Monday, July 29th 2019
AMD Readies Larger 7nm "Navi 12" Silicon to Power Radeon RX 5800 Series?
AMD is developing a larger GPU based on its new "Navi" architecture to power a new high-end graphics card family, likely the Radeon RX 5800 series. The codename "Navi 12" is doing rounds on social media through familiar accounts that have high credibility with pre-launch news and rumors. The "Navi 10" silicon was designed to compete with NVIDIA's "TU106," as its "XT" and "Pro" variants outperform NVIDIA's original RTX 2060 and RTX 2070, forcing it to develop the RTX 20 Super series, by moving up specifications a notch.
Refreshing its $500 price-point was particularly costly for NVIDIA, as it was forced to tap into the 13.6 billion-transistor "TU104" silicon to carve out the RTX 2070 Super; while for the RTX 2060 Super, it had to spend 33 percent more on the memory chips. With the "Navi 12" silicon, AMD is probably looking to take a swing at NVIDIA's "TU104" silicon, which has been maxed out by the RTX 2080 Super, disrupting the company's $500-700 lineup once again, with its XT and Pro variants. There's also a remote possibility of "Navi 12" being an even bigger chip, targeting the "TU102."
Source:
KOMACHI_ENSAKA (Twitter)
Refreshing its $500 price-point was particularly costly for NVIDIA, as it was forced to tap into the 13.6 billion-transistor "TU104" silicon to carve out the RTX 2070 Super; while for the RTX 2060 Super, it had to spend 33 percent more on the memory chips. With the "Navi 12" silicon, AMD is probably looking to take a swing at NVIDIA's "TU104" silicon, which has been maxed out by the RTX 2080 Super, disrupting the company's $500-700 lineup once again, with its XT and Pro variants. There's also a remote possibility of "Navi 12" being an even bigger chip, targeting the "TU102."
132 Comments on AMD Readies Larger 7nm "Navi 12" Silicon to Power Radeon RX 5800 Series?
There's always a sweet spot and going beyond that means you're into diminishing ROI territory. As you can, I always use a mid-range card, but at the same rime I'm aware that card is made possible, in part, by those that have been buying high end parts. That's just how it works.
That said, yes, I would hate to see another 2080Ti.Navi has closed most of the gap with Turing, but it still has a major drawback: it's 7nm on par with Nvidia's 12nm. Nvidia only has to move to 7nm and then...
PS Welcome to TPU.
Im an proud owner of an 2080 NVlink setup..... So far distroyed Radeon 7 and both 5700 and 5700 XT. Would say a good start for the year!
"Super" is super binned superior high-yielding GPU with top notch Turning architecture!
Happy first birthday Turning!
Actually 99% of all Nvidia GPUs are OverPriced. The absolute maximum price tag for the high end GPU, regardless of who makes it shouldn't exceed $699usd period.
In order to ensure these companies comply with this requirement, stop buying GPUs that are overpriced. This will force them to fairly price them.