2027/2028 Nvidia/AMD/Intel GPU speculation

[Marees]

RDNA 5 Is Coming Earlier Than Anyone Expected. What That Means for Your Next Build​

Plan for Q3 (2027), be pleasantly surprised if it’s Q2, and don’t lose sleep if it slips to Q4.

The DRAM and NAND Problem Nobody Is Talking About Loudly Enough​

RDNA 5 arriving in mid-2027 is not automatically good news for build costs. Tom’s Hardware reported in July 2026 that AI-driven demand is keeping DRAM and NAND prices elevated through at least Q3 2026, with no clear signal of sustained relief. GDDR7, the memory standard RDNA 5 is expected to use, is being consumed heavily by AI inference hardware before it ever reaches consumer graphics cards. That supply pressure doesn’t vanish just because AMD hits a launch date.


What this means practically: RDNA 5 cards may launch with strong performance and painful MSRPs.


GDDR7 memory, expected on RDNA 5 flagship and upper-mid cards, is under supply pressure from AI hardware demand through at least late 2026. If that pressure doesn’t ease, expect RDNA 5 MSRPs to open higher than historical equivalents. Mid-tier cards will likely hit reasonable street pricing two to three months after launch as channel inventory catches up.

 

[El_Capitan]

Any new GPU coming out will have had to pay the absurd AI-caused DRAM tax, and will be more expensive. My hope is that they're holding their GPU's back from release until the AI RAMpocalypse is over, but they're the ones directly benefitting from it, so I doubt it.

 

[Marees]

Any new GPU coming out will have had to pay the absurd AI-caused DRAM tax, and will be more expensive. My hope is that they're holding their GPU's back from release until the AI RAMpocalypse is over, but they're the ones directly benefitting from it, so I doubt it.

they are holding back the "budget" cards

AT2 will launch in the $500 to $1000 range next july / Q3 2027

AT0 above that will probably not release for gamers

unfortunately the "budget" AT3 & AT4 cannot be released because AMD made the "foolish" decision of making them lpddr rather than gddr

that means minimum 32gb vram — for a BUDGET card !!!

the end result is for $500 & below, RDNA 4 will continue service until RDNA 6 (2029 / 2030)

the AT3 & AT4 will release as part of framework AI PCs with 128gb/256gb ram !!!!

 

[LukeTbk]

unfortunately the "budget" AT3 & AT4 cannot be released because AMD made the "foolish" decision of making them lpddr rather than gddr

that means minimum 32gb vram — for a BUDGET card !!!

Or if quite limited bandwith but large vram is quite useful, just not make them budget cards...

B70 are not that powerful for 32GB (and juste 600 gb/s...), sometime even the mini RTX 2000 beat them, they can sell them for a lot of money. The gddr vs lpddr price split will determine how bad-good of a pick it was I feel like, maybe they will need to keep them for the small form factor AI Pc going crazy high... if Moe and compression keep them interesting even at very low bandwith.