AMD was originally set to announce the Radeon RX 9070 XT during its CES 2025 keynote. But, in a move that felt very much like GPU gaslighting, the red team skipped past specific RDNA 4 details, despite briefing me and plenty of other journalists ahead of time. The reason? It turns out the chip maker thinks its deserving of an entirely separate showcase, but I'm still baffled at the approach.
In a conversation with Spanish PC gaming YouTuber Michael Quesada, AMD's Frank Azor explains why the Radeon RX 9070 XT was a no-show at CES. The chief of gaming marketing says "With the announcements of RDNA 2 and RDNA 3, we had dedicated events to present the architecture and performance improvements," before going on to proclaim "We can't cover that in five minutes."
