Amd was waiting for RDNA2 to competeI doubt that considering those cards used a lot more power than corresponding Nvidia ones.
maybe they could have beaten the 2080TI if you could hook a nuclear reactor up to your PC, but alas.
If AMD behaves with the prices I expect a good price drop from nvidia for 3000 series
Always fun to see Microsoft's marketing effect on people.XSX = 560 + 336 GB/s
Considering it's rumors...Mighty strange all models have 16GB. Maybe some feature / approach that AMD is pushing for all models and it requires that amount of memory?
Ok but why spend it on the weaker model anyway? If this is real, there should be a better reason for it I think.Or it was a way to actually save money because they were able to negotiate better prices through larger quantities.
How much power did the Vega 56/64 cards consume, and how much does the 5700XT consume?I doubt that considering those cards used a lot more power than corresponding Nvidia ones.
maybe they could have beaten the 2080TI if you could hook a nuclear reactor up to your PC, but alas.
Ok but why spend it on the weaker model anyway? If this is real, there should be a better reason for it I think.
That's just an educated guess in my part.
They went for cheaper, widely available RAM. When they negotiate prices with their supplier, only going for one component but guaranteeing huge quantities over some years, can make big differences. To the point that it's actually cheaper to use it for all cards instead of going for multiple configurations. Using the same RAM for all cards makes a lot of things easier and cheaper outside of the purchasing price as well (uncomplicated logistics, faster processes, only one part number in the warehouse etc.).
Again, it can have a totally different reason or be a combination of multiple reasons.
Considering it's rumors...Mighty strange all models have 16GB. Maybe some feature / approach that AMD is pushing for all models and it requires that amount of memory?
If we have a situation in which let's say AMD top card is within the 10% of performance over the 3080 and AMD prices the card at 499 nVidia could drop the price of 50/100 dollars also because there is a lack of cards at the moment and for sure we won't see too many scams againDoubtful in my opinion. I feel like Nvidia has priced the cards so aggressively, that AMD was caught a little bit off guard.
Let's see how low they can go with the prices.
Most important info; none of the GPUs are over 300W. (timestamped) The 6900XTX (the highest end SKU) is supposedly 280W... And it competes with the RTX 3090.
Difference between this guy and Igor:
Igor has industry contacts and very good ties with the general industry.
Igor seems to already know more than most "leakers out there as evident by this quote:
"Out of respect for the launch event planned for 28.10.2020, everyone will of course understand that a website does not want to mutate into a spoilsport. Therefore, some information is intentionally not included in the article and I will not (cannot) make a performance forecast here and now. "
The guy on the other hand says "I don't want to say Igor is wrong" and later "I think the most obvious thing to do is wait", which is a very defensive stance. If he has a "reliable" source, why all this talk like "Well my guy told me XYZ but who knows, let's just wait". He sounds like he is not very confident in his sources.
You do know Red Gaming Tech was the one who leaked the infinity cache right? Plus most of his info about RDNA2 has been pretty much spot in so far. I would trust him more than some of what I've read from Igor to be honest.
I don't think Paul's only sources are AIBs
Can we please jettison TFLOPs already? Use something more informative to relate power.
Can we please jettison TFLOPs already? Use something more informative to relate power.
A regression in performance per clock per CU is highly unlikely for RDNA2.Other than that the only other, and far greater option, is to wait for benchmarks.
TFLOPS don't matter if they aren't reflected in the benchmarks. The same can be said about RDNA 2's higher clock speed.
More like Navi 21 and 22 liteXbox Series X - RX 6800 (Navi 21)?
Playstation 5 - RX 6700 (Navi 22)?
Gameclock for RX 6800 is very close to the sustained clock for Xbox Series X.
A regression in performance per clock per CU is highly unlikely for RDNA2.
It will be very interesting to see the actual clocks that can be sustained.
??Always fun to see Microsoft's marketing effect on people.
I'm talking about stock operations, that's the game clock this time round, won't be higher than specs, unlike rdna1 with its +50-70mhz more headroom.
I guess AIB can go higher than game clocks specs, maybe the very best lightning/rog/Xtreme models can do about 2.15ghz.
Because 7nm is 7nm.