Early Leak Claims AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT Might Reach NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Territory

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I don't think there will be any "kicking". If AMD cards by any chance present a good price/performance, then demand will correct the price very soon, I doubt AMD will want to commit making large volume of cheap GPUs, while they are constrained by TSMC so they can't make server CPUs and Ryzen 9800X3D fast enough.

This is exactly how you gain market share. Sell at discount, even at a loss if you can afford it. It's not a short-term plan.
As usual, I will err on the cautious side and set myself up to be pleasantly surprised, rather than the other way around.

 

[Bwaze]

This is exactly how you gain market share. Sell at discount, even at a loss if you can afford it. It's not a short-term plan.
As usual, I will err on the cautious side and set myself up to be pleasantly surprised, rather than the other way around.

Yes, I understand that, but I don't think normal market conditions exist right now.

All the tech companies right now are constrained by the fact that most of the products, even the ones that are direct competitors, are being made by a single maker - TSMC, who can't just simply expand his production volumes. And common consumer products from those tech companies are also not their biggest revenue bringers - Nvidia makes most of their money by selling server AI equipment, AMD is selling server CPUs.

So I don't see any possibility of AMD suddenly focusing on consumer GPUs, regaining market share - but actually lowering their income by not making as many server CPUs. I think not having presentation of new GPU lineup on CES was telling enough on that they aren't a priority, even more so than not aiming at high end GPUs at all.

 

[btk2k2]

It seems the following will be pretty close:

9070XT = 7900XTX = 5070Ti = 4080S
9070 = 7900XT = 5070 = 4070TiS
9060XT = 7800XT = 4070S
9060 = 7700XT = 4060Ti/4070

Just waiting on the 5060/9060 series performance and pricing to get the complete picture. But as long as Blackwell is out of stock and overpriced, RDNA4 is the only option.

Oh and 5080 is still DOA and completely irrelevant. Nvidia screwed up that one by wanting the 5090 to be so much faster, the 5080 ended up barely faster than much lower priced cards. Buyer beware on the 5080.

I don't think so.

Top line seems about right.

9070 may equal the 7900XT give or take but I suspect the 5070 does not even match the 4070S let alone the 4070Ti.

The 9060XT has too little bandwidth to match the 7800XT so I see it closer to the 7700XT / 4070

With how small N44 probably is I don't see the point in a cut part at launch. Just release the XT with 16GB of VRAM for $330 and call it done.

If they do get some faulty dies save them and then release a 9050XT with a 96bit bus and 12GB of VRAM for ~$250 when there is enough of a stockpile for it to last. I really think 96bit with 12GB will be a far better 1080p part than an 8GB 128bit part would be.

That is the stack I would have if I were AMD.

 

[Chrispy_]

I hope there's a power-efficient offering from AMD this generation. The answer isn't always to chase peak performance with total disregard to performance/Watt.

I've picked an Nvidia card countless times for builds that are thermally-constrained because the Nvidia equivalent GPU is pulling 30-40% less power for the same end result. It's why I begrudgingly put up with the 4060Ti in one of my machines, and I can't even remember the last time I put a Radeon in a mini ITX build...

 

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I hope there's a power-efficient offering from AMD this generation. The answer isn't always to chase peak performance with total disregard to performance/Watt.

I've picked an Nvidia card countless times for builds that are thermally-constrained because the Nvidia equivalent GPU is pulling 30-40% less power for the same end result. It's why I begrudgingly put up with the 4060Ti in one of my machines, and I can't even remember the last time I put a Radeon in a mini ITX build...

Same here. Plus, the lower the TDP, the less you have to worry about the quality of the cooling solution.