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RDNA 3 rumours Q3/4 2022

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Chuk_Chuk said:
Mate you own a 3090 and are potentially looking to buy a 4090 on day 1 because of want not need (not a criticism). You can’t even wait a few weeks to see what AMD is offering. No offence but you’re not a customer to them. Nvidia already has you in their hooks.

You probably don’t agree with this assessment so I will ask you the same question I posed to another poster 2 years ago when the 3000 series came out. What would AMD need to show you that would stop you buying a 4090?
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Just a couple of assumptions there!

Certainly not looking to buy anything day one, and more than happy to wait to see what AMD have to offer.

The only thing you are correct about is that I don’t need one, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t potentially buy something once I’ve seen reviews for both Nvidia and AMD.

Are you sure that you don’t have me confused with someone else? :confused:
 
It may be helpful for AMD to release first at some point - I'm fairly new to this, so maybe they used to, but simply by nvidia releasing first, they get straight to the enthusiast "must have the latest gen NOW" customers first, regardless of price, performance or anything.

I have no particular leaning either way, but I got a 3080 because it was available. Since I have bought it, I have upgraded to a monitor with gsync. As a result, I'm am starting to get "ecosystemmed, although I will keep an open mind, and in fact recommended an AMD card for a friend's particular use case recently.

It's this sort of thing that can lead someone to being railroaded into a brand. But to spend upwards of a grand on a hobby, not even the whole hobby but something to enable further expense to undertake the hobby is just mad. Especially when (for a large majority, myself included) it is to seek the joy we had when we were younger and didn't have to stress about this stuff. Spend a grand on a card, and you feel like you have to enjoy its usage rather than just enjoying the game.
 
NZXT30 said:
Care to give some examples mate because that's a myth that needs to die.
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No doubt you are falling in to the top end only trap. Plenty of mid range to almost top end AMD GPUs were better than the Nvidia equivalent.

6800XT arguably better than the 3080. More VRAM, less power, better raster.
7970 better than 680
290x better than 980

Most of the time they were within touching distance of Nvidia offerings. There has only been a few times AMD were so far behind that they were not a viable option.
 
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Well that product launched around $2000 but was abruptly adjusted to market conditions down to $1200 so I think if AMD wants to tear into market share they should just blaze in with £1299 assuming this is trading blows with 4090 at times. That would also mean the 7900XT is cheaper which would obviously be welcome too!
 
gpuerrilla said:
Well that product launched around $2000 but was abruptly adjusted to market conditions down to $1200 so I think if AMD wants to tear into market share they should just blaze in with £1299 assuming this is trading blows with 4090 at times. That would also mean the 7900XT is cheaper which would obviously be welcome too!
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At £1299 you might as well spend a bit more on the 4090, assuming that will be 70%-80% faster than a 3090 Ti.
 
The reference 6900XT was $999 so I can't see a 7950XT i.e. premium version/refresh of that end being cheaper considering inflation and weak pound..
 
Bill Turnip said:
It may be helpful for AMD to release first at some point - I'm fairly new to this, so maybe they used to, but simply by nvidia releasing first, they get straight to the enthusiast "must have the latest gen NOW" customers first, regardless of price, performance or anything.
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If AMD released in september instead Nvidia would probably release in August its exactly why they do it its all about that mindshare
 
humbug said:
Lets say the 7950XT is 50% faster than the 3090Ti in Raster and RT how much should it cost?
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Depends what AMD's goal is.

If they want to cannibalize RTX4080 sales, then $999.
If are happy to slot in between Nvidia, then $1299.

My feeling is AMD would choose the $1299 option, that's where Lisa has been pushing the company in the last couple years
 
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humbug said:
Lets say the 7950XT is 50% faster than the 3090Ti in Raster and RT how much should it cost?
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A GPU costing any more than 1k is stupid so that's where I think it needs to land, the 7800XT should cost no more than £700 and even then that's still an above inflation markup.
 
Joxeon said:
A GPU costing any more than 1k is stupid so that's where I think it needs to land, the 7800XT should cost no more than £700 and even then that's still an above inflation markup.
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I agree but with Nvidia charging $1600 it is what it is...
 
humbug said:
At $1100 it would be 39% cheaper.
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Maybe they could get away with $1100 for a 7900XT but it'll be the £500-700 price brackets which they need to hit with the 7800XT / 7800 / 7700XT, if they start charging 1k for these then not only will it cost them in the GPU market but I think the negative backlash would also hit the already flagging CPU sales.
 
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