Following the launch of its RX 6800, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6900 XT graphics cards a few months back, AMD is back again with yet another GPU launch — and it’s happening in just under 3 hours. You can watch the event live here at 11am ET, 8am PT, in the video embedded below. 

Where Gaming Begins: Episode 3

Of course, we’re all wondering which GPU is coming. Given that both AMD and Nvidia have announced their high-end products, and Nvidia recently announced the RTX 3060 as its mainstream option (RTX 3060 12 GB Review), there’s a good chance that AMD is here to strike back at the green team in exactly that segment. 

With that in mind, and with what’s been coming out of the rumor mill, we’re convinced the GPU we’ll see today is the Radeon RX 6700 XT. There have also been rumors of the RX 6700, but far from as many. There are also rumors that the 6700 is delayed, so chances are it will just be the 6700 XT today — but we could get lucky and witness the birth of both cards at once.

Watch the Livestream Here

Where Gaming Ends, and Mining Begins

With the RTX 3060, Nvidia limited hashing performance when the card detects Ethereum mining to make the GPU less attractive to miners and increase availability for gamers. To what extent that is working isn’t really clear, especially given that the GPU is still profitable mining other cryptocurrencies. Still, it does beg the question: will AMD strike back with a similar and perhaps better countermeasure?

All that being said, with the current GPU market, practically anything will sell, and chances are it will still be difficult, if not nearly impossible, to get your hands on a new GPU for a price that’s remotely close to MSRP.