Sunday, October 18th 2020
AMD Navi 21 XT Seemingly Confirmed to Run at ~2.3, 2.4 GHz Clock, 250 W+
AMD's RDNA2-based cards are just around the corner, with the company's full debut of the secrecy-shrouded cards being set for October 28th. Rumors of high clocks on AMD's new architecture - which were nothing more than unsubstantiated rumors up to now - have seemingly been confirmed, with Patrick Schur posting on Twitter some specifications for upcoming RNDA2-based Navi 21 XT. Navi 21 XT falls under the big Navi chip, but likely isn't the top performer from AMD - the company is allegedly working on a Navi 21 XTX solution, which ought to be exclusive to their reference designs, with higher clocks and possibly more CUs.
The specs outed by Patrick are promising, to say the least; that AMD's Big Navi can reach clocks in excess of 2.4 GHz with a 250 W+ TGP (quoted at around 255 W) is certainly good news. The 2.4 GHz (game clock) speeds are being associated with AIB cards; AMD's own reference designs should be running at a more conservative 2.3 GHz. A memory pool of 16 GB GDDR6 has also been confirmed. AMD's assault on the NVIDIA 30-series lineup should embody three models carved from the Navi 21 chip - the higher performance, AMD-exclusive XTX, XT, and the lower performance Navi 21 XL. All of these are expected to ship with the same 256 bit bus and 16 GB GDDR6 memory, whilst taking advantage of AMD's (rumored, for now) Infinity Cache to make up for the lower memory speeds and bus. Hold on to your hats; the hype train is going full speed ahead, luckily stopping in a smooth manner come October 28th.
Sources:
Patrick Schur @ Twitter, via Videocardz
The specs outed by Patrick are promising, to say the least; that AMD's Big Navi can reach clocks in excess of 2.4 GHz with a 250 W+ TGP (quoted at around 255 W) is certainly good news. The 2.4 GHz (game clock) speeds are being associated with AIB cards; AMD's own reference designs should be running at a more conservative 2.3 GHz. A memory pool of 16 GB GDDR6 has also been confirmed. AMD's assault on the NVIDIA 30-series lineup should embody three models carved from the Navi 21 chip - the higher performance, AMD-exclusive XTX, XT, and the lower performance Navi 21 XL. All of these are expected to ship with the same 256 bit bus and 16 GB GDDR6 memory, whilst taking advantage of AMD's (rumored, for now) Infinity Cache to make up for the lower memory speeds and bus. Hold on to your hats; the hype train is going full speed ahead, luckily stopping in a smooth manner come October 28th.
229 Comments on AMD Navi 21 XT Seemingly Confirmed to Run at ~2.3, 2.4 GHz Clock, 250 W+
And yes, it is power hungry. 5700 has better perf/W than its direct competitor, 5700XT, pushed a little harder, doesn't.
Personally, I wouldn't call 5700XT a fisaco (if you didn't care about RTRT, it is basically a 2070 for $100 less), but it certainly seemed to have more problems than usual. One problem actually, but very annoying knowing AMD couldn't solve it.
Kidding! But yeah, 5700xt was a bit unique. Worse performance per watt than its little brothers trying to punch up. Driver issues on launch...then adrenalin 2020 was quite a rough release as well. Black screen issues... its a mine field, but not something that should sway an enthusiast (others perhaps).
And you're a beta tester for Pete's sake. Lol.
There isnt any denying that the waters are a bit more rough on the amd side as of late. Again, it shouldn't away most users, but if you're looking for a better chance of set it and forget it, the nod goes to the other side, if only by a small margin. :)
The forums would have been flooded had the majority had issues instead of some.
On the GPU side, they aren't there yet. If they price match or are higher priced than Nvidia, people will get Nvidia card anyway. Just to see how many 1030/1050/1650 that got sold when there was a way more performing card on AMD side for the same price.
I think this is the generation that AMD have the potential, like Zen 2, to get some good recognition and brand name. If they do, they will probably be able to price match or charge more for Navi 3 cards
If AMD's New card comes in reported around the 250 Watt range. I WILL BUY ONE. This will easily fit into my current rig without adding any increased stress to it, because I build my computer for upgradeability in the future.
Most people do not build their rig for future upgrade potential and therefore skimp on certain areas, such as the PSU.
This is great if their wattage vs performance is true.
TGP stands for "Total_Graphics_Power" and that includes GPU + VRAM + PCB components to power those.
TBP stands for "Total_Board_Power" and that includes TGP + Cooling solution + Lights(if any).
And the FPS numbers we saw on ZEN3 presentation was a tease from AMD to show that they have something better than a 2080Ti competitor and stop that false hype.
They are not stupid to show everything they have.