The thread which sometimes talks about RDNA2

queamin · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:06

LoadsaMoney said:
Its really annoying, when i try to post, its saying ive got to log in, but when i do again, im still logged out, its a bloody nightmare this, its taking ages to get in, and out for some reason.

You are posting to many video's and they think you are spammer.

FxUK · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:09

4K8KW10 said:
Err

Which is why you wait for reviews and external benchmarks.

I haven't tried FH4 myself, did a quick google so take with a grain of salt also.. but 30 series still loses

4K8KW10 · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:14

FxUK said:
Which is why you wait for reviews and external benchmarks.

I am happy with these results even if they are a bit not accurate. I must have the RX 6800 XT. No way not to have it :eek:

LtMatt · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:19

TNA said:
Let me give you a tip old mucker. Click the stay logged in checkbox to solve your problem

Lol, all the gear no idea.

FxUK · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:20

4K8KW10 said:
I am happy with these results even if they are a bit not accurate. I must have the RX 6800 XT. No way not to have it

Great offering, no doubt. Good on AMD. I'm not a fanboy of either, myself. Competition is good for us consumers

If they come out with one with an extra DP connection, I might be tempted (that includes with the usb-c being in use) so 4 total. Only seen 2 + usb-c (so adapter needed) at the moment.
Although, I do have gsync screens atm, another thing to contend with, although next year will be looking at a (or some) new panels. So for now, will sit back happy that my 3090 can drive what I need, safe in the knowledge that AMD will be putting pressure on the lazy, to up their game too.

michty_me · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:38

Poneros said:
Well, I'm saying in the context of having enough availability to wage a price war (aka sell on volume). Even Turing if you look at it was plagued with such issues and it was on a very mature & plentiful node.

For Ampere, Samsung is.. doo-doo, so no great many chips will fly out of their fabs. For RDNA 2, it shares space with CPUs & Consoles and so much else besides, so it doesn't have free reign either. So while availability no doubt will improve over time, I don't think it's going to be at a level where they just spit out so many chips that NV & AMD will wage a price war.

Gotcha, That makes more sense after the expansion. Thanks for clearing it up.

Wrinkly · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:44

Scougar said:
This does concern me tbh. If Nvidia push for hardcore RT - which they might because of their financial influence - then AMD might have a problem.

Anyway.. I'm still excited about these cards, and should be able to pickup a 6800xt, or maybe the 6800 due to lower TDP being better for my SFF PSU.

AMD will give RT support, but at 1/2 or 1/4 resolution. As an example your main game runs along at 4k, but the RT shadows and reflections maybe done at 1080p. That's a decent compromise if RT is not your thing.

KiNgPiN83 · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:51

BogEyes said:
I sort of feel AMD have missed a trick by not pricing the 6800 closer to the 3070.

I don't think I could personally ever justify spending over £500 on a GPU alone. Really hope it's closer to £500 than £600.

I bought my 1080 for £500 in 2017 and i don't think I'm quite ready to justify another £500+ spend yet myself... Even if i do really want to! Haha! I might just wait and make it part of a new PC instead.

4K8KW10 · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:55

KiNgPiN83 said:
I bought my 1080 for £500 in 2017 and i don't think I'm quite ready to justify another £500+ spend yet myself... Even if i do really want to! Haha! I might just wait and make it part of a new PC instead.

RTX 3090 is 133% faster, RX 6800 XT and RX 6900 XT will be even more so. That's 2.33X the performance or higher. :eek:

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1080.c2839

Mesai · 30 Oct 2020 at 20:57

It’ll be interesting to see the difference between SAM on and off. That might be the deal breaker for some who aren’t upgrading the CPU as well.

HRL · 30 Oct 2020 at 21:02

LtMatt said:
Lol, all the gear no idea.

Yep, clearly a layer 8 issue.

Shaolin Chicken · 30 Oct 2020 at 21:57

I'm surprised Nvidia seemed to know what price to release the 3080 to roughly match the price of the 6800xt.
Seems these companies know quite a bit about each others products.

harney · 30 Oct 2020 at 22:04

Mesai said:
With AMD being on consoles, developers will start implementing AMDs tech, which will then be seen on PC. It’s also less proprietary.

Yes the less proprietary rubbish the better

michty_me · 30 Oct 2020 at 22:18

Read on r/amd that the review NDA ends a day or two before release but unsure how much truth there is to that.

CuriousTomCat · 30 Oct 2020 at 22:22

Bad unoptimised console ports should be a thing of the past.

///Rage · 30 Oct 2020 at 22:41

Do we know the size dimensions of the 6800/6900XT?

Lokken86 · 30 Oct 2020 at 22:43

CuriousTomCat said:
Bad unoptimised console ports should be a thing of the past.

For AMD

michty_me · 30 Oct 2020 at 23:02

///Rage said:
Do we know the size dimensions of the 6800/6900XT?

2.5 slots and 267mm length

g67575 · 30 Oct 2020 at 23:02

Well, we're getting 2x the (effective) memory bandwidth and 2x the ROPs of RDNA gen 1. This is pretty much the best case scenario that I thought *might* happen at a tdp of 300w, I thought the ROP count and bandwidth would be a bit lower, more like the RTX 3090. They are superior GPUs on paper vs the RTX 3090, at least in some respects

Calin Banc · 30 Oct 2020 at 23:03

CuriousTomCat said:
Bad unoptimised console ports should be a thing of the past.

I wouldn't jump that far