Wednesday, August 2nd 2023
AMD Confirms New "Enthusiast-class" Radeon 7000-series Graphics Cards This Quarter
AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su, in her Q2-2023 Financial Results call, confirmed that the company will launch new "enthusiast-class" gaming graphics cards within Q3-2023 (any time before October). "In gaming graphics, we expanded our Radeon 7000 GPU series in the second quarter with the launch of our mainstream RX 7600 cards for 1080p gaming. We are on track to further expand our RDNA 3 GPU offerings with the launch of new, enthusiast-class Radeon 7000 series cards in the third quarter," she stated.
There are two distinct possibilities of what "enthusiast class" entails. The first and most obvious one, could be the introduction of the RX 7800 series, including the RX 7800 XT, which is expected to closely resemble the limited-edition RX 7900 GRE by the specs; but a less talked-about possibility could even be the RX 7950 series. In its testing, the RX 7900 GRE was found to offer raster 3D performance comparable to the previous-generation RX 6950 XT although with better ray tracing performance on account of improved Ray Accelerators, which would put it behind the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti that AMD is trying to compete with. This should mean that for AMD to have a compelling "RX 7800 XT" product, it should perform faster than the RX 7900 GRE (possible through higher clock speeds or a few more CU).
The Radeon RX 7950 series is an exercise at significantly shoring up performance over the RX 7900 series, by increasing clock speeds and power limits. AMD is probably hoping for the RX 7950 XTX to take a swing at the performance crown held by the RTX 4090, while the RX 7950 XT could get a little closer to the performance of the RTX 4080. The current RX 7900 XT already beats the RTX 4070 Ti.
The announcement could also be a hint at the likelihood of mobile versions of the RX 7900 series, given that AMD has already developed the mobile-friendly package that's found powering the desktop RX 7900 GRE. This package is physically smaller than the regular "Navi 31," has lower Z-height, and is hence optimized for notebooks. Its lower pin-count could indicate a narrower 256-bit wide GDDR6 memory bus, and fewer power pins to go with the lower power-limits.
Sources:
AMD Investor Relations, VideoCardz
There are two distinct possibilities of what "enthusiast class" entails. The first and most obvious one, could be the introduction of the RX 7800 series, including the RX 7800 XT, which is expected to closely resemble the limited-edition RX 7900 GRE by the specs; but a less talked-about possibility could even be the RX 7950 series. In its testing, the RX 7900 GRE was found to offer raster 3D performance comparable to the previous-generation RX 6950 XT although with better ray tracing performance on account of improved Ray Accelerators, which would put it behind the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti that AMD is trying to compete with. This should mean that for AMD to have a compelling "RX 7800 XT" product, it should perform faster than the RX 7900 GRE (possible through higher clock speeds or a few more CU).
The announcement could also be a hint at the likelihood of mobile versions of the RX 7900 series, given that AMD has already developed the mobile-friendly package that's found powering the desktop RX 7900 GRE. This package is physically smaller than the regular "Navi 31," has lower Z-height, and is hence optimized for notebooks. Its lower pin-count could indicate a narrower 256-bit wide GDDR6 memory bus, and fewer power pins to go with the lower power-limits.
102 Comments on AMD Confirms New "Enthusiast-class" Radeon 7000-series Graphics Cards This Quarter
I mean the product stack is arranged distinctively:
1. Entry level;
2. Low-end;
3. Mid-range;
4. High-end;
5. Enthusiast.
Of course that each point can have subpoints: lower mid-range, upper mid-range...
I never give any credit to preliminary news, teasers, and leaks anyway. I only care about the finished product.
That is a fucking joke!
7900's as far as the eye can see!
* semiconductor.samsung.com/dram/gddr/gddr6/
I don't plan on upgrading, or replacing anything desktop-wise for a minute but I still want to see what happens.
If you can make chiplet and slap all that stuff on an interposer??................would it be possible to take say 2 small cheaper chips like an RX6600 and 'glue' them together?? Would it work and be cheaper than a single RX6800 chip??