*** The AMD RDNA 4 Rumour Mill ***

[ICDP]

Not sure what the hype is here. ~7900 XT raster and ~4070Ti Super in RT for performance has been the expectation for many months now. So not far off a 4080 seems to be what leaks are suggesting.

It just needs to be sub £500 starting point for MBA and around £550 for AIBs if they are ~10% faster.

This has been the state of play for months now. Still waiting on AMD to mess up on the prices so we can all point and laugh.

The 5070 will be slower in raster and faster in RT and people will buy them despite being 12GB… because “features”.

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[Martini1991]

If it's just under a 7900XT at £450-500 it'll be a decent buy for an AMD option

You can't really understate Nvidias software advantage though.

I like having an AMD desktop and Nvidia laptop (Although if I wasn't getting smashed by interest rate on my mortgage id probably change that round this time around)

I recently played a game on my 4060 laptop, lowering the resolution while using DLSS and I was actually quite amazed.

What I was also impressed about was using ultra performance DLSS as well, compared to AMD's current FSR

Because of this, I can see people buying a 5070 readily

But Nvidia needs to sort out their Linux side, everyone needs to get in bed with Valve and lets make 2025 SteamOS year.

At the moment AMD is miles ahead in that regard

 

[freebooter]

AMD Linux open source drivers are better than the Nvidia ones now - some of my mates who run Linux,now prefer the AMD cards.

The open source drivers are built into the kernel so there is no install process but they are not perfect. There is no control ui as is standard with windows drivers and Nvidia had with their linux drivers last time I used an Nvidia card.

A couple of years ago I had a card that would stop the fan if load was low enough and it didn't need the cooling. It worked under windows but not linux. My current linux box has my old 480 8gb card. More that enough performance for what I use it for but the open source drivers have decided to drop OpenCL support for older cards including the 480. This impacts a photo app I have that uses OpenCL to speed up processing.

It is some years since I used Nvidia on linux but I never had any problems when I did. It depends on how bothered someone is about using non open source drivers.

 

[Game]

I like having an AMD desktop and Nvidia laptop (Although if I wasn't getting smashed by interest rate on my mortgage id probably change that round this time around)

what is the rate your been stuck with escaped most of it on mine

still remember the paperwork from my first house the former owner was paying 17.5% interest

 

[RBImGuy]

all things points to a new era for amd with the 9070 series

 

[harmattan]

what is the rate your been stuck with escaped most of it on mine

still remember the paperwork from my first house the former owner was paying 17.5% interest

That's horrifying. My in-laws regale us with tales of paying 12% back in the 80s, and I thought that was bad. Humble brag, but I moved/bought during the pandemic and, due to a lower LTV and gov pushing low rates, mine is locked at .92% (ends in 2027). Going to be painful when that's over, but should be mostly paid off by then.

Back on topic, I'm a bit unclear on from where these rumours are coming that shader count on 9070xt and 9070 are the same. I thought it was confirmed 9070 had ~15% less?

 

[Octoplex7]

all things points to a new era for amd with the 9070 series

Let's hope so. Basd on the leaks, they just need to get the price right on these. Could really disrupt Nvidia's measly 12GB offerings.

 

[StarShock]

Back on topic, I'm a bit unclear on from where these rumours are coming that shader count on 9070xt and 9070 are the same. I thought it was confirmed 9070 had ~15% less?

from here actually, ocuk has a 9070xt landing page up with some specs, and its got both the xt and non-xt with the same core count. But tbh I suspect it's just place holder numbers. Or at least the numbers they didn't know they just copied from the ones they did.

 

[Martini1991]

what is the rate your been stuck with escaped most of it on mine

still remember the paperwork from my first house the former owner was paying 17.5% interest

The rate goes into the backdrop of prices in today's age with wage stagnation, and then the amount in paying just on interest.

At a basic level, from our initial fix to our new fix we're spending 3K extra a year in interest payments

I'm from the North East and I'm above minimum wage in the public sector, but with wage growth being what it is, I've barely even covered my half of the additional interest in the last couple years of pay rises, let alone the rest of the costs that have gone up.

My disposable income has gone down in simple money terms, which is obviously not good. But I'm far from alone in this regard

 

[Game]

That's horrifying. My in-laws regale us with tales of paying 12% back in the 80s, and I thought that was bad. Humble brag, but I moved/bought during the pandemic and, due to a lower LTV and gov pushing low rates, mine is locked at .92% (ends in 2027). Going to be painful when that's over, but should be mostly paid off by then.

Back on topic, I'm a bit unclear on from where these rumours are coming that shader count on 9070xt and 9070 are the same. I thought it was confirmed 9070 had ~15% less?

it could be a placeholder or typo

 

[HarryBizzle]

FSR be

Not sure what the hype is here. ~7900 XT raster and ~4070Ti Super in RT for performance has been the expectation for many months now. So not far off a 4080 seems to be what leaks are suggesting.

It just needs to be sub £500 starting point for MBA and around £550 for AIBs if they are ~10% faster.

This has been the state of play for months now. Still waiting on AMD to mess up on the prices so we can all point and laugh.

The 5070 will be slower in raster and faster in RT and people will buy them despite being 12GB… because “features”.

Normal service resumed.
Not sure what the hype is here. ~7900 XT raster and ~4070Ti Super in RT for performance has been the expectation for many months now. So not far off a 4080 seems to be what leaks are suggesting.

It just needs to be sub £500 starting point for MBA and around £550 for AIBs if they are ~10% faster.

This has been the state of play for months now. Still waiting on AMD to mess up on the prices so we can all point and laugh.

The 5070 will be slower in raster and faster in RT and people will buy them despite being 12GB… because “features”.

Normal service resumed.

FSR4 being decent certainly wasn't a given. That raster + RT performance with a decent ML upscale = hype.