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AMD fine wine

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
But the issue is the power draw has gone mad,for most Nvidia and AMD dGPUs.

The RTX4070TI has a higher TDP/board power than a GTX980TI or GTX1080TI,and it is meant to be decent. This is an RTX3060 class chip too.

It makes me wonder how Navi 32 is going to look like too! :(
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You can always limit the card to a lower power draw, but you'll lose (a lot) of performance. Could be wrong, but I don't think they're holding something back since big customers would love lower power (with all the benefits that come). You just need more power to have more power... Or at least to a as high as possible one.
tommybhoy said:
And good luck to you to sir, I've got a 4070 for those low power heat needs in one of the rooms upstairs, need it as cool as, so doesn't need tweaking, just run it out the box for high fps 1080p 240hz gaming and the 12gb shouldn't run out till 50 series surely?:p

However swapped out the struggling 3080 for XTX@4K native 65" QD-OLED gaming and tuned direct through AMD'S driver suite and it's pulling the same watts as my 3080 was with much higher fps for 20% less than a 16Gb GPU that costs well over a grand.

Different needs for different use mate.;):)
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If you're happy with it, that's cool :)

Have you tested in less demanding games, how does it do in Skyrim at 4k or Fallout 4? How many watts does it pull at 60fps?
 
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KungFuSpaghetti said:
My takeaway from this thread is: buying an AMD card you're basically buying Lambrini... but wait 3 years and it becomes a châteauneuf-du-pape.

Not exactly a great marketing ploy, sense would dictate you just buy the châteauneuf-du-pape and enjoy now and buy another one in 2-3 years.
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What marketing.

No one in their right mind is selling or buying on unpromised driver improvements.
 
KungFuSpaghetti said:
My takeaway from this thread is: buying an AMD card you're basically buying Lambrini... but wait 3 years and it becomes a châteauneuf-du-pape.

Not exactly a great marketing ploy, sense would dictate you just buy the châteauneuf-du-pape and enjoy now and buy another one in 2-3 years.
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My previous 2 GPUs were belatedly overtaken by AMD GPUs of a slightly lower tier - but I had a clear 12 to 18 months of better performance and by the time those GPUs caught up/overtook I would have been thinking of upgrading regardless of which I had. I guess it is nice if you hand a GPU down or move it to a second rig (which I tend to do but again it doesn't make much odds by that point) but generally just roll my eyes at the whole fine wine thing.

EDIT: Mostly it has been the stingy VRAM amounts which have started to nibble at the nVidia card's useful performance in the longer run anyhow.
 
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Not really. Only a small percentage of people got one at reference model price, it was never Nvidia's intention to sell the vast majority of them at £650.
 
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g67575 said:
Not really. Only a small percentage of people got one at reference model price, it was never Nvidia's intention to sell the vast majority of them at £650.
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You could actually get Nvidia FE cards at msrp I managed to get a few by signing up for alerts when they dropped, AMD didn't do anything to be able to get them at msrp for UK
 
GhostDog1981 said:
Hopefully with Starfield release, AMD will release better drivers maybe/perhaps unlock another 5% perf out of current 7900 series and improve VR.
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I bought a mispriced 6950XT (£519) to have a play with and it has Starfield included so look forward to comparing. Looking at the current 7900XT Pulse price it is probably about right for that card (and not bad for a card that is pretty much as fast as a 3090Ti!!).

edit - Cancelled it, getting farted around on the delivery.
 
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JediFragger said:
I bought a mispriced 6950XT (£519) to have a play with and it has Starfield included so look forward to comparing. Looking at the current 7900XT Pulse price it is probably about right for that card (and not bad for a card that is pretty much as fast as a 3090Ti!!).
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How many cards is it this year :p
 
jonjonson said:
Imagine AMD could sort their **** out with their initial drivers!
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From a business PoV, that would make sense.

However, for us consumers: prices are generally* based on performance so that is what sets the launch price. That the launch drivers aren't that polished and leave 5-10% on the table just means the MSRP is lower for us.

* Of course, AMD do like to overprice at launch too. Seem they really crave bad reviews. They usually correct the launch overpricing when they get few sales though.
 
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