** The AMD Navi Thread **

[4K8KW10]

Reminder:

"AMD's new Navi 21 and Navi 23 GPUs are reportedly known internally as "NVIDIA killers" with the latter powering a next-gen Radeon RX series graphics card that will dethrone NVIDIA (can't wait to see this go down). The new Navi GPUs are based on the second-gen RDNA architecture, will use the refreshed 7nm+ node, and battle it out against NVIDIA's next-gen GPUs.

NVIDIA's next-gen cards should arrive sometime in 2020 under the GeForce RTX 30 series, and will battle it out with AMD but on better footing this time. Ray tracing is going to be a gigantic deal in 2020 with both next-gen consoles launching with ray tracing support thanks to unreleased AMD hardware powering both consoles. AMD's next-gen RDNA 2-powered Navi 21 and Navi 23 GPUs will both feature ray tracing support according to the latest rumors, putting them into a much more equal fight against NVIDIA.

I heard from my own sources over the last few weeks that the Navi GPUs coming in 2020 are 'much more powerful' than the Navi 10 that powers Radeon RX 5700 XT.
This new card would be a powerhouse compared to the Radeon RX 5700 XT, and AMD really needs it if it thinks it's going to battle NVIDIA's flagship from 2018 (GeForce RTX 2080 Ti) let alone what NVIDIA has in the pipeline with its next-gen GPU which should be Ampere."

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/67007/amd-navi-23-rumor-nvidia-killer-gpu-coming-2020/index.html

 

[JediFragger]

I heard from my own sources over the last few weeks that the Navi GPUs coming in 2020 are 'much more powerful' than the Navi 10 that powers Radeon RX 5700 XT.

They'll need to be if they're going to be competing against Ampere and not Turing...

 

[Panos]

FYI for those interested on Linux, new Kernel 5.4 with LRU Bulk Moves adds a lot of missing performance for AMD GPUs
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDGPU-Bulk-Moves-Lands

 

[Panos]

They'll need to be if they're going to be competing against Ampere and not Turing...

Ironic, AMD went to combat the 10nm Intel chips and found 3 years now is fighting still SandyBridge
Have no doubt that AMD would be going to combat some cutting edge 7nm chip from Nvidia and it would find a shrank Maxwell with some RT bolted to it.

 

[LePhuronn]

Ironic, AMD went to combat the 10nm Intel chips and found 3 years now is fighting still SandyBridge
Have no doubt that AMD would be going to combat some cutting edge 7nm chip from Nvidia and it would find a shrank Maxwell with some RT bolted to it.

Why do you think AdoredTV's Zen 2 and Navi leaks didn't pan out? AMD didn't need to super clock and undercharge in the face of inferior products

 

[Panos]

Why do you think AdoredTV's Zen 2 and Navi leaks didn't pan out? AMD didn't need to super clock and undercharge in the face of inferior products

 

[4K8KW10]

"The AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 series provides up to 37 percent faster performance on average than the
competition in select titles at 1080p1, supercharging top AAA and eSports games –

– Acer, HP, Lenovo™ and MSI to provide incredible gameplay
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competition in select titles at 1080p1, supercharging top AAA and eSports games –

– Acer, HP, Lenovo™ and MSI to provide incredible gameplay
with new desktop and notebook PCs powered by Radeon™ RX 5500 series –

– Gamers receive their choice of Borderlands 3 or Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Breakpoint
with purchase of eligible Radeon™ RX 5500 series-powered desktop and notebook systems2 –
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with purchase of eligible Radeon™ RX 5500 series-powered desktop and notebook systems2 –

AMD[/a] (AMD) announced the Radeon™ RX 5500 series graphics products, harnessing groundbreaking RDNA gaming architecture to deliver the ultimate in high-performance, high-fidelity 1080p gaming.

The AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 series includes the Radeon™ RX 5500 graphics card that will be available in desktop PCs from leading manufacturers and graphics cards from board partners, as well as the Radeon™ RX 5500M GPU for notebook PCs. Top system providers worldwide are embracing the new products, with HP and Lenovo™ planning to offer Radeon™ RX 5500 graphics cards in their high-performance desktop gaming PCs beginning this November, and Acer planning to offer systems with the cards beginning this December. In addition, later this month MSI is expected to launch the world’s first gaming notebook powered by AMD Ryzen™ processors and Radeon™ RX 5500M GPUs."

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amd-introduces-radeon-rx-5500-130000285.html

 

[Poneros]

 

[3t3P]

Is Navi 12 launching this year or what?! Common AMD proffer some competition pls so I can get a cheaper Turing card

 

[4K8KW10]

XFX THICC III Ultra. One seriously beautiful card:

 

[Ross Thomson]

got the same air flow damaging plastic overhangs as the thicII

 

[JediFragger]

Looking forward to THICC VI personally, the Voyage Home to Thiccness.

 

[LtMatt]

I gotta say, i do like the look of that card.

 

[JediFragger]

Leave the shrink wrap on, it'll make zero difference to the temps....

 

[shankly1985]

What a great video that was.

 

[stuman]

That graphics card is awful. Looks like a cheap plastic hot-rod toy car. So out of place in computer design.

oh, and it sucks for cooling.

 

[subbytna]

Looking forward to THICC VI personally, the Voyage Home to Thiccness.

 

[Chrisc]

Is Navi 12 launching this year or what?! Common AMD proffer some competition pls so I can get a cheaper Turing card

This is all too common, people only want AMD to compete so they drive down Nvidia prices.

 

[LePhuronn]

This is all too common, people only want AMD to compete so they drive down Nvidia prices.

And as we've seen with the 5700 series, AMD have just played the market that Nvidia created and just charged a bit less for equivalent kit, and Nvidia's performance counter was to increase prices even more. Don't get me wrong, £100 cheaper for a 5700 XT over a 2070S is nothing to be sniffed at, but the 5700 XT shouldn't be almost £400 because the 2070S shouldn't be almost £500.

 

[beany_bot]

And as we've seen with the 5700 series, AMD have just played the market that Nvidia created and just charged a bit less for equivalent kit, and Nvidia's performance counter was to increase prices even more. Don't get me wrong, £100 cheaper for a 5700 XT over a 2070S is nothing to be sniffed at, but the 5700 XT shouldn't be almost £400 because the 2070S shouldn't be almost £500.

It's true. But hopefully in 2020, with Intel throwing their hat (and weight) into the ring too that £400 will become £300.
They will be entering a new market and will want to come out swinging. With the size of their war chest I wouldn't even be suprised if they ran their first year / cards as a loss leader just to get a solid foothold in the market.