JANUARY 2021 PCWorld 13Don’t panic, AMD will keep making
its own Big Navi cards after all
Custom liquid coolers rejoice: AMD will still make reference cards. BY GORDON MAH UNGA
MD will reverse course and
continue to manufacture its own
“Big Navi” Radeon cards
indefinitely.
The company had apparently decided to
end production of its own Radeon RX 6800,
Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 6900 XT
cards, according to a report from Videocardz.
com (go.pcworld.com/vcrd). But “due to
popular demand,” the company will continuemaking its reference cards “indefinitely,”
AMD’s VP of graphics Scott Herkelman
confirmed over Twitter.
“We’ve just officially extended the
reference design builds indefinitely due to
popular demand,” Herkelman said in
response to a question on Twitter.
While some might view AMD’s attempt to
stop producing its own reference cards as
“bad news” and a reflection of the card’sIMAGE: AMD