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He better have dug further than Mindfactory: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...tomers-are-steering-clear-of-lower-spec-modelGrug dug around and found out that no one's buying a fraud.
In the case of the 9070XT, the best time to buy was at release to get the subsidized fake MSRP AMD set. Those buyers got a great deal.The lesson is don't buy hardware or games at launch:
I did! I’ll probably make a longer post at one point, but for now I’ll just say I dipped my toes in with the 570, and since then I had all the flagships of 5700xt, 6900xt, 7900xtx, 9070xt. The only rough spots were and are around VR, but chances are none of you are hitting them.In the case of the 9070XT, the best time to buy was at release to get the subsidized fake MSRP AMD set. Those buyers got a great deal.
After a boatload of testing, I got only one memory error, none with prime95, etc. On the other hand I found a 100% reliable crash when reading the entire nvme drive. I assumed it was the drive, but the drive from a different vendor in the other slot does the same. This was with Linux 6.12.x kernels both the main OS and a Live USB. Switching to a 6.1 USB and it works fine(and Windows), and the nvme is faster. I'm guessing 'better' power management is causing a problem so I get to try all the different options and see if I can correct it.I guess this is related. My laptop, a 2021 gaming system is playing up. Finally got it to admit a memory problem. Now need to see if it's the CPU or the 8GB soldered module or the 32GB SODIMM. If it's the CPU or 8GB then it seems like maybe time to replace. Of course 80% of the 'gaming' laptops I look at that can take/have 64GB are 'coming soon'. Hopefully it's the 32 and I can just swap that and continue for a while.
and basically anything that can be GPU accelerated and isn’t gamingThe only rough spots were and are around VR
Fair, I did forget that. ROCM is hit and miss, all I used it for was mining the ETH that bought my True and Honest. It was actually a great benchmark to see if a new ROCM update was working, even when they already moved off of PoW. It completely stopped working even in benchmark mode a while back.and basically anything that can be GPU accelerated and isn’t gaming
Isn't that what the cdna cards are for, and the older amd were good at compute(at the time). My guess is that no one used it for that so they split it.and basically anything that can be GPU accelerated and isn’t gaming
CDNA cards carry a hefty workstation GPU tax, NVIDIA geforce cards are much better for GPU accelerated workstation tasks for people who don’t have a company subsidising a $20,000 machineIsn't that what the cdna cards are for, and the older amd were good at compute(at the time). My guess is that no one used it for that so they split it.
I was a DLSS skeptic, mostly because FSR had so many obnoxious artifacts, so I assumed it was basically the same, until I tried it on my 3050 Laptop.Different versions of that same post get made at least once a week it seems like. DLSS has its uses for lower range cards but those posts set off my shill alarm like I'm reading "Hey guys, former Trump voter here and..." or some variation of that.
Here is Reddit user CherenkovBarbell's archived post history for anybody who happens to search his name in the future.The top reply:
The worst part of this isn't the idea of an esports corner. Its the fact that the entire PCs are Alienware shitboxes. Good luck cleaning and giving those things enough airflow.UK Royal Navy builds 'esports suite' loaded with gaming PCs onboard its newest warship — eight high-powered PC battle stations added to war room
I always wondered why they switched. I remember seeing gcn/vega reviews and they were going toe to toe with the Titan class cards in productivity when they came out. It was a genuine strong point of AMD at the time, but then they switched to a separate gaming and compute division for rdna/cdna just really odd choices.CDNA cards carry a hefty workstation GPU tax, NVIDIA geforce cards are much better for GPU accelerated workstation tasks for people who don’t have a company subsidising a $20,000 machine
even AMD admits that separating the two was a mistake, hence the return to a unified architecture with UDNA soon
I think I've seen copesplaining out there about how it allowed AMD to better focus each branch separately for gaming and compute, but it certainly doesn't help combat Nvidia's overwhelming GeForce-CUDA pipeline.I always wondered why they switched. I remember seeing gcn/vega reviews and they were going toe to toe with the Titan class cards in productivity when they came out. It was a genuine strong point of AMD at the time, but then they switched to a separate gaming and compute division for rdna/cdna just really odd choices.
This is what AMD needs to really compete with NV. Good to see their R&D is now able to achieve this duality, the success of Zen is going to make AMD so strong in the years to come.
If that happens, nvidia and amd will just manufacture another cryptocurrency rush to keep the sales artificially inflated, as I suspect they did in 2017 and 2020.So the only way we're gonna see GPU's that are actually worth the money is if the AI gold rush ends, and the demand for enterprise AI chips suddenly dwindles