PowerColor has once again updated its R9700 product page

Even simpler design than before.

Although the Radeon AI PRO R9700 was released in July officially, it will not be until October 27 that the new workstation SKU officially hits retailers. Some board partners were holding off on launching their custom models because they are primarily system integrator/OEM first brands anyway.

One such brand is PowerColor, which surprised us with the announcement of a reference‑looking R9700 a few months ago. The company eventually changed the product pictures to a much more basic design, and today we have a third set of pictures, making an already plain‑looking card even more ‘boring’.

Source: PowerColor

The third version has fewer PowerColor logos than the previous model. Officially this model is called “ AI PRO R9700 32G‑B ,” without a clear indicator which model was the A version or whether there are any other variants. However, since we keep track of all changes, we can also show them in previous models as listed on the PowerColor website (please don’t mind the quality, as PowerColor images are always very low resolution).

What’s new is confirmation that this model will ship with a dual 8-pin to 16-pin power adapter with yellow tip. I guess this color is perhaps the most popular version of dual-color adapters, since MSI shipped thousands of them already with their cards and PSUs. It is also the most reported adapter since it is constantly a victim of melting .

Source: PowerColor

What all PowerColor R9700 cards have in common is a blower‑style cooler design, reference specs, and a lack of availability (for now). The R9700 has a Navi 48 GPU with 4,096 Stream Processors, and full PCIe 5.0×16 support along with four DisplayPort 2.1a connectors (the gaming Radeon RX also has HDMI). But the most important upgrade for the R9700 over the RX 9070 is 32 GB of memory, twice the capacity, while still relying on the same 256‑bit memory bus and 20 Gbps GDDR6 modules.

Previous variants of R9700, Source: PowerColor

Officially, the R9700 will launch at $1,299. Given that this card looks so basic, it would be hard to believe it costs anything more. The launch for the DIY market is set for October 27th.

Source: PowerColor via @momomo_us