AMD RDNA3 unveiling event

TNA · 3 Dec 2022 at 12:58

welshrat said:
Yes I am a little lost. Just interested really as I had one that I swapped from a gtx970 (needed more vram) and thought it was a cracking card. Kept it for several years. What was wrong with it ?

Nothing wrong with the card. Was a good card for the price.

Pretty sure what he is referring to is the thread here where a particular lad which I won’t name (as he loses his **** ever time for some reason) hyped it so much and got it so wrong that the thread was a train wreck in the end :cry:

humbug · 3 Dec 2022 at 14:56

harmattan said:
No way in holy heckfire will vendors be selling 7900xtx for £999. They may slog out the tired "look! we sold 5 reference cards at RRP" excuse to save face, but it's gonna be £1200 and up, mark my words.

Edit: 1.23 pound/dollar is "looking good"? LOL, as it were.

Its better than $1.08, which is what it was just a couple of months ago

Darujhistan · 3 Dec 2022 at 15:10

humbug said:
Its better than $1.08, which is what it was just a couple of months ago

Like the exchange rate makes any difference anyway, they just charge what they feel like.

gpuerrilla · 3 Dec 2022 at 15:49

Darujhistan said:
Like the exchange rate makes any difference anyway, they just charge what they feel like.

As you say, if it made a difference we could see as ocuk say they buy and allow for a % but all we have noticed to date is upward for some reason.

rumple9 · 3 Dec 2022 at 16:08

They are getting listed in China for equivalent of $1600 (£1300)

https://wccftech.com/custom-amd-rad...aphics-cards-to-cost-up-to-1600-usd-in-china/

humbug · 3 Dec 2022 at 16:56

rumple9 said:
They are getting listed in China for equivalent of $1600 (£1300)

https://wccftech.com/custom-amd-rad...aphics-cards-to-cost-up-to-1600-usd-in-china/

That's the powercolor red devil. they also have 13% tax.

Alt0153 · 3 Dec 2022 at 17:06

rumple9 said:
They are getting listed in China for equivalent of $1600 (£1300)

https://wccftech.com/custom-amd-rad...aphics-cards-to-cost-up-to-1600-usd-in-china/

yep choose the most expensive by $250 and say they are all being sold for that price, very accurate click bait

humbug · 3 Dec 2022 at 17:08

Alt0153 said:
yep choose the most expensive by $250 and say they are all being sold for that price, very accurate click bait

Very typical for WCCF, because people keep falling for it.

Grim5 · 3 Dec 2022 at 17:55

So in China the top 7900xt from Powercolor is $1400 and too 7900xtx is $1600

How do Chinese prices normally translate to western prices?

Grim5 · 3 Dec 2022 at 17:59

Specs of the reference card

旗舰型号 RX 7900 XTX 拥有 96CU，6144 流处理器，GPU 频率 1900-2500MHz，单精度性能可达 61TFLOPS。显存为 24GB 20Gbps GDDR6，带宽可达 960GB / s，加上 96MB 无限缓存，等效带宽可达 3.5TB / s。显卡的 TBP 功耗为 355W，电源要求为 800W 起。RX 7900 XTX 公版长度为 287 mm，2.5 槽厚，接口包括 DP 2.1、HDMI 2.1 和 USB-C。

dazzlaa · 3 Dec 2022 at 18:01

Ahh that’s really disappointing if that’s the case. These cards at msrp would absolutely fly out. Actually, I suppose that’s always the problem, supply and demand etc

kmax86 · 3 Dec 2022 at 18:16

Is today the release of reviews or just another announcement with a bit more info? I seem to recall Dec 3rd was earmarked for something if im not mistaken.

humbug · 3 Dec 2022 at 18:22

Grim5 said:
So in China the top 7900xt from Powercolor is $1400 and too 7900xtx is $1600

How do Chinese prices normally translate to western prices?

That's the 7000XTX Red Devil, not the reference card.

China has 13% sales tax, with that added on $1600 would amount to £1150, + 20% VAT = £1380.

Looks like its about $300 over reference.

Grim5 · 3 Dec 2022 at 18:52

I never said it was reference, I said it's the top of the line card

JGF111 · 3 Dec 2022 at 21:58

Obviously way to early to tell but if I'm looking at 7900XTX's within two or three hundred of a 4090, well then I'm just going to get a 4090. Same issue with the 4080 pricing. The power/attractiveness of the 7900XTX is its value pricing vs the 4090's.

kieran_read · 3 Dec 2022 at 22:33

JGF111 said:
Obviously way to early to tell but if I'm looking at 7900XTX's within two or three hundred of a 4090, well then I'm just going to get a 4090. Same issue with the 4080 pricing. The power/attractiveness of the 7900XTX is its value pricing vs the 4090's.

My general view is if it's within 200 then the 4090 is probably the better value, withing 200-300 it's a difficult choice, 400 cheaper and the 7900xtx is clearly the winner.

Depending on reviews of course.

Curlyriff · 3 Dec 2022 at 22:55

I don't know why anyone expects the 7900xtx to be within £400 even of the the 4090. That is £1699 for the base model compared to the expected £1049 of the 7900xtx.

More to the point I also don't get why you'd buy a 4090 if its still £300 more for very similar performance tbh unless of course RT is your main thing. But I could never justify even £200 more for that. I don't think a single game I play has RT at moment.

Aegis · 3 Dec 2022 at 23:32

nm - duplicate of something posted earlier

Grim5 · 4 Dec 2022 at 00:19

I think if you compare the cheapest 4090 and cheapest 7900xtx the 7900xtx will still be like 500 cheaper. It's only the premium AIB models where the prices will come closer together

Joxeon · 4 Dec 2022 at 00:58

If they're a penny over 1k I'm saying no since at the current exchange rate we should be looking at around £975 for the base models.