Where things stand
On November 3, 2026, AMD added support for DirectX 12 Agility SDK Clustered Geometry to RDNA 4 GPUs via a preview driver, which has shown significant ray tracing performance and memory efficiency gains in synthetic testing for the Radeon RX 9070 XT. In October, ASUS announced a TUF Gaming Onimusha Special Edition bundle, and Sapphire announced a Nitro+ Valor Mortis Edition that was scheduled to arrive later in the month. Both special edition cards feature RDNA 4 architecture and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory.
Radeon RX 9070 XT at a glance
- Radeon RX 9070 XT
- 16 GB: launched at $599 (US)
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Microsoft's DirectX 12 Agility SDK 1.722 Preview and AMD's November 3 driver update bring Clustered Geometry support to RDNA 4 graphics cards. Independent testing shows dramatic memory and frame rate gains in synthetic workloads.
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ASUS is releasing a TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT Onimusha Special Edition that bundles with the game Onimusha: Way of the Sword.
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Sapphire announced a special edition Nitro+ RX 9070 XT with Valor Mortis artwork and a bundled copy of the game, arriving later in October.
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