AMD is reportedly discontinuing production of reference Radeon RX 6000 cards, which means that many gamers will never be able to own a Made by AMD Big Navi card. The current quantity of reference cards in circulation are a one-off release and further RX 6000 cards will only be made by AMD's AiB partners.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/It-s-all-AiBs-now-AMD-reportedly-discontinuing-production-of-Radeon-RX-6800-RX-6800-XT-RX-6900-XT-reference-design-cards.508693.0.html
They tweeted they don't discontinue the reference cards due to popular design.
Please update the article.
Quote from: yuio on December 09, 2020, 17:50:14
They tweeted they don't discontinue the reference cards due to popular design.
Please update the article.
Updated.
To be honest, I never understood the obsession with reference/founder cards. AIBs are usually better (more ports/overclock) and can get to up to 2X cheaper (after rebate)
Of course it is nice to have more producers in the early days when there are shortages, but otherwise, I AIB is the smart way to go.