7900xtx could be considered half decent only when you compare it with badly priced cards such as : 6900/6950 or 4080 (I'm talking about launch MSRP).
20% more for 4080 could still be considered ok since it was much faster in RT and had better upscaling tech. So... 7900xtx isn't really a better option.
7900xt was disliked thoroughly.
But at least Nvidia cancelled the 4080 12gb and launched it as 4070ti so that's that.
6900/6950 reduction felt big only because it was priced badly to beging with (as AMD's halo cards). 6800xt's only advantage is 4 extra gb vram vs 4070.
Other weaker cards could be better if you're not interested in RT, otherwise is bad all-around and I don't know how well will age.
The problem is again Nvidia decided to set the price. It didn't reduce Ampere at all,which is where this all started. Basically,most of my mates are normal gamers who buy sub £500 cards. Of the gamers I know,the highest end dGPU I know people having is an RTX3080(might know someone with an RX6800 series card),and those were part of prebuilt systems. Most of the people I know have RX6600 series or RTX3060/RTX3070 series dGPUs or that sort of level of dGPUs.
I have not see a single one of them recommend Nvidia cards as upgrades in the last couple of months. The only people I know who are "buying" them are those getting them in laptops and some prebuilt systems and I have seen RTX3060 based laptops going for as low as £700. It's quite clear,Nvidia is not price reducing for retail but PC makers. So that is where the "cheap" Ampere cards are going!
This is how bad the Nvidia stack is now and it has been the case for 6 months at least IIRC. The RX6650XT I can find now for £275:
It's 56% faster than an RTX3050 and 14% faster than an RTX3060 12GB and the speed of your RTX2080 8GB. The RTX3060 is nearly £50 more expensive.But even with RT,the RX6650XT/A750 are just faster:
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In Fortnite with RT on,the RX6600XT(not the RX6650XT) is 40% faster and gets over 60FPS. So that is solid UE5 performance. In Cyberpunk 2077 both cannot handle Ultra RT. But at medium the RX6600XT is 10% faster and at low is 40% faster,where again it can get over 60FPS. The A750 is faster than both and cheaper. The A750 has quite strong RT performance for a cheap card.
This is what Nvidia is releasing in the sub £300 price range:
A new leak says the desktop GeForce RTX 4050 will feature 6 GB of video memory on a 96-bit bus. Its other specs, such as CUDA core count, base/boost clocks and GPU, are unknown, but the graphics card will be launched sometime in June 2023.
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A 6GB VRAM card. Even if it hits RTX3060 level performance,its not going to be any better in rasterised performance. Plus even if can be better in RT,6GB VRAM will be a bigger problem than 8GB. The RX6600/A750 8GB can be had for almost £200 and undercut most RTX3050 cards. The RTX3050 is not even better in RT for the most part when compared to an RX6650XT/A750.
Now look at the RTX3060 which is more competitive. But again the issue is price and the RX6700XT which costs a bit more. It has been as "low" as £330,and frequently is around £350. The RX6700 non-XT even dipped below £300 last year IIRC.It's 36% faster in rasterised at 1080p. Its only a few percent slower than an RTX2080TI in rasterised.
The RTX3060 vs RX6700XT RT performance is closer:
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The RX6700XT is 20% to 27% faster in Fortnite with RT on. In Cyberpunk 2077 at RT low the RX6700XT is 20% faster,at RT medium they have the same performance,and at Ultra the RTX3060 pushes ahead,but it's the difference between 28FPS and 32FPS.
What is Nvidia replacing the RTX3060 12GB with? An 8GB RTX4060. Again at best it might be an RX6700XT in rasterised,with 4GB less VRAM and better RT performance.
Basically if the RX7700XT ends up being an overclocked RDNA3 clone of the RX6700XT,at the same price,it might be enough to be better.
This is absolutely ridiculous for normal gamers. Wait for a new generation,and its pretty much the same as what you could get since last year!
