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

[Phixsator]

I'm torn whether to grab a 9070 XT or go for a OLED monitor. Still rocking a Sapphire 6800 that I grabbed from OCUK 4 years ago in January and the only game I play is PUBG at 1440p. Going to see what the reviews will say tomorrow...

OLED is fantastic. I rather game at 70fps on an OLED than 90 or 100 on an VA/IPS or TN. That near instant pixel response is so bloody awesome and has made it possible for me to enjoy games at a lower fps than what I normally would go for. Then there is all the other benefits such as true black which etc.

*edit: Short explanation, non oleds have their pixel response tuned to the specific hz the monitor is set at instead of OLEDs which will always switch at the fastest speed it can regardless of hz. Because of this regular panels usually have very slow pixel response the lower the hz which for me personally is a no go. OLED doesn't have that problem. Which for me personally makes low fps/hz more viable.

 

[will13]

That's what I'm waiting for also. Hopefully there will be some good comparisons.

I know last time the Hellhound was great but this time round the Pulse is the thicker of the 2 so I'm hopeful it should mean its decent if fans are tuned well

 

[Martini1991]

I'm torn whether to grab a 9070 XT or go for a OLED monitor. Still rocking a Sapphire 6800 that I grabbed from OCUK 4 years ago in January and the only game I play is PUBG at 1440p. Going to see what the reviews will say tomorrow...

Both

 

[muzzydark]

So UK MSRP £629 not £579 ..

 

[peahead]

So UK MSRP £629 not £579 ..

Probably £800

 

[GhostDog1981]

There’s a slide from AMD that intimates fsr4 being available on a 7800xt?

If so this removes a major reason for 7000 owners to upgrade to the 9070 series.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-9070-series-technical-deep-dive/images/fsr-4-15.jpg

 

[GhostDog1981]

So UK MSRP £629 not £579 ..

Retailers cut.

 

[Gerard]

So UK MSRP £629 not £579 ..

Nothing new, if there's no valid reason to increase the msrp retailers always find a way.

 

[StarShock]

There’s a slide from AMD that intimates fsr4 being available on a 7800xt?

If so this removes a major reason for 7000 owners to upgrade to the 9070 series.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-9070-series-technical-deep-dive/images/fsr-4-15.jpg

At ces they said they were going to try, but since it's hardware based and the 7000 series has less capable ai hardware it might not perform well enough.

 

[GhostDog1981]

At ces they said they were going to try, but since it's hardware based and the 7000 series has less capable ai hardware it might not perform well enough.

If you zoom into the slide you can see FSR4 tab and 7800xt as the gpu selected. Can’t be an error as it’s official technical marketing info……. Maybe it’s just cope on my part lmao

 

[Distracted]

Can’t be an error as it’s official technical marketing info……. Maybe it’s just cope on my part lmao

I mean....


Its not like we've never seen them release material with errors before.

That doesn't make you wrong. I'm just saying it happens.

 

[Gerard]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1896965203797197246

 

[Gerard]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1896597583721840777

And one more.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

So UK MSRP £629 not £579 ..

Just AIB partners and retailers adding their mark-up even though the exchange rates are favourable for the GBP.

 

[Bidley]

Looks like I missed all the fun earlier

Somebody make a "leave Nvidia alone" crying gif

 

[Sumanji]

AMD aren't ripping anyone off, its up to aibs what they price their cards at.

Yes and no. If AMD are setting the GPU cost to AIBs high AND putting out a low MSRP, then that implies AIB margins must compress.

AIBs want stable/growing margins (they have financial plans and shareholders too), so they have no choice but to raise prices to maintain their financial profile.

I think this exact issue is what many NV board partners have been complaining about (and why we see the AIB prices so high, even before they get to retail).

The good news is HU have been calling out some blatant shills today:

The shilling has been incredible. Some of these sites are complete jokes.

One YT channel which I really like is Hardware Canucks. Their review of the 5070 was great (first couple of mins spent calling out shills )

I'm going to post this bit again as the red mist seems to have come down for some and I think they missed it!

Dude, your sarcasm/jokes do not translate well on a text-based forum, at all.

Try adding emoji

 

[Grim5]

Looks like rdna4 fixes AMD's issues with Ray Tracing in black myth wukong, with a 9700XT achieving around 2-3x higher framerate than the 7900xtx and around 4x higher framerate than 6800xt

Please note this not representative of general performance; it's just that rdna2 and 3 cards really suck at running this game, so they perform abnormally poor, but rdna4 architecture does a much better job with intensive ray tracing/path tracing

 

[Subliminal Aura]

What time will review embargoes lift tomorrow?

2pm tomorrow....

Just a gentle reminder for you all that the 5070 will also be on sale at that time. Don't miss out