Why AMD Gave Up on GPUs...

2024 is looking like a crazy year for graphics cards. Rumors are starting to build up for RTX 5000 series from Nvidia, along with AMD's RX 8000 series. However, some of the rumors for AMD's RDNA 4 are looking odd... like this is a generation of GPUs that they are wanting to "pass over" or something. Could be because the tech isn't there yet, they need to catch up on software, or they just don't think it is worth it. Let's explore this.

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0:00- What Nvidia seems to be cookin
0:44- Current State of AMD
3:48- The RX 7900 XTX is good
4:38- Does it matter?
9:11- The RDNA Beast could've been a freak
9:55- The Future of RayTracing on AMD
12:05- FSR is kind of a mess that needs fixing
13:54- Too little, too late?

[vextakes]

Ey bro, I can't wait to be proven wrong

[docteurdoome]

I can rebuild a used motorcycle for cheaper than I can buy a video card. That's a problem!

[irvintang]

“It’s gonna go to 600w” LOL without connectors melting?

[LunaWaves]

don't like fake tweet thumbnails at all tbh..

[Alias_Anybody]

I think focussing on their X600, X700 and X800 lines instead of trying to fight Nvidia with the X900 sounds like a winning strat. If your budget is the infinity sign you'll usually buy Nvidia anyway, but if they can beat every single card of Team Green in the 200-600 dollar range that would be neat.

[GonthorianDX]

The 1060 costed less than 300. As long midrange cards are above 400 and low-end above 200. most people ain't buying

[WeencieRants]

I just picked up a 7900XTX and I couldn’t be happier honestly. Insane improvement over my 1080Ti.

[JonnyFlash]

Happy with 7900 GRE. It's a heck of a value.

[markmathews]

Those same steam records also show a clear trend of AMD cards including the 7000 series increasing percentage wise month over month while there are many decreases in Nvidia's higher end, except for the top end cards. It shows a clear trend that people are not only buying AMD cards but also changing from Nvidia to AMD in some cases. There are many negative percentage valuses for the 2000 and 3000 series for Nvidia with the only clear win being the 4000 series, with AMD having increases across the board for 5000, 6000 and 7000 series.

[daviddesrosiers]

With 80% of the 4090's speed at 4K for a grand less, I'm very happy with my 7900XTX.

[KingSulley]

I'm fine with AMD not releasing new GPU's this year if it means they focus on improving FSR and the existing feature set.

[kazkz]

Misleading title. Implying that AMD is giving up because they are focusing on the most profitable segment is a bad joke.

[khm]

Kinda smart ngl. Their highest end card is like $800 less and only 21% slower at 4k but can't reach the 4090, like ever. So if they make all their lower end cards just like that, same same performance as nvidia but like 20 - 50% cheaper? Could be better for us all.

[Azurantine]

Happy to be one of the 0.36%. Haven't regretted the purchase at all.

[mariusvanvuuren]

Stop looking at Steam surveys. I have SIX AMD PC's all with Radeons, and not ONCE the past few years have I been invited to submit any survey...

[Dogtanyun]

I returned my 4070 to get a 7800 xt and have not regretted my decision. 5800x3d with a 7800 xt, I´m very happy with my setup.

[legitimo]

AMD should start to focus on mid end GPUs again, like it was on RX 400 and RX 500 generations, for me these were the best GPUs from AMD.

[TheAcadianGuy]

I guess they are planning to go back to RDNA 1 era.
The issue is that AMD still struggle with ray tracing
RDNA4 is probably a test to see if their new ray tracing engine can rival NVIDIA.
Plus, there's a strong bias against AMD regarding their driver.
Those biases are very, very hard to get rid of.

[joekavanagh]

Why would you spend hundreds of dollars more so you can see a nicer reflection in a puddle?

[Tyrannus_Gaming]

Videogame crash is happening, because of absolute idiocy of "Game Passes, " and Monopolization; due to this, the quality of games is decreasing, so there's literally no need to keep making ever more powerful graphics cards, when you can start focusing on Efficiency, Memory, Power Consumption, etc.