They will probably do away with the 5600 non X version this time around just like they did with the 2700 non X, why would AMD release a chip that will kill the sales of their higher margin part unless the 5600X doesn't sell at all I don't expect to see a non X version anytime soon.5600 will be out later in the cycle once they build up enough chips that fit its criteria i bet.
Since Lisa Su took charge they have priced their cards higher than expected every release. Remember Polaris? Everyone expected the 480 to be sub $200, It was for a limited run of 4GB models. Remember Vega? everyone saying that they wouldn't price it higher than the 1080 as it was a year late and they needed to win market share? AMD priced it higher. And again the 5700xt/55700, even at $399 and $349 people were expecting the prices to be cheaper.
I don't know what they will charge for the new cards, but, Lisa Su has been very vocal about changing the mindset of AMD been the budget GPU brand. The reason AMD have been cheap in the past is they have sacrificed Margins to do that. They aren't sacrificing margins anymore.
If the 3080 competitor is faster, while using less power then I wouldn't be surprised if it was $699, especially if they have a plentiful supply of cards. With Nvidia's stock situation been so bad, they might even charge more. The demand for GPUs is massive right now. As long as AMD don't mess the launch then they will sell every card they make, even at $649+ prices.
The 5700XT and 5700 would have been even higher had nvidia not countered with super cards that forced AMD into a last minute price cut.
Yeah I think we are all comfortable with this. This is why the minority that thought it was ok for a company to charge £1400 for the 2080Ti was the elephant in the room. What are we a couple of years on and that performance with more features is going to be a third of the price, so this says it was oversold to begin with.
And now we have the 2080ti replacement the 3090 going for £1800 so the price keeps rising and cycle repeats
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