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We, and other media outlets, previously reported that there would be no custom Radeon VII cards at launch. Even with the review embargo lifted, every manufacturer's page I've seen only lists reference Radeon VIIs, and KitGuru claims that every manufacturer they've talked to says they're only making reference cards. But back in January, 5 different Powercolor Radeon VII SKUs were posted on the Eurasian Economic Commission's website, one of which matched Powercolor's sole Radeon VII listing before it went up, and it would seem strange if Powercolor offered 5 different Radeon VII bins while only using a reference design. Now, AMD tells KitGuru that "AIB partners are free to develop modified versions to meet customer needs."
Every AMD partner we have spoken to at this point has told us that they will not be releasing custom versions of the Radeon VII, with one partner even indicating that AMD have restricted the releases to strictly reference BBA cards. Some partners who I spoke with directly such as Gigabyte and Sapphire said that they are only releasing reference cards with no indication at this point that they have custom cards even planned. Obviously we felt it was important to approach AMD directly and I posed the question to AMD UK representative Joe Cowell who said he would get back to me later today. I just got an official response on behalf of AMD and they said 'Our AIB partners are free to develop modified versions to meet customer needs.'
Every AMD partner we have spoken to at this point has told us that they will not be releasing custom versions of the Radeon VII, with one partner even indicating that AMD have restricted the releases to strictly reference BBA cards. Some partners who I spoke with directly such as Gigabyte and Sapphire said that they are only releasing reference cards with no indication at this point that they have custom cards even planned. Obviously we felt it was important to approach AMD directly and I posed the question to AMD UK representative Joe Cowell who said he would get back to me later today. I just got an official response on behalf of AMD and they said 'Our AIB partners are free to develop modified versions to meet customer needs.'