What we want from RDNA 4: PCG team team reveals hopes and dreams for AMD's next gaming graphics card

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AMD wants to know what gamers are "most excited about in RDNA4." Which has got us thinking. What are we hoping for on PC Gamer? Nvidia is now so dominant, it certainly feels like a strong new generation of GPUs from AMD is more important now than ever.

So here are our thoughts on RDNA 4, is it our last great hope for affordable mid-range PC gaming?

Jeremy L, desiccated pixel peeper
As I've said before, for me pricing is critical. I explained my thinking on this last year, but the short version is that RDNA 4 needs to be priced right from the get go. AMD keeps pricing GPUs too high at launch, getting poor reviews as a result, only to then lower the price a few months later but not make an impact because the PR damage is done.

So, with all that in mind, what I want is a Radeon RX 9070 XT with raster performance up around an RTX 4080 or 5080 (they're near enough the same, after all) plus better RT than RDNA 3 and upscaling at least as good as DLSS 3 (I don't think it's realistic to ask for DLSS 4 quality) and all for $500 maximum. That's probably too much to ask, but it's what I think AMD needs to deliver to make an impact.

Jacob R, forever an optimist
Considering Nvidia's generation-to-generation improvement is likely to get slimmer as more affordable graphics cards in the series are released, AMD does have more of an opportunity to build something competitive with the RX 9070-series than some might think. That's essentially me hoping for some decent performance-per-dollar stats.

With plenty of VRAM and a competitive price, we might end up with something similar to the RX 7800 XT, or RX 7900 GRE, for value for money, which I'm wholly not opposed to. Heck, maybe even something better altogether. Knowing AMD, these cards will be a little too pricey at launch, but throw in some healthy discounts and a decent FSR 4 implementation, and either the RX 9700 XT or RX 9700 might be a sleeper, mid-range GPU to buy by the end of the year.

Wait, why am I hoping for