ASRock put up a Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend Dark 16 GB model on their websites when RDNA 4 launched. This black version didn't appear anywhere in AMD's official announcements. TechPowerUp wrote about this darker version of the normally white Steel Legend card earlier this month. The company simply hadn't prepared enough gray and black materials for the March 6 release date.
VideoCardz just highlighted a press release from Hermitage AkiHabara/GDM Japan over the weekend. We learned the dark-colored ASRock graphics card will first hit Japanese stores early next month. ASRock hasn't updated its main website with similar news yet, suggesting international buyers must wait longer.
Japanese customers can expect to pay 133,800 yen with tax included, about $891 in US dollars. People who follow the industry closely believe ASRock will sell this darker card for the same price as its white counterpart when it reaches other countries. The company decided against making a dark version of their standard RX 9070 non-XT Steel Legend OC card.
ASRock offers just one other option based on the Navi 48 XT GPU: their RX 9070 Challenger model. This budget-friendly triple-fan card comes in black with some ARGB lighting accents. Gamers looking for alternatives to the white Steel Legend design will need to choose between waiting for the Dark version or picking up the Challenger instead.
VideoCardz just highlighted a press release from Hermitage AkiHabara/GDM Japan over the weekend. We learned the dark-colored ASRock graphics card will first hit Japanese stores early next month. ASRock hasn't updated its main website with similar news yet, suggesting international buyers must wait longer.
Japanese customers can expect to pay 133,800 yen with tax included, about $891 in US dollars. People who follow the industry closely believe ASRock will sell this darker card for the same price as its white counterpart when it reaches other countries. The company decided against making a dark version of their standard RX 9070 non-XT Steel Legend OC card.
ASRock offers just one other option based on the Navi 48 XT GPU: their RX 9070 Challenger model. This budget-friendly triple-fan card comes in black with some ARGB lighting accents. Gamers looking for alternatives to the white Steel Legend design will need to choose between waiting for the Dark version or picking up the Challenger instead.
