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Both designs are going to be very powerful, but Nvidia will not loose the performance crown imo.
If the leaks are true and AD102 is 2.2X vs GA102 and Navi 31 2.5X vs Navi 21 the difference with the current flagships is going to be huge, we may start seeing CPU-limited behaviour even at 4K in some titles for flagships AD102/Navi 31 with current CPUs.
AMD controls Zen4 launch so unless we see 13900K at the end of july/early August (it's possible), if Nvidia wants to launch first it may not launch ada with AD102 but with AD103 as top and launch AD102 at a later date [when the new CPUs are widely available or right after Navi 31, whichever comes first], trying to mitigate the CPU limited behaviour, therefore maximizing the performance delta vs last gen.
Maybe, maybe not, I'm hang back by the fact that although the new CPUs will be faster, we are not talking about earth-shuttering difference, so i don't know how much will help alleviate the CPU limited effects and of course let's not forget that those that will pay +$2000-3000 for a VGA will not care much if the ada102 is 2X instead of 2.2X lol.
If the leaks are true and AD102 is 2.2X vs GA102 and Navi 31 2.5X vs Navi 21 the difference with the current flagships is going to be huge, we may start seeing CPU-limited behaviour even at 4K in some titles for flagships AD102/Navi 31 with current CPUs.
AMD controls Zen4 launch so unless we see 13900K at the end of july/early August (it's possible), if Nvidia wants to launch first it may not launch ada with AD102 but with AD103 as top and launch AD102 at a later date [when the new CPUs are widely available or right after Navi 31, whichever comes first], trying to mitigate the CPU limited behaviour, therefore maximizing the performance delta vs last gen.
Maybe, maybe not, I'm hang back by the fact that although the new CPUs will be faster, we are not talking about earth-shuttering difference, so i don't know how much will help alleviate the CPU limited effects and of course let's not forget that those that will pay +$2000-3000 for a VGA will not care much if the ada102 is 2X instead of 2.2X lol.