The thread which sometimes talks about RDNA2

[rustyk21]

Or more likely it's trying to keep the hype to when you can actually buy the product. They've had flak before for paper launches where people have read the reviews, but can't buy anything because product is still being boxed up at the factory. The hype and interest turns into frustration and bad publicity.

The solution is to wait for the reviews and then buy what you want if the product lives up to your expectations and requirements. No one needs a brand new product the day of release.

Completely agree

 

[EastCoastHandle]

Assassin's Creed Valhalla has the most impressive graphics I've seen in a long time. This is what I expect from next-gen. While Watch Dogs: Legion disappointed me big time and still had enormous hardware requirements, Valhalla looks much better and is more optimized. The vast landscapes of Northern Europe are rendered so beautifully and in a near-perfect color palette that goes very well with the Assassin's Creed art style.

A 5700xt is on par with a 2080 in AC:Valhalla
So, were will a 6800xt land?

 

[Shaz12]

A 5700xt is on par with a 2080 in AC:Valhalla
So, were will a 6800xt land?

I don’t think this was tested on the new Valhalla NVIDIA drivers released yesterday. In any case, something is wrong with this game. The 2080 is only 7 FPS slower than the Ti while 3090 is just 4 FPS faster than 3080

 

[Grim5]

I don’t think this was tested on the new Valhalla NVIDIA drivers released yesterday. In any case, something is wrong with this game. The 2080 is only 7 FPS slower than the Ti while 3090 is just 4 FPS faster than 3080

yep most of the Valhalla performance data out is pre driver - Nvidia was a little late with Valhalla in releasing their driver

 

[Apache14]

Is it strange that (5 working days before launching) no UK retail site has any product pages online yet with the initial pricing ? (AFAIK the RTX cards and Zen3 CPUs got listed a few weeks before launching)

 

[Richdog]

Is it strange that (5 working days before launching) no UK retail site has any product pages online yet with the initial pricing ? (AFAIK the RTX cards and Zen3 CPUs got listed a few weeks before launching)

Zen3 prices generally weren't available on store pages until around launch day.

 

[diamount]

Has there been any word on reviews are supposed to hit? It's only 1 week now and not a peep from AMD from what I've seen. No regional pricing info either

 

[Apache14]

Zen3 prices generally weren't available on store pages until around launch day.

OCUK had the coming soon pages up (with pricing) listed at least a couple of weeks before launch, I posted on Reddit when I first found them. (It was the same for a couple of UK places)

 

[Apache14]

Has there been any word on reviews are supposed to hit? It's only 1 week now and not a peep from AMD from what I've seen. No regional pricing info either

Reviews will be under embargo until until sales go live (maybe slightly 1h ? before if your lucky)

 

[Glanza]

Has there been any word on reviews are supposed to hit? It's only 1 week now and not a peep from AMD from what I've seen. No regional pricing info either

Hopefully it's the same as the CPU and review drop Mon / Tue next week ready for launch.

 

[Nablaoperator]

Fake news, they are going to rock.

Seems like an update from your original source:
"We have confirmed with GPU reviewers who already have access to Radeon RX 6800 series that the mining performance is definitely not as claimed by the user. The story is therefore not true."

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-rad...han-geforce-rtx-3090-in-cryptocurrency-mining

 

[Richdog]

OCUK had the coming soon pages up (with pricing) listed at least a couple of weeks before launch, I posted on Reddit when I first found them. (It was the same for a couple of UK places)

From what I saw globally it was the exception though, not the norm.

 

[diamount]

OCUK had the coming soon pages up (with pricing) listed at least a couple of weeks before launch, I posted on Reddit when I first found them. (It was the same for a couple of UK places)

Haha I guess it was £1=$1 with £50 added on-top.

Reviews will be under embargo until until sales go live (maybe slightly 1h ? before if your lucky)

Guess I'll be missing the first batch then if that's the case. They should at least allow 24 hours before ordering goes live.

 

[Phixsator]

I don’t think this was tested on the new Valhalla NVIDIA drivers released yesterday. In any case, something is wrong with this game. The 2080 is only 7 FPS slower than the Ti while 3090 is just 4 FPS faster than 3080

It all depends on where the bottleneck is and I'm not talking about the rest of the system but the GPU here. I wouldn't be surprised if the 3090 doesn't have 99%-100% utilization. We already know that Ampere needs 4k to stretch all those cores.

 

[HEADRAT]

Haha I guess it was £1=$1 with £50 added on-top.

Gougers gotta gouge, to be honest with the demand for the current products I don't know why they must don't add £500 or sell them via auction, that's how broke the CPU/GPU supply chain is right now Other than it's completely taking this **** out of their customer base but that doesn't really seem to matter, fun times!

RRP just seems to be like a "willow-the-wisp" and all bets are off (or on dependant on which side of the fence you're on). Seems like lots of retailors are just making hay while the sun shines and as they've got their customers over a barrel there gonna just keep going.

While I like a new toy as much as the next man I'll just plod on with my VEGA 64 AIO and Threadripper 2920x for a while longer, I don't mind spending my money but not being taken for a ride.

 

[Apache14]

From what I saw globally it was the exception though, not the norm.

For the last few large releases hasn't it been normal to have the holding pages / local pricing available before launch ?

RTX 3080 AIB card "releasing soon" pages where live pretty much days after the Nvidia announcement.

Zen3 CPU was at least as early as the 10th of October (https://amp.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/j7zme0/uk_pricing_live_at_wwwoverclockerscouk/)

 

[Richdog]

For the last few large releases hasn't it been normal to have the holding pages / local pricing available before launch ?

RTX 3080 AIB card "releasing soon" pages where live pretty much days after the Nvidia announcement.

Zen3 CPU was at least as early as the 10th of October (https://amp.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/j7zme0/uk_pricing_live_at_wwwoverclockerscouk/)

Final pricing wasn't available in advance at lots of places globally. Not much else to say... clearly in the end some places did show prices.

 

[Phate]

I think we're pretty certain/decided at this point that the fact that not one single distributor (as far as I know, anyway) has any pre-order or product listing pages yet...we think this must be from AMD themselves. Is it to stop scalpers? Who knows. But it's outside of everyone's control. That's for sure.

 

[Richdog]

I think we're pretty certain/decided at this point that the fact that not one single distributor (as far as I know, anyway) has any pre-order or product listing pages yet...we think this must be from AMD themselves. Is it to stop scalpers? Who knows. But it's outside of everyone's control. That's for sure.

Definitely AMD tightly controlling this, same with all of the launch day reviews.

 

[Hotwired]

If you know your product is going to launch into a black hole of demand there's some logic in throttling information to try and throttle buying attempts into less of a DDOS attack.

This forum is connected to the shop and it sure wasn't working well when the CPUs launched.

Selling out is still selling out and people will always be unhappy about that but maybe it helps sites if customers are less enabled to spam F5 at launch -10s and for the next half day.