AMD Confirms New "Enthusiast-class" Radeon 7000-series Graphics Cards This Quarter

[ARF]

Sadly, but yup.

Radeon HD 4870 (RV770) | 55 nm | 2008 | 956 M tr
+70% performance Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress) | 40 nm | 2009 | 2154 M Tr
+19% performance Radeon HD 6970 (Cayman) | 40 nm | 2010 | 2640 M Tr
+44% performance Radeon HD 7970 (Tahiti) | 28 nm | 2011 | 4313 M Tr
+50% performance Radeon R9 290X (Hawaii) | 28 nm | 2013 | 6200 M Tr
+31% performance Radeon R9 Fury X (Fiji) | 28 nm | 2015 | 8900 M Tr
+32% performance Radeon RX Vega 64 (Vega 10) | 14 nm | 2017 | 12500 M Tr
+22% performance Radeon VII (Vega 20) | 7 nm | 2019 | 13230 M Tr
+95% performance Radeon RX 6900 XT (Navi 21) | 7 nm | 2020 | 26800 M Tr
+47% performance Radeon RX 7900 XTX (Navi 31) | 5 nm - 7+ (6) nm hybrid | 2022 | 57700 M Tr

 

[AusWolf]

If 7700-12 and 7800-16 are considered "enthusiast" according to AMD, then what is 7600-8? High-end? Ultra-high end?

That's the trick in the word "enthusiast". When you say low, mid, or high (-end), you imply a position within the product stack. "Enthusiast" can be anywhere.

 

[ARF]

That's the trick in the word "enthusiast". When you say low, mid, or high (-end), you imply a position within the product stack. "Enthusiast" can be anywhere.

This is something new. How can there be "low-end enthusiast"?
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...

 

[AusWolf]

This is something new. How can there be "low-end enthusuast"?
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...

There is no clear definition of an "enthusiast" range. The fact that it's most commonly used for top-end products might be meaningless here.

 

[ARF]

There is no clear definition of an "enthusiast" range. The fact that it's most commonly used for top-end products might be meaningless here.

I think they simply try to overhype and aggressively market something which should have been marketed more carefully and modestly.

 

[AusWolf]

I think they simply try to overhype and aggressively market something which should have been marketed more carefully and modestly.

Sounds a bit like typical Vega-era AMD marketing, I guess.

I never give any credit to preliminary news, teasers, and leaks anyway. I only care about the finished product.

 

[wNotyarD]

If 7700-12 and 7800-16 are considered "enthusiast" according to AMD, then what is 7600-8? High-end? Ultra-high end?

As far as I'm aware, they define the 7600 as "mainstream".

 

[RadeonProVega]

um where is FSR 3?

 

[TumbleGeorge]

Enthusiast

Maniac

 

[Fouquin]

refusal to apply GDDR6X

AMD has no pull in getting GDDR6X. That's developed under a cooperation between NVIDIA and Micron, is not a JEDEC standard, and is not made available to AMD.

 

[wNotyarD]

AMD has no pull in getting GDDR6X. That's developed under a cooperation between NVIDIA and Micron, is not a JEDEC standard, and is not made available to AMD.

What happened of Samsung's GDDR6W, though?

 

[AnotherReader]

AMD has no pull in getting GDDR6X. That's developed under a cooperation between NVIDIA and Micron, is not a JEDEC standard, and is not made available to AMD.

I'm not sure Nvidia had any role in the development of GDDR6X. Micron are the DRAM experts and it's rather unlikely that they needed Nvidia's help in designing GDDR6X.

 

[Fouquin]

What happened of Samsung's GDDR6W, though?

As far as anyone knows it is still in development. Samsung only announced the design targets for GDDR6W in late November, notably three weeks after AMD launched RDNA3. So if you were hoping AMD would time travel into the future to put GDDR6W on their cards, sorry to disappoint.

I'm not sure Nvidia had any role in the development of GDDR6X. Micron are the DRAM experts and they are unlikely to need Nvidia's help in designing GDDR6X.

 

[wNotyarD]

So if you were hoping AMD would time travel into the future to put GDDR6W on their cards, sorry to disappoint.

No disappointment here. Just that I remembered seeing something about it but without any memory of when.

 

[tfdsaf]

the dual issue FP32 fell flat (they should've expanded the CU count)
no proper dedicated raytracing units (strong reliance on shaders and an anemic cache hierarchy to feed it)
refusal to apply GDDR6X and instead rely on relatively slow last level cache
and the cherry on the cake, cant even hit target clock speeds outside of certain compute scenarios

RDNA3 is a veritable dud and at this point i wish AMD would sell the graphics division to Apple or something to ensure the IP and engineering legacy isnt wasted

Just the patents and knowledge they have is literally worth 100 billion and more!

That is a fucking joke!

 

[SunWukong]

Enthusiast means top of charts, top dollar GPU by Lisa Su. If it was the 7700/7800 then she'll say mainstream or high end but not enthusiast level or best of the best. Just like Ryzen series lineup.

 

[HisDivineOrder]

7900 GRE LE 12GB and 7900 GRE LOL 10GB incoming.

7900's as far as the eye can see!

 

[AusWolf]

7900 GRE LE 12GB and 7900 GRE LOL 10GB incoming.

7900's as far as the eye can see!

We also have a 7600 that they might as well called 7900 LE or something. Or is it actually a "9", just upside down?

 

[AnotherReader]

We also have a 7600 that they might as well called 7900 LE or something. Or is it actually a "9", just upside down?

Well played. They might as well rotate that 6 and exchange it with the 7 to get 9700: the first great AMD GPU.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

We also have a 7600 that they might as well called 7900 LE or something. Or is it actually a "9", just upside down?

I'm down for a 7969 Uber Su Edition

 

[Fluffmeister]

um where is FSR 3?

It's gonna be introduced with Starfield:

 

[Denver]

I like the theory that the 7970XTX could double the infinity cache using 3D stacking, and get a better memory, faster than GDDR6X* (from Samsung, would also be used in PS5 pro) to increase bandwidth and reduce consumption slightly.

* https://semiconductor.samsung.com/dram/gddr/gddr6/

 

[Lost_Wanderer]

RX 7800's. Maybe a new flagship too? Increased Infinity Cache and/or an X2 (-95)?


I don't plan on upgrading, or replacing anything desktop-wise for a minute but I still want to see what happens.

 

[Eiji]

7900 GRE EDITION

 

[AusWolf]

7900 GRE EDITION

Golden Rabbit Edition Edition?