to a 4GB option, which will in part depend on pricing.
Both the 4GB and 8GB cards are built on AMD's latest-generation RDNA 4 architecture and feature 1,024...
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