RDNA 3 rumours Q3/4 2022

[Hedge]

I'd say, the more extreme pricing is of GPUs (and other components), the more extreme some gamers become.

The thing is, I've been on this forum for a long time and it's interesting that the most vocal GPU enthusiasts don't seem to post much in the pc gaming forum. They are extreme benchmark whores and probably don't actually complete half of the stuff they load up.

 

[gpuerrilla]

Nvidia took the RTX4060 12GB and priced it at $900 and the RTX4070 16GB for nearly $1300 and has the RTX4090 now hitting as much as £2000~£2200 for AIB models.

This is without a pandemic, mining boom and scalpers. The only nutcases are fomo mindshare and the retailers are creaming off the profits. There is no need for the prices to be this high.

 

[JediFragger]

They are extreme benchmark whores

@Jumper118 This geezer is slighting you here, shall I challenge him to a duel at dawn?

 

[gpuerrilla]

Burn him.

*Hands out pitchforks*

 

[kieran_read]

*Hands out pitchforks*

One step closer and i'll burn my 1080ti.

Yes yes, i will fill the Nvidians with rage

 

[gpuerrilla]

@Jumper118 This geezer is slighting you here, shall I challenge him to a duel at dawn?

What is this slighting you speak of? Sounds.. durty

 

[humbug]

@RavenXXX2

Looks about right, its 1.5X to 1.7X if we wound that to 1.55X

We get 61 + 55% = 94.5% of a 4090 in raster

For RT AMD claimed 1.5X to 1.6X lets go with 55% again.

Cyberpunk2077 is worst case for AMD so for the purposes of this lets go with that.

12.7 + 55% = 19.7, that puts it on par with a 3080Ti / 3090

I think the raster performance is very good, its close enough to a 4090, pretty special at 100 watts less and $600 less. Excellent.

I'm disappointed that the RT performance isn't higher than its raster increase, but.... worst case its a 3090, no Nvidia fan had any complaints about that, its no where near a 4090, but its not bad.

I'll add to that, AIB 7900XTX might push them harder, with 3X 8 pins they might be quite a bit faster.

Spoiler

PCGH 7900xtx raster and rt estimates.

 

[kieran_read]

Did anyone see the EU price leaks for the 4080 though?

It's looking like to be closer to the MRSP of the founders edition 4090 which will get slaughted by the 7900s

 

[Twinz]

If the $1000 RDNA3 GPU is actually 50% faster than the $1100 RDNA2 GPU, this is a great offering from AMD.

+50% is a strong uplift gen-on-gen, and it's not coming from just messing with the naming scheme. RDNA3 *money* looks to be meaningfully faster than RDNA2 *money*.

 

[JediFragger]

If the $1000 RDNA3 GPU is actually 50% faster than the $1100 RDNA2 GPU, this is a great offering from AMD.

I found the 6950XT to be a fantastic card tbh, really really good

 

[kieran_read]

Yeh it's really looking like a day 1 for me if OCUK do some nice pre-orders for us forum users but it will depend on final reviews.

If it's within 20% of a 4090 for rasta at around the £1000 i think ill order one.

 

[jrodga2k5]

I found the 6950XT to be a fantastic card tbh, really really good

Agreed, plus the reference design was fantastic.

I would hope OcUK have reference designs from AMD or have at least secured some for launch.

 

[gpuerrilla]

I found the 6950XT to be a fantastic card tbh, really really good

Wait till you see the 7950XTX..!

 

[JediFragger]

Agreed, plus the reference design was fantastic.

Always wanted a Sapphire 6950XT Pure tbh, such chonky good looking cards but never got to have one

Am hoping their will be a 7900XT version!

 

[Grim5]

PC world has gotten the same comment from AMD as Hardware Canucks

"Radeon RX 7900 XTX is designed to go against 4080, but we don’t have benchmarks numbers on 4080. That’s the primary reason why you didnt see any NVIDIA comparison from us. The $999 card is not a 4090 competitor, which costs 60% more, this is a 4080 competitor.

— Frank Azor to PCWorld"

 

[BRIGGBOY81]

Is Sapphire still the go to vender when buying AMD cards or are there any others that have replaced them?

 

[uscool]

@RavenXXX2

Looks about right, its 1.5X to 1.7X if we wound that to 1.55X

We get 61 + 55% = 94.5% of a 4090 in raster

For RT AMD claimed 1.5X to 1.6X lets go with 55% again.

Cyberpunk2077 is worst case for AMD so for the purposes of this lets go with that.

12.7 + 55% = 19.7, that puts it on par with a 3080Ti / 3090

I think the raster performance is very good, its close enough to a 4090, pretty special at 100 watts less and $600 less. Excellent.

I'm disappointed that the RT performance isn't higher than its raster increase, but.... worst case its a 3090, no Nvidia fan had any complaints about that, its no where near a 4090, but its not bad.

I'll add to that, AIB 7900XTX might push them harder, with 3X 8 pins they might be quite a bit faster.

AMD say It's 4080 competitor that makes it more impressive if raster seems to be that close to the 4090 , I guess losing RT to 4080 but being cheaper and likely faster in raster

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[JediFragger]

Is Sapphire still the go to vender when buying AMD cards or are there any others that have replaced them?

Sapphire and Powercolor tend to be the best, and imo Sapphire edge them (having had both sides in the last gen). Go for Sapphire imo (coming from someone who's had multitude of AMD cards this last 2 years).

 

[BRIGGBOY81]

Sapphire and Powercolor tend to be the best, and imo Sapphire edge them (having had both sides in the last gen). Go for Sapphire imo (coming from someone who's had multitude of AMD cards this last 2 years).

sweet thx fella

 

[Jumper118]

The thing is, I've been on this forum for a long time and it's interesting that the most vocal GPU enthusiasts don't seem to post much in the pc gaming forum. They are extreme benchmark whores and probably don't actually complete half of the stuff they load up.

ive completed all but 2 achievements in 3dmark on steam.