Sorry but the better half of this post is nonsense.
Games run out of the box on RDNA3 as in, no game ready drivers needed these days. There are indeed rare occasions with bugs. And they exist on the Nvidia side too. But as in needing a driver to run said game, Nvidia has been required to move a lot more patches forward since RDNA2-3. Part of that is also due to their expanded featureset. But your impression is off on the general state of RDNA3. Its in a great place. It runs all games admirably. I play a very wide variety and nothing fails.
Optimization is another aspect and in that you're probably right. OTOH, the AMD console hardware already puts RDNA at a pretty strong starting position. Its already running well on similar architecture for its primary target market, the consoles. There are almost no big games that are PC first these days, so again, your impression devs do more on Nvidia is off, too.
They're really in a very good place, overall, wrt game support and stability, easily rivalling Nvidia. Its when you tread into OpenGL space and non-gaming applications, then you will generally see Nvidia having slightly better support, occasionally. Not surprising since those are PC-first, a different reality.
Lmao no. Tons of AMD users are constantly complaining in new games. Even in old games. Look at Hunt Showdown 1896 steam disc where AMD users have huge issues.
Another example was Starfield. Even AMD sponsored, but all AMD GPU users had no sun present in the game for weeks/months post release.
Like I said. Devs will be priotizing 90% over 10% any day. Just because consoles use AMD hardware don't reflect PC games. There's like only a handful of games that run better on AMD GPUs and when looking at the overall performance across many titles, including alphas, betas, early accesss, lesser popular titles and emulators, Nvidia is the clear winner with least issues and best performance.
AMD is cheaper for a reason. Worse features, worse drivers and optimization, uses more power, has lower resell value.
If AMD GPUs were actually good, they would have way more marketshare. That is just reality.
AMD leaving high-end GPU market is just another nail in the coffin.
You have some good points but the rest is simply more of the same anti-AMD propaganda that the influencers spew on a daily basis and then the followers regurgitate.
That misinformation, in my opinion, is the main reason why we now have Ngreedia with a 90% market share.
Had a 6800XT before my 4090, I know exactly whats up and down. AMD pretty much loses in all areas except price, when you factor in the lower resell value and higher power usage, you literally save nothing. AMD has way more issues in games as well, it is a fact. Go read discussion forums on new game releases and you will see.
Do I want AMD to stay competitive? Yes. Are they? No. Not in the GPU space thats for sure. Nvidia is king.
Its funny how people generally speak to me like I am a Nvidia fanboy. I have like 5 AMD chips in-house, even using AMD CPU in my main gaming rig, I just KNOW that AMD GPU is nowhere near Nvidia at this point in time and I am not alone:
The discrete GPU industry is returning to seasonality.
www.tomshardware.com
People are literally fleeing from AMD GPUs at the moment.
RDNA4 hopefully will be a success so AMD can crawl back to 20-25% marketshare over the next 5 years. RDNA5 needs to be a homerun as well, for that to happen.
As someone that has been using and reselling Radeon for the better part of 20 years I don't believe this to be true I never had a problem selling a card when I was ready to upgrade.
It is 100% true as AMD lowers price over time to stay competive meaning resell value drops - Nvidia keeps their prices alot more steady; Think Android vs iPhone resell value here. It's the exact same thing. iPhones are far more worth when you sell them again. Tons of demand. More expensive yeah, but you get more back. Same is true for Nvidia GPUs.
AMD is the small player so price is what they adjust to compete. Remember how they sold Radeon 6000 series dirt cheap leading up to 7000 launch and even deep into 7000 series? This is why AMD resell value is very low. 6700, 6800 and 6900 series were selling for peanuts in the used market because of this.
It's not hard to sell AMD GPUs, it is hard not to loose alot of money compared to the price you bought it for. Is what I am saying, which is 100% true. Low demand = Low price.
Also for this gen, AMD uses more power too. When you look at the TCO you simply don't save much buying AMD and you get inferior features and more issues too and this is why AMD lost and keeps losing GPU marketshare. AMD is CPU first, GPU 2nd and they don't spend alot of their R&D funds on GPUs, especially not gaming GPUs, because high-end gaming GPUs simply don't sell well for AMD.
Most people with 500+ dollars to spend on a GPU, buys Nvidia.
AMDs best sellers have all been cheap cards like RX480-470-580-570, 5700XT, 6700XT etc.
This is what they aim for with RDNA4 as well. Low to mid-end, hopefully grapping back some marketshare.
Are you an AMPOOR then? Obviously I know 6800XT is not comparable to a 4090. I am saying 6800XT was a terrible experience.
