I recently purchased an RX 9070, AMD’s current-generation RDNA 4 card, expecting meaningful software support for at least 4–5 years. But looking at AMD’s track record, I’m genuinely concerned — and I think this community deserves to talk about it openly.
Here’s the pattern I see:
- FSR 1 → broad support across the entire lineup
- FSR 2 → still broad, RX 590 and up
- FSR 3 → frame generation limited to RX 5000+
- FSR 4 → locked entirely to RDNA 4 (RX 9000 series only), with zero official commitment to older cards
What makes FSR 4 exclusivity particularly frustrating is that AMD itself accidentally leaked an INT8 version of FSR 4 that runs on RDNA 2 and RDNA 3 hardware. The community tool OptiScaler already implemented it. PS5 Pro runs the same underlying algorithm on RDNA 2-equivalent hardware. So this isn’t purely a hardware limitation — it’s a policy decision, and AMD has refused to be transparent about it.
AMD has also placed RX 5000 and RX 6000 on a “maintenance track” for drivers, signaling that the strategy is to push users toward new hardware rather than support existing customers.
I bought the RX 9070 now. If AMD’s pattern holds, in 12–18 months RDNA 5 arrives, and my brand-new card becomes a second-class citizen — while NVIDIA users with RTX 20-series still get official DLSS model selection.
What I’m asking from AMD is simple:
- A clear public roadmap of which features are hardware-limited vs. policy decisions
- A commitment to how long RDNA 4 will receive full (not maintenance) driver support
- Transparency — not silence, not marketing language
AMD’s own tagline is “This Is Why We Game.” Right now, AMD’s silence is exactly why people are switching to the competition.
Are other RX 9000 series owners concerned about the same thing?
