AMD’s newest high-end graphics playing cards have turned a whole lot of heads, with each the Radeon RX 7900 XT and its big brother the RX 7900 XTX punching above their weight. Today the corporate introduced a brand new member of the road, the Radeon RX 7900 GRE. This new mannequin sits someplace between the top-of-the-line XT mannequin and the last-gen RX 6800 XT, going for an inexpensive $650 USD. Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of our readers received’t have the ability to purchase it: GRE stands for “Golden Rabbit Edition,” and this card isn’t getting a retail launch outdoors of the Chinese market.

The Radeon RX 7900 GRE hits just under the RX 7900 XT in nearly each {hardware} aspect. Though it’s utilizing a modified Navi 31 processor design, it comes with 80 GPU clusters, a 2.2GHz most clock velocity, 16GB of GDDR6 reminiscence, and a 256-bit reminiscence bus (evaluate to 84, 2.4GHz, 20GB, and 320-bit on the XT, respectively).

That nonetheless places the $650 card nicely above the subsequent step down within the sequence up to now, the Radeon RX 7600, which has simply 32 compute models and 8GB of reminiscence. The $270 “budget” card was launched early this summer time, and up to now it’s the one different GPU within the lineup, leaving a big hole in AMD’s mid-range for the 7000 line. What’s the holdup for the mid-range playing cards? No concrete particulars can be found, although the rumor mill says AMD is figuring out a few of the kinks of the brand new Navi chip design earlier than it brings them to market.

In the meantime, you may simply discover the Radeon RX 7900 GRE in some {hardware} sure for shores past China later this yr…for those who’re prepared to purchase a pre-built desktop. According to VideoCardz.com, whereas reference playing cards will likely be offered alongside OEM fashions from Sapphire, XTX, and PowerColor, system integrators will have the ability to promote machines with the GRE pre-loaded to supply a barely extra reasonably priced different to the XT and XTX.