Nearly a year AMD kept RNDA 2/3 users in the dark and continued to do so even after the INT8 leak had shown that FSR4 was possible. This has further soured their reputation as resentment grew as one only has to step outside the OCUK bubble to see posts saying they would never buy AMD again and/or are selling their cards
After a couple of interviews even when directly asked again AMD kept people in the dark with non committal answers until it was officially announced and people speculate that the many reasons why this has happened was due to the growing backlash and the problems this would cause for any current and future device that used RDNA 2/3.
There's already rumours going around that RNDA5/UDNA is exclusive to the next generation of GPU's and AMD have somewhat shown that there's a lack of trust from people whom dont blindly accept AMD can do no wrong for AMD to support older hardware so unless AMD commit this will be an issue for RDNA 4/3/2 owners.
The idea that AMD "kept RDNA 2/3 users in the dark for nearly a year" assumes that companies are obligated to publicly confirm or deny every rumour, leak, or speculative feature. In reality, AMD, just like NVIDIA, and every other hardware vendor, only communicates features once they’re ready to commit to them. Important for you to understand this - silence isn’t deception; it’s standard industry practice.
The INT8 capability leak showed
potential compatibility, not a finished, validated, production‑ready implementation. Even if RDNA 2/3 could run it, AMD would still need to confirm performance, stability, and image quality before making any promises. Announcing early and then walking it back would have caused far more backlash. When AMD gave vague answers in interviews, that wasn’t "keeping people in the dark." It was simply not pre‑announcing something that wasn’t ready. GPU feature pipelines are locked in long before public announcement. I believe NVIDIA did the same with DLSS 3 frame generation on older cards.
And no, outside of certain forum bubbles, most RDNA 2/3 owners weren’t selling their cards or swearing off AMD. Steam hardware surveys, and retail sales trends don’t show any mass exodus. The argument that AMD only announced support "because of backlash" is speculation. A more likely, grounded, explanation is that FSR4 reached a stable performance baseline and driver integration was completed. Companies don’t redesign feature roadmaps because of a few heated forum threads.
Also, this idea that AMD "won’t support older hardware" is based on unverified leaks and speculation. You said it yourself. Rumours. Until AMD publishes the support matrix then claiming "AMD won’t support older hardware" is pure speculation.
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