Linus Tech Tips: AMD GPU "a much better value"

[temps]

Linus from "Linus Tech Tips" says AMD's 7900 XTX is "a much better value" than its NVIDIA competition from the RTX 4000 series, announcing he will be installing and using this AMD GPU in his personal gaming PC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBJ-vo6Ri9c

Looks like AMD will soon be giving NVIDIA some serious competition... unsurprising after they succeeded in dethroning Intel from their perch atop the hierarchy of gaming CPUs.

[Pieshaman]

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Publicado originalmente por Pieshaman:

that would be the rx6800xt

The AMD 6800 XT is the competitor of RTX 3080.

no that is the 6950xt.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

The real gains I'm waiting for are in TDP efficiency.

A mid-range 1070 had a 150W TDP. A mid-range vanilla RTX 2070 had a TDP of 175W (and usually drew less than that, so not much of an increase,) but represented a 40% or more performance uplift. (To say nothing of DLSS and RT cores.) I considered that a remarkably efficient performance uplift, especially given the major architectural refresh it brought to the party.

By contrast, a 3070 was 220W, for a GPU that in many like for like scenarios was only 50% faster. A 4070 is rumored to be anywhere from 250W to 280W, and may or may not constitute a doubling of performance over the 2070 in like for like scenarios, despite having almost twice the TDP.

RDNA3 may end up being competitively priced vs RTX 4000 GPUs, but will its mid-range TDPs come down relative to them? If the 7700 XT is a 200W TDP GPU as rumored, and is competitive with a 4070, then I'll be more excited about this proposition. If instead only the 7800 XT, with its rumored 300W TDP is competitive with a 4070, I'll be more indifferent about it.

[temps]

Publicado originalmente por Pieshaman:

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The AMD 6800 XT is the competitor of RTX 3080.

no that is the 6950xt.

The original launch price of the reference model 6800 XT was $650. The original launch price of the reference model RTX 3080 was $700.

Considering the difference in price was only $50, seems pretty obvious they compete with each other.

(Btw... the RTX 3070 original msrp launch price for the reference model was $500... so it should come as no surprise the 6800 XT competes with the RTX 3080, not with the RTX 3070..)

[TWPanda77]

Not that I am an AMD fan or anything like that......! Seems there are a lot of Nvidia owners that raise ray tracing in an effort to explain their inflated purchase price.

[pasa]

The 4000 series is massively overpriced and looks like staying in the shops this far, people looking for 3000s or AMD. Maybe nvidia takes the hint after some time or when the orders hit the ground.

[SMIFFY]

Just about anything is better value than an Nvidia card, but has AMD's driver support improved, because when you see people complain about performance on game forums they're usually AMD users.

[Holografix]

a lot of nvidia cards are cheaper than their AMD counterparts.

Linus Tech Tips gets free gpus and then makes a monetized video about it. Seems sketchy to me.

[Sitrueis]

Lmao better gpu with normal price and I won´t give damn if its Nvidia or AMD.

[Pieshaman]

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no that is the 6950xt.

The original launch price of the reference model 6800 XT was $650. The original launch price of the reference model RTX 3080 was $700.

Considering the difference in price was only $50, seems pretty obvious they compete with each other.

(Btw... the RTX 3070 original msrp launch price for the reference model was $500... so it should come as no surprise the 6800 XT competes with the RTX 3080, not with the RTX 3070..)

hey im talking pure performance here. How they been put on the marketing with what story I could not care much about

[Electric Cupcake]

I've been saying that for years. Even when the benchmark numbere are a bit behind Nvidia, AMD don't hold users in utter contempt like Nvidia does.

No, I'm not giving you swine an email just to use your software, and I'm definitely not getting drivers from the Windows store.

Also, Radeon letting you disable HDMI content "protection" is a nice bonus. And Freesync is way better than Vsync.

[eram]

i went with the new XTX but have to wait for stock..

[kilésengati]

LTT has about as much of an idea about tech as politicians on fiscal responsibility.

I think outlets more specialised in hardware and technology reviews and news like GamersNexus, Digital Foundry and AnandTech are more credible sources in that regard.

LTT still holds much marketing value and unfortunately takes a big role in formation of public opinion.