Grim Days for AMD GPUs… - Tech News May 5

Grim Days for AMD GPUs… - Tech News May 5

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0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Tech News - May 5, 2024
1:33 AMD Radeon GPU Sales Tank; Zen 5 CPUs Now Sampling
3:24 RTX 4090 at 75% power melts 16-pin connector both GPU and PSU side
4:56 EKWB Boldly Defies Gamers Nexus Judgment by Still Existing
TECH BRIEFS
6:25 FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks
7:04 Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app
7:52 Intel CPU Instability Update - It’s the mobos (and it’s Intel’s fault)
8:39 HellDivers 2 adds PSN Account Link Requirement on Steam, So it Sucks Now

► LINKS
AMD Radeon GPU Sales Tank; Zen 5 CPUs Now Sampling
RTX 4090 at 75% power melts 16-pin connector both GPU and PSU side
EKWB Boldly Defies Gamers Nexus Judgment by Still Existing
TECH BRIEFS
FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks
Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app
Intel CPU Instability Update - It’s the mobos (and it’s Intel’s fault)
HellDivers 2 adds PSN Account Link Requirement on Steam, So it Sucks Now

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[rhoharane]

Do you get the feeling sometimes that AMD doesn't lower NVIDIA's prices but instead, NVIDIA raises AMD's prices?
This seems to be the effect of juggernaut almost-monopolies, like Apple, who inspires competitors to sell expensive stuff instead of racing them to the bottom.

[stevieransley]

Couldn't buy decent graphics due to crypto and scalpers. Now they are just overpriced on release. So I am waiting. Probably like most disappointed gamers.

[xpkareem]

The Helldivers kerfuffle brings to the forefront a problem that is plaguing gamers; 10, 000 different game launchers/game that you have to install and log in to for every publisher and developer and reseller in the world. I have no less than SIX different pieces of junk software on my machine that I can't uninstall if I want to play certain games. They almost all want to stay resident on my taskbar, running constantly doing who knows what and eating up resources and perhaps spying on me. Ubisoft's garbageware refuses to save my password if I don't allow it to run all the time and their password policy makes it so I can't use my standard low security password I usually use for such garbage apps that I kill ASAP when not required. So, not only do I have to wait 15 minutes for Ghost Racoon to launch I have to look up the shitty password every single time.

So, I get it. Sony is tasting the ire of millions of gamers who have been pushed to the limit of what they will tolerate.

[unvergebeneid]

I feel we need much better consumer protection laws against the changing of digital products after you buy them.

[phlogistanjones]

If paying for a product does not convey "ownership" then "piracy" is not stealing.
THANKS
***sigh***

[KiltedCritic]

On the whole PSN & Helldivers 2 thing, something similar happened before, but didn't blow up because it was an old game. That was a few years ago with LA Noir on Steam. I was 10 hours into playing it, then a "patch" comes in one day and now forces people to make a Rockstar account, not doing so prevents you getting beyond the main menu. Steam refused to refund, thankfully I only paid £4.99. Would have took further if I had paid more for it, but moving goalposts in this manner after selling something just should never be allowed.

[Shanghaimartin]

I don't know what GFX card margins are, but I feel that if AMD can't compete at the top end, they could have cleaned up the mid-low range if they just f*cking priced their cards right instead of being greedy.
Just $100 less on all launches and there'd be no competition.

[strings]

6700xt for $300. I'm not sure what the 7000 series goes for and what the future discounts will look like, but Nvidia convinced millions they need raytracing right now lmfao

[TheNiteNinja]

Another thing too is, AMD 6000 series GPUs were such a good value, that the motivation to upgrade is also very difficult to justify.

[BuzzTec]

AMD pricing is too close or similar to Nvidia, meaning most buyers prefer paying the extra money for Nvidia GPUs. AMD needs to change its pricing structure.

[phillipspassmore]

GPU sales down... almost like we have a cost of living crisis.

In all seriousness I keep putting off building a new PC, I want to build one, but is it wise to spend 1500 to 2k on a new PC... prob not

[paragongoose]

just upgraded from a gtx 970 to a rx 7600.
easy choice to go amd when the 4060 was almost $150 more (canada money)

[wolf]

The AMD 6xxx and 7xxx have actually been pretty good for us. I have 4 systems in the wild using a 6600, 6800xt (myself), 7800xt, and 7900gre and everyone is very pleased with them.

[The_Man_In_Red]

They really need to concede that the 12VHPWR connectors are unworthy and unsafe and remove them from the market. If they're going to introduce a replacement to the 8-Pin then said replacement needs thicker gauge wires just like the 8-Pin has, not these fiddly little mini wires that the 12VHPWR includes.

It's like they don't understand how current works or something, I swear.

[tashaify]

Well, I still have a 6800 XT, still working like a charm, why update… 🙈

[kingramennoodle]

Remember when spending 500 on a GPU was a big purchase and seemed wasteful? and now both AMD and NVIDIA see that as a starting price? I dunno but maybe that could be a sticking point, just maybe.

[alanharris]

I’m still trying to put together a high end MSFS PC and I settled on a 7900XTX as MSFS doesn’t support RT (yet), I only want around 60fps (TV limit at 4K) and it gives me a high end card with 24GB VRAM for half the cost of an Nvidia 4090 and less fire on the connectors.. which is good..

[jonq]

I've always preferred AMD products, I've always felt that the costs I was saving didn't translate to an inferior product... that to me always made sticking with them a no-brainer.

[chriscrouse]

Lol Paul, that old ass pic of Steve with the mushroom cap hair is gold.

[BMD]

Wait, people actually bought the Razr mask??? WTH?