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Chapters:
0:00 AMD low GPU sales mean low prices?
0:57 AMD gaming revenue is down
1:33 Check out Jawa! Where gamers buy, build and sell!
2:53 RDNA4 to have vastly different RT than RDNA 3 (leak/rumor)
4:44 AMD cancelled high end RDNA4 GPU specs leak (leak/rumor)
6:04 RTX 4090 melted power connector at PSU and GPU ends
7:16 How wide-spread are the Intel CPU stability issues?
9:55 Nvidia updates ChatRTX
10:31 Nvidia criticizes Microsoft's 45 TOPs requirement for AI PCs
11:21 Nvidia RTX Remix gets DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction support
12:05 ASUS dodges ROG Ally SD card reader questions
14:29 RX 7900 XTX with 2 fans launched
14:56 XFX teases "Phoenix Nirvana" 7900 XTX
15:20 Hellblade 2 PC minimum system requirements
17:44 Starfield update helps CPU performance on PC
19:28 PC has been a huge part of Helldivers 2 success for Sony
20:32 (leak/rumor) Halo/Forza going to Playstation- Xbox to be a PC?

[danielowentech]

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[Stardomplay]

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[zaktheghost]

I upgraded from 3070 to 7900XT. From now on I'm going to lean towards AMD because the price to performance ratio is so good.

[dexter]

i have seen this many times over the last 30 years as the new buyers slow allot when you start hearing about new next gen card releasing as people thinking of building new rigs start holding off instead of pulling the trigger .

[danielowentech]

Unfortunately YouTube had issues processing this video, which delayed posting my several hours, so not sure if they are all still in stock.
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[varmentnabber]

I do not see how sales can turn around when cards cost so much, perform so low (sub 120fps) and last so little time. That's a bad combo in a recession. Good vid as always.

[JonnyFlash]

I just picked up the 7900 GRE and that card kicks ass, especially after doing a memory overclock to bring that gimped memory bandwidth back up a bit.

[WickedRibbon]

We're at the tail end of an underwhelming GPU cycle, plus the 4th year of the consoles.

Combine that with the price of essentials (food, fuel, rent etc) still high in proportion to wage growth, then it makes sense people aren't spending money on AMD's GPU products vs 2023.

I'd also argue the market is lacking a 'GPU Killer App', which massively drives hardware sales - much like Cyberpunk 2077 did.

Right now you can play most games at excellent quality with relatively modest hardware - which is actually great for consumer. The market is boring, but there's good deals to be had, particularly if you care about actually playing games rather than just getting hyped about new graphics cards.

[TheKyozo]

If they want my buy, they can reduce the price of 7900XTX to around $700USD first

[fluoxethine]

6:57 Percentage doesn't matter! This should be 0%. Never in history we had melting power connectors. If this was some other consumer device it would be recalled. Imagine a hair dryer with a melting plug....

[TerraWare]

My 4090 melted 2 weeks ago after 18 months. MY conclusion about this even though we don't know the actual percentage of people effected is that this connecter will forever be a weak breaking point for any owner. It's only a matter of time. Be it user error or just failure rate. The connector is an issue.

I think it's too much current going through fewer wires with thin pins that eventually end up making a poor connection over time as the connector warms up and cools down over the lifespan of the card. Higher resistance = heat until its too much and the connector gives. Mine melted on the GPU and PSU side btw.

[ingframin]

Hey, ex test engineer here. They would need to test something like 5-10% of a full production lot to have an idea of how many CPU show the issue.

[lukeearthcrawler]

Well, my 6800XT that I bought Nov 2022 for $515 is $585 now at Microcenter. Crazy they don't sell, right?

[TheSonicgamer]

A 7900xtx with 2 fans isn’t too surprising, considering the 3090ti and 4090 have way higher tdp and the FE models always had 2 fans

[eye]

Instability doesn’t necessarily mean that the os crashes. It can also mean calculations errors or failing tests like prime95.

[knguerra]

Man I hate living on a financially broken country 😢 everything here takes double the time to update prices and its double the USD price 💀

[rubenmoreira]

It’s called market saturation there’s only so many people to buy gpus

[douglasmurphy]

The report I saw mentioned revenue, not # of units. AMD might be taking a beating on the price they sell to board makers while nvidia is upcharging whatever they please, resulting in 20% lower prices for us but 50% lower revenue per unit for AMD.

[DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords]

I would think the majority of GPU buyers would have already chosen their side and GPU this generation, there's nothing compelling lower to mid-tier users to upgrade atm

[felipematheuss]

In three or four months I'm finally building my dream PC with a Ryzen 7 7800X3D and RX 7900 XTX
And when I say "dream" PC I mean one that doesn't stutter or has low FPS