According to reports from the ChipHell forums, AMD's highly anticipated next-generation gaming graphics card, the Radeon RX 8800 XT, is scheduled to commence mass production by the end of this month.

This cutting-edge graphics card will leverage AMD's forthcoming RDNA 4 graphics architecture, boasting a remarkable 45% boost in ray tracing performance compared to the current top-tier RX 7900 XTX. This advancement is expected to place it in competition with the RTX 4080 or its SUPER variant.

Thanks to the new process technology, the RX 8800 XT not only offers superior light-tracing capabilities but also manages to consume 25% less power than its predecessor, the RX 7900 XTX.

The RDNA 4 series, as currently known, includes two chip variants, codenamed "Navi 48" and "Navi 44", with plans to release two models for each core.

Rumors suggest that the RX 8800 XT will harness the potential of the "Navi 48" chip. This innovative monolithic chip is anticipated to be manufactured using TSMC's N4P process technology, aligning with the manufacturing techniques employed for AMD's "Zen 5" and "Strix Point" mobile processors.

The formal debut of the RX 8800 XT is predicted to occur at CES 2025, where full details of the card will be disclosed.