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[MikeM]

Why did you mention irrelevant cards coming somewhere at the end of this month?

(5090 in "very very small numbers", go figure about meh 5080 that will barely beat 4080 and certainly won't beat 4090)

Some with money to spend on a 9070xt may just say “fuck it” and buy a 5080. Not everyone can/wants to wait until March.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Has 2 million subscribers, many of them greenboi disappointed about not being able to buy green stuff for less..

So where is the more pure AMD GPU race located then

MLID stream chat?

 

[phant0m]

AMD has the biggest little brother energy I’ve ever seen

 

[Thebonehead]

I remember seeing on here rumours of multi frame gen for Radeon. Can't seem to find it now.

If thats the case my guess, which is all that anyone is doing is that perhaps they are waiting to give it a beta release to attempt to compete.

 

[BattleScar]

And why do you think that's the case?

Cause they're fucking stupid.

 

[RoboFu]

You guys have the Ricky Bobby syndrome.

 

[Closer]

You guys have the Ricky Bobby syndrome.

Hello. Do you have a meat stick shoved up your anus?

 

[64gigabyteram]

The main reason I want this to do well is to have AMD remain at least somewhat competent instead of dropping off a cliff for GPUs. Intel is fighting through the hard part right now but they finally released a good product. If the rumored pricing is real then there is a chance that it can do well but the problem is that the nvidia marketing already owns so much headspace that people will see this card and probably downplay it because of muh MFG or some other feature that may be missing or even something like ray tracing which somehow is far more prevalent than ever but remains incredibly uninteresting outside of a few outliers(also for nvidia marketing). I won't be giving AMD my money this gen just due to having a 4090 already but just hoping they get a win for the sake of the people.

I want AMD to do well for this because

1. they have the best linux support of the 3 companies atm and honestly that should be about as big of a selling point as AI upscaling, if not even bigger
2. Intel's support for older games is too dicey for me to want to jump into their GPUs (though their efforts are super, super impressive!)

But TBH even if the RT was improved (all they need to do at this point to be a major competitor again) i'd still probably go for Nvidia due to that Transformer DLSS and all of their work with RT to make it look better & run faster. They are leagues ahead. Just when AMD gets to the previous high they set a new standard yet again.

At least the new AMD cards are futureproof with the RT and the upscaling.

 

[64gigabyteram]

You shouldn't be using Ultra settings if you have a lowly 4070 card anyways.

a card costing 500 bucks should not be "lowly". Once again Nvidia is sandbagging the "great value" product by stripping it of the component that matters most for longevity.

a 16gb 4070 would outsell everything higher in the stack so they have to cut the 4gb because of course.

 

[demented waffle]

a card costing 500 bucks should not be "lowly". Once again Nvidia is sandbagging the "great value" product by stripping it of the component that matters most for longevity.

a 16gb 4070 would outsell everything higher in the stack so they have to cut the 4gb because of course.

A 16 GB 4070 would have to have been a 256-bit bus., not a 192 bit. It would've added costs.

 

[StereoVsn]

A 16 GB 4070 would have to have been a 256-bit bus., not a 192 bit. It would've added costs.

Considering Nvidia’s margins, they could bear it. Ok, price it at $525 then.

The real answer is is Nvidia is greedy AF and AMD can’t provide enough competition because they are incompetent whether in engineering, software stack, marketing or all three depending on the generation.

To postpone 5070 cards till March is ridiculous and all it will accomplish is let Nvidia build up hype again.

 

[AngelMuffin]

There are more people in the midrange than at the high end. This is where the money is.

 

[Syphon Filter]

nvidia shills in this thread are insecure.

 

[SonGoku]

It is "childish" to use results by reputable sites.

It is "grown up" to make up ephemeral list of cherry picked games "which matter".

Are you for real?

6 years into "hardwahr RT", where are we:



Oh, look at that, whopping 30% of "RT games" are "clearly improves visuals with RT gimmick on" category:

You do realize you are proving my point, right? Its those "whooping 30%" that clearly improve visuals you mentioned and the remaining PT games that "transform visuals" that matter, its those games where you want your GPU RT performance to be up the task.

Why do you even care about RT performance for the 70% of remaining titles where AMD performs well if by your own logic and admission RT is a gimmick in those games that does not improve visuals? So why should anyone care about average RT charts that include those games? We are better off turning off RT for those games right?

Shouldn't the focus of RT performance be on the games that clearly improve the visuals and better yet transform the visuals with PT

Yup

Nobody gives a shit to see how new cards are gonna improve RT performances with resident evil 4, it's already a what, 2~5 fps drop

If AMD is gonna have to convince me to buy RDNA 4, its with path tracing. My 3080 Ti is already plenty for "light RT".

Hell the even RTX 4070 can so PT with DLSS set to quality at 1080p and balanced for the more demanding games like Indy
I agree if they can match the 4070TI (5070 equivalent?) PT performance AMD will have very compelling product thanks to the 16GB vram bonus compared to 12GB

Lol my kid plays the majority of his games in 1440p with an RX 7600! It depends on the game doesn't it.

These arbitrary denominations lack technical nuance, of which there is a lot of in PC gaming.

I agree 4070 can even be used for 4k with the right settings tweaks as well
What i meant with that post is the segmentation of cards by target resolution to be able to play the latest games at max settings
4090/4080S->4k
4070Ti/4070TiS-> 1440p
4070/4070S->1080p

Of course this depends of users preferences and priorities whether it be IQ, resolution, fps, general settings, rt, pt etc

 

[AFBT88]

Cause they're fucking stupid.

And AMD is more fucking stupid if they cant find a way to take advantage of the foolishness of the customers.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

You do realize you are proving my point, right? Its those "whooping 30%" that clearly improve visuals you mentioned and the remaining PT games that "transform visuals" that matter, its those games where you want your GPU RT performance to be up the task.

Why do you even care about RT performance for the 70% of remaining titles where AMD performs well if by your own logic and admission RT is a gimmick in those games that does not improve visuals? So why should anyone care about average RT charts that include those games? We are better off turning off RT for those games right?

Shouldn't the focus of RT performance be on the games that clearly improve the visuals and better yet transform the visuals with PT

Hell the even RTX 4070 can so PT with DLSS set to quality at 1080p and balanced for the more demanding games like Indy
I agree if they can match the 4070TI (5070 equivalent?) PT performance AMD will have very compelling product thanks to the 16GB vram bonus compared to 12GB

I agree 4070 can even be used for 4k with the right settings tweaks as well
What i meant with that post is the segmentation of cards by target resolution to be able to play the latest games at max settings
4090/4080S->4k
4070Ti/4070TiS-> 1440p
4070/4070S->1080p

Of course this depends of users preferences and priorities whether it be IQ, resolution, fps, general settings, rt, pt etc

Are you referring to native or DLSS upscaling when categorising?

 

[SolidQ]

Not everyone can/wants to wait until March.

They tie it to FSR4, but they just should do Kingdom Come 2 and Monster hunter bundles, and say FSR4 will be release in March.

 

[Corporal.Hicks]

This is a comedy at this point. Some retailers already have Radeon 9070XT cards in stock, and AMD already knows what the price of the RTX5070 is, so why wait another 2 months?

I have this theory that AMD may have been surprised by all the FGx4 marketing. Of course "5070 as fast as 4090" was just marketing chart (gimmick), not raw performance, but now if they want to compete they have to offer similar technology. Maybe AMD will prepare their own FGx4 (they already have FGx2) during these two months, and then they can market RDNA4 GPUs in similar way as nvidia.

 

[winjer]

This is a comedy at this point. Some retailers already have Radeon 9070XT cards in stock, and AMD already knows what the price of the RTX5070 is, so why wait another 2 months?

I have this theory that AMD may have been surprised by all the FGx4 marketing. Of course "5070 as fast as 4090" was just marketing charts, not raw performance, but now if they want to compete they have to offer similar technology. Maybe AMD will prepare their own FGx4 method during these two months, so that they can market their card in similar way as nvidia.

I don't think FG 4X is the issue here. Even most sites and gamers are calling it a gimmick to pad fps numbers.
I think AMD was not able to prepare the launch sooner than this. Between stock, drivers and FSR4, they are not ready yet for launch.
So they could launch now, and get everyone angry at a paper launch.
Or wait 2 months and get things right from the start.
It sucks to have to delay the launch of a game, of GPU, or any other product, but it's worse if it's released when it's unfinished.

 

[SolidQ]

I have this theory that AMD may have been surprised by all the FGx4 marketing

AMD have it in FSR3, but not released

nows what the price of the RTX5070 is, so why wait another 2 months?

They want to see RTX 507 perfomance and readjust price

I think AMD was not able to prepare

They tie it to FSR4

It sucks to have to delay the launch of a game, of GPU

Yeah bundles with Kingdom Come 2 and Monster Hunter would be like capcakes sell

 

[FingerBang]

What a shitshow. I'm speechless.
Imagine not capitalizing on your competition not being ready for launch and just wait until they launch their product to undercut them

They know what prices they can sell their cards for. They don't want to disrupt anything. What a terrible company.

This doesn't make a lot of sense, only the 5090 and 5080 are launching in January anyways

The 5070 and 5070 Ti aren't even scheduled until February and no firm launch date has been set. If Nvidia felt like it they could delay those to March or even further. How long does AMD plan to wait for Nvidia LOL

Turns out I was right lol

 

[SonGoku]

Are you referring to native or DLSS upscaling when categorising?

Target resolution + DLSS included, none of those cards can max out the most demanding games without the help DLSS for their respective resolution target brackets i used as reference

 

[Astray]

People kept arguing with me after CES when I called this launch a trainwreck, but it's increasingly looking like I'm right.

When you've worked in a modern retail environment (I personally worked the supply chain side of the equation), you can easily spot the tell-tale signs when a launch is struggling and facing issues, and they had them all over from minute 1.

I would be shocked if they manage to salvage this, Nvidia has fucked them very hard this gen from a retail/marketing perspective:

• Announced lower-than-expected pricing for 5070, which is clearly squeezing AMD's margins.
• Extended DLSS4 features across 2-3 back gens, potentially giving these old cards some more life, the owners of those cards are typically the guys who are in the market for a card today, so they either go for what they know (5000 series), or they stick with their cards for one more gen (which fucks AMD because they have cards on the shelves for these people).

 

[VolticArchangel]

Absolutely pathetic and cowardly to rely on some other competitor's performance to price your product.

Grow a pair of balls and believe in your product, if you think it's worth the price, you stupid clowns.

Nvidiots believing in fake frames have been surpassed by AMDrones believing that they're gonna get "jEbAiTeD" after Nvidia launches the 5070 and thinking the 9070 XT will outperfrom a 4080S with the final drivers.

 

[Wolzard]

GPU	Price
RTX 5070 Ti	$749
RX 9070 XT	$599 (rumored)
RTX 5070	$549
RX 9070	$499 (rumored)

RX 9070 series price rumor suggests AMD's new GPUs will be more expensive than we first thought

A new rumor online hints that the RX 9070 XT will be priced higher than the RTX 5070, debunking the previous $479 price tag.

www.pcguide.com

 

[Bojji]

Absolutely pathetic and cowardly to rely on some other competitor's performance to price your product.

Grow a pair of balls and believe in your product, if you think it's worth the price, you stupid clowns.

Nvidiots believing in fake frames have been surpassed by AMDrones believing that they're gonna get "jEbAiTeD" after Nvidia launches the 5070 and thinking the 9070 XT will outperfrom a 4080S with the final drivers.

Yep, product should live or die based on own merits.

FSR4 not ready for launch? Who gives a fuck, reviewers are mostly comparing raster and RT performance anyway and if card has good price/performance it will defend itself.

 

[ResilientBanana]

They easily could surpass 5090 with RDNA4, but they calculate in lab, 5090 should be much higher perf, but for now until real test 5090 looks like RDNA3 v2

false.

GPU	Price
RTX 5070 Ti	$749
RX 9070 XT	$599 (rumored)
RTX 5070	$549
RX 9070	$499 (rumored)

RX 9070 series price rumor suggests AMD's new GPUs will be more expensive than we first thought

A new rumor online hints that the RX 9070 XT will be priced higher than the RTX 5070, debunking the previous $479 price tag.

www.pcguide.com

You get what you pay for. You could get nVidia's more powerful "fake frames" or AMD's less powerful "Fake frames" but both will be providing you with "fake frames".

 

[ResilientBanana]

Ray tracing is expensive people. Always has been, it's actually amazing that it runs at all. It's quite literally mind blowing that it functions in real-time the way that it does with the frames that you get. People forget that this was considered impossible.

 

[Crayon]

Yep, product should live or die based on own merits.

FSR4 not ready for launch? Who gives a fuck, reviewers are mostly comparing raster and RT performance anyway and if card has good price/performance it will defend itself.

No way. DLSS being much better gets mentioned in every comparison.

 

[StereoVsn]

GPU	Price
RTX 5070 Ti	$749
RX 9070 XT	$599 (rumored)
RTX 5070	$549
RX 9070	$499 (rumored)

RX 9070 series price rumor suggests AMD's new GPUs will be more expensive than we first thought

A new rumor online hints that the RX 9070 XT will be priced higher than the RTX 5070, debunking the previous $479 price tag.

www.pcguide.com

$600 is good but not amazing price. If they can match 5070Ti, and come close to it in RTX/FSR then it’s fine. However it does mean cards will go for probably close to €750 in Europe. Still better vs likely €900+ Nvidia.

 

[Bojji]

No way. DLSS being much better gets mentioned in every comparison.

But we know for sure FSR4 is coming and it's ML based this time. Some tech demo would be enough to show how it works.

It will launch in few games (max) anyway so it's will become serious competition and selling point after months and years...

I was telling this years ago, AMD should have launch ML version of FSR3 for RDNA3 in 2022 - it took them another few years to listen.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yep, product should live or die based on own merits.

FSR4 not ready for launch? Who gives a fuck, reviewers are mostly comparing raster and RT performance anyway and if card has good price/performance it will defend itself.

It’s asking for trouble if Nvidia shows 5070 “outperforming” 9070XT in marketing with FG.

 

[Bojji]

It’s asking for trouble if Nvidia shows 5070 “outperforming” 9070XT in marketing with FG.

They will be fucked with this kind of comparison anyway. And same is true vs. Intel and older Nv cards.

Nvidia are kings of marketing BS, they don't lie on charts but for sure they like to bend reality a bit...

 

[StereoVsn]

They will be fucked with this kind of comparison anyway. And same is true vs. Intel and older Nv cards.

Nvidia are kings of marketing BS, they don't lie on charts but for sure they like to bend reality a bit...

Thing is if AMD comes out without full on FSR4 and improved FG, Nvidia marketing will be just an easy layup.