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AMD's Radeon Navi Review Thread: Series 5700.

thelastword

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Preliminary Early Leaked Benches/Reviews

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-5700-xt-and-rx-5700-review-leaks-out



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Reviews
 

Leonidas

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Good thing they dropped the prices on these before launch, otherwise these would have been DOA after Nvidia unveiled RTX Super.

I don't think the price cut was enough though as the value in relation to Nvidia is arguably worse than they were at E3.

Nvidia RTX Super got faster by 13-15% in that segment but AMD reacted with only an 8-12% price cut.
 
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xPikYx

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Good thing they dropped the prices on these before launch, otherwise these would have been DOA after Nvidia unveiled RTX Super.

I don't think the price cut was enough though as the value in relation to Nvidia is arguably worse than they were at E3.

Nvidia RTX Super got faster by 13-15% in that segment but AMD reacted with only an 8-12% price cut.
And no Ray tracing
 

Ivellios

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Good thing they dropped the prices on these before launch, otherwise these would have been DOA after Nvidia unveiled RTX Super.

I don't think the price cut was enough though as the value in relation to Nvidia is arguably worse than they were at E3.

Nvidia RTX Super got faster by 13-15% in that segment but AMD reacted with only an 8-12% price cut.

At the same price point 5700XT beats the 2060S and the 5700 beats vanilla RTX 2060. So for those who dont care about ray tracing this is a better option.

But for those who care, this is still a tough sell, because its better to be able to experience some kind of RT than none at all
 

CrustyBritches

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It's nice to have some competition again. 5700 XT or 2060S at $399 is good value compared to your average 2070 that has been trending at ~$479 lately. I'm thankful to get a $50 drop on the 5700XT, but I'd probably still lean towards 2060S at $399, as I think they'll be close at max OC, and I don't think partner AiBs will be $399(we'll see). I won't be getting a blower, which kinda makes these AMD price points just placeholders until we find out how much the 2 or 3 fan models cost.
 

joshwaan

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Im going go 5700xt kinda worried it be quite loud good ventilation in my case though so heat should be ok.
 
Intel clearly wins in CPU limited scenarios and with slower memory on board. No screenshots for other games (I'd like to see Origins)?

They are using memory that is JEDEC standard rated for each chipset, so 2666 or whatever Intel standard for 9th gen series whereas Ryzen 3000 is rated up to 3200Mhz.
 

pawel86ck

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At the same price point 5700XT beats the 2060S and the 5700 beats vanilla RTX 2060. So for those who dont care about ray tracing this is a better option.

But for those who care, this is still a tough sell, because its better to be able to experience some kind of RT than none at all
RT even on RTX cards is expensive (performance wise) but features like that are still interesting to enthusiasts like me. I remember my ancient Geforce 3, shaders killed performance on that GPU literally the same way as RT on RTX cards now (half life 2 70-80fps in DX7 mode, 20-30fps DX8 settings), so rather than playing in 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 at 40-60fps without shaders I had to play in 1024x768 or even 800x600 (splinter cell 1 was so demanding only 800x600 was somewhat playable in around 25-30fps) with shaders at around 30fps, but it was still exciting to see new effects in games (or benchmarks like 3dmark2001) that pushed graphic quality above DX7 rather than seeing screenshots in magazines. If you have certain feature like HW RT you have a chooice, you can experiment and even play with it, so from my perspective 2060/2070 super cards are still more interesting compared to RX5700 despite higher price.

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In 1080p it's possible to play with 30fps and even 60fps so it's not totally useless feature as some people suggest.

Because PS5/xbox scarlett will both have HW RT I'm guessing it will be impossible to run these console games at console settings on GPU's without HW RT, and maybe even these games will not run at all. On the other hand 8GB VRAM on RTX cards can be a problem too, because if next gen consoles will have over 20GB RAM, so we will see over 10GB VRAM requirements in games for sure. So no matter if you buy RX 5700 or 2060/2070 Super, these GPU's will last only till PS5/scarlett launch. IMO right now is not a best time to buy a new GPU.
 
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CrustyBritches

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5700 XT is about 5% faster than 2060S, and has messed up overclocking, so either flat gains or up to 5% oc. Like I suspected the 2060S was right on it's ass after oc and AMD had to do a price drop. Looks like 219W average gaming consumption with 227W peak. Real tight power management on these cards compared to old AMD. 5700 XT loses to 2060S by about 3% in TW3 and beats it by 7% in Wolf II. Those are the engines I'm interested in as I'll be playing a ton of DOOM Eternal and Cyberpunk.

5700 XT is not a bad card, but I wouldn't touch the blower models and the OC being broken is not good. This is sooo RX 480 vs GTX 1060 release redux.

Just got to acoustics, like everybody who knows was saying, the blower is shit...
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Real question becomes how much are the partner AiBs going to run? This blower shit is a hard pass.
 
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Aintitcool

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FYI: Please remember that in volkan games amd cpu's might show wrong fps and are bad for benchmarking like wolfenstein and doom.
 
I've done some digging. TLDR; AMD's navi architecture is still inferior to Nvidia's latest, but the generational process shrink is a big boost and finally makes AMD competitive with nvidia on the high end. If nvidia shrunk their latest offerings to 7nm they would pull way ahead. Means it won't be hard for Nvidia to do a good refresh.
 
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shark sandwich

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RT even on RTX cards is expensive but features like that are still interesting. I remember my Geforce 3, shaders killed performance on that GPU the same way as RT on RTX cards (half life 2 70-80fps in DX7 mode, 20-30fps DX8 settings), so rather than playing in 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 at 40-60fps without shaders I had to play in 1024x768 or even 800x600 (splinter cell 1) with shaders at around 30fps, but it was still fun to see new effects in games that pushed graphic quality above DX7 rather than seeing screenshots in magazines.

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In 1080p it's possible to play with 30fps and even 60fps.

Because PS5/xbox scarlett will both have HW RT I'm guessing it will be impossible to run these console games at console settings on GPU's without HW RT, and maybe even these games will not run at all. On the other hand 8GB VRAM on RTX cards can be a problem too, because if next gen consoles will have over 20GB RAM, so we will see over 10GB VRAM requirements in games for sure. So no matter if you buy RX 5700 or 2060/2070 Super, these GPU's will be good only till PS5/scarlett will launch.
My prediction: once next-gen consoles/RDNA 2 come out, all the people shitting on RTX will suddenly proclaim RT to be the next great frontier in gaming graphics, even though their RT performance will be on par with the RTX cards we have today.

Just watch.
 

sircaw

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Skirting threw alot of these reviews this launch looks excellent, Are there some problems here and there, sure there are but i think the positives for the consumer really makes up for it. As i said i'm not pc gamer anymore but am so excited knowing this tech will be in the new consoles. I am actually over joyed at what can be crammed into next generation consoles.

The only big negative for me with these cards are their cooling I just wish they had custom cooling designs from people like sapphire or Powercooler as i am sure those are going to being better by a long shot.

It's a great day for lovers of Graphics tech i think.



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CrustyBritches

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My prediction:
This has already happened, so not much of a prediction. :messenger_tongue: DOOM Eternal I think is gonna be the moment that RTX really comes into it's own. Hyper-realistic demon reflections on futuristic metal surfaces and random space fluid on the ground could really add to the immersion. 2060S should be good for 1080p/Ultra/60fps with RTX enabled.
 

Ascend

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My prediction: once next-gen consoles/RDNA 2 come out, all the people shitting on RTX will suddenly proclaim RT to be the next great frontier in gaming graphics, even though their RT performance will be on par with the RTX cards we have today.

Just watch.
Probably true... Just like right now every nVidia fan is excessively promoting RT just because AMD doesn't have it, while last year everyone was shitting on it.
 

TLZ

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Can someone explain to me how the 5700 7.5tf card beats the Vega64 12.7tf card by a good margin? That's 5.2tf less. 36 cu beating 64 cu. Does that mean 1 Navi cu = 2 gcn cu? Because of the dual cu thing?
 
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Fake

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Can someone explain to me how the 5700 7.5tf card beats the Vega64 12.7tf card by a good margin? That's 5.2tf less. 36 cu beating 64 cu. Does that mean 1 Navi cu = 2 gcn cu? Because of the dual cu thing?
I think so. Had a mention on 'next gen' thread if I remember right.
 
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pawel86ck

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That's the li k to summary, Google translate should be ok
Very good site but keep in mind purepc.pl and pclab.pl both test games in the most demanding locations they can find, so results will look much worse here compared to other sites. Personally I like their methodology because based on their demanding benchmarks I know for a fact what to expect from any given GPU/CPU hardware. When I bought my last GPU the vast majority sites suggested I will have around 82-90fps in GTA5 at 4K, but in reality there were frequent dips to around 35-45fps in grassy areas, and only pclab and purepc tests mentioned dips like that.
 

THE:MILKMAN

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Can someone explain to me how the 5700 7.5tf card beats the Vega64 12.7tf card by a good margin? That's 5.2tf less. 36 cu beating 64 cu. Does that mean 1 Navi cu = 2 gcn cu? Because of the dual cu thing?

Very simply (as I understand it) Navi RDNA is game performance focused and Vega compute focused. I'm sure others can give a more detailed technical answer, though.
 
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TLZ

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Very simply (as I understand it) Navi RDNA is game performance focused and Vega compute focused. I'm sure others can give a more detailed technical answer, though.
I'm asking because if we see a lower single digit TF from next gen consoles, we shouldn't be disappointed. Just see what the 7.5TF card is doing beating 12.7TF. Now imagine 9+, and in well-optimized-for consoles. I feel good about this now.
 

THE:MILKMAN

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I'm asking because if we see a lower single digit TF from next gen consoles, we shouldn't be disappointed. Just see what the 7.5TF card is doing beating 12.7TF. Now imagine 9+, and in well-optimized-for consoles. I feel good about this now.

This exact point has been debated since we found out about RDNA. Still there are those that expect 11TF or even 14TF!
 

TLZ

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This exact point has been debated since we found out about RDNA. Still there are those that expect 11TF or even 14TF!
Well I wouldn't say no :p

But after seeing these results I'm ok with 9+. This RDNA stuff really does look the business.
 

Ascend

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Can someone explain to me how the 5700 7.5tf card beats the Vega64 12.7tf card by a good margin? That's 5.2tf less. 36 cu beating 64 cu. Does that mean 1 Navi cu = 2 gcn cu? Because of the dual cu thing?
They increased efficiency with the architecture. Short version is, what took 4 clock cycles on Vega and prior GCN cards now takes one.
 
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shark sandwich

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This has already happened, so not much of a prediction. :messenger_tongue: DOOM Eternal I think is gonna be the moment that RTX really comes into it's own. Hyper-realistic demon reflections on futuristic metal surfaces and random space fluid on the ground could really add to the immersion. 2060S should be good for 1080p/Ultra/60fps with RTX enabled.
thelastword 2018: RTX adds zero value. Nobody wants to game at 1080p 60 FPS. What a joke.

thelastword 2020: 5800XT is amazing! Real time raytracing at 1080p 60 FPS is now a reality!!! And literally nobody cares that it consumes 350 watts except for blind Nvidia fanboys.

(Except it’ll take him 15 incoherent paragraphs to say that. And every sentence will end with an ellipsis.)
 
They increased efficiency with the architecture. Short version is, what took 4 clock cycles on Vega and prior GCN cards now takes one.

It's massively more efficient.

This is why I told people, correctly again I might add, that basing AMD Navi on Radeon 7 performance per watt was crazy, as that is a re-purposed Pro MI60 card given gaming drivers.

RDNA arch is much more focused on gaming.
 

Ellery

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Not too bad, but the reference blower cooler is just as loud as I expected it to be in comments I made earlier this week. Same goes for the power comsuption which is overall slightly disappointing considering those are 7nm products but you can definitely see improvements over the Vega architecture with Navi being 10% slower but consuming 25-30% less power.
Still not quite as good as 12nm Nvidia cards, but for most people in the world living in countries with fair electricity prices those might not be much of an issue.

If custom cards can keep the $399 price tag then those could be okay-ish cards for budget builds.
 

Ascend

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Partner AIB cards will close the gap even more. MSI Gaming 5700XT or whatever will probably be ~5% slower than 2070S.
Indeed... And a good reminder here is that the 5700XT costs the same as the 2060 Super, and the 5700 the same as the plain 2060.
 
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Ascend

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This is particularly interesting... While Anandtech was testing the different aspects, Navi is weaker at everything compared to Vega, except FP texture fillrate... The Navi cards lose in Tessellation, Pixel fillrate, Integer texture fillrate, INT8 buffer compression and FP32 buffer compression. And then...;

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Also, when they tested Metro Exodus, the Navi cards actually did quite well, while at other sites they didn't. On the other websites, Hairworks, which uses tessellation, is likely hampering the Navi cards, since Anandtech specifically disabled hairworks, other websites most likely didn't.
 
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