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[SantaC]

AMD has confirmed that its RDNA 2 'Big Navi' GPU will be coming to Radeon RX graphics cards for the PC platform before next-generation consoles from Sony & Microsoft. The confirmation came in the Bank of America 2020 Securities Global Technology Conference where AMD's CFO, David Kumar, stated that their next-generation GPU architecture will be available on the PC platform before the next-gen consoles arrive.

AMD Confirms Big Navi RDNA 2 GPU Radeon RX Graphics Cards, Coming To PC Before Next-Gen Consoles

AMD has confirmed that its RDNA 2 'Big Navi' GPU will be coming to Radeon RX graphics cards for PCs before next-gen consoles.

wccftech.com

 

[Thugnificient]

By enthusiast I hope they mean 3080 Ti tier. Been almost 10 years we haven’t had serious competition in the top-end.

 

[Chiggs]

By enthusiast I hope they mean 3080 Ti tier. Been almost 10 years we haven’t had serious competition in the top-end.

From the article:

If David's statements hold up, then Big Navi based Radeon RX graphics cards might definitely take the fight to NVIDIA's $1000 US+ RTX 2080 Ti graphics card. The news also comes out just a day after a mysterious AMD RDNA 2 GPU codenamed Sienna Cichlid was spotted within Linux drivers and is speculated to be the Big Navi (Navi 21) GPU itself.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Yeah, hopefully it can compete with the xx80 Ti selections

I’m waiting for pricing of AMD CPUs after the Matisse refresh lineup is announced before buying a new cpu. I’ve been pretty dead set on waiting for a 3080 for my next GPU but I’m open to anything AMD offers if it makes sense

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

All this talk of supercharged architecture new consoles and as always, they will both be mid tier in the grand scheme of things at launch.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

I hope it's better than the Radeon 7.

 

[Ovek]

By enthusiast I hope they mean 3080 Ti tier. Been almost 10 years we haven’t had serious competition in the top-end.

Wishful thinking, I'm gonna say faster than a 2080 Super but just a smidge slower than a 3080.

 

[SantaC]

By enthusiast I hope they mean 3080 Ti tier. Been almost 10 years we haven’t had serious competition in the top-end.

It probably wont reach 3080ti but i hope it will settle in the middle of 2080ti and 3080ti.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

If it 'might' take the fight to the 2080ti it will be nowhere near the 3080ti.

 

[Knightime_X]

Excellent!
Can't wait to not use it like my Rx 5700 xt!

 

[GHG]

This will have hardware raytracing right?

The driver stories still scare me away from AMD GPU's

 

[Kenpachii]

Good good.

 

[SantaC]

If it 'might' take the fight to the 2080ti it will be nowhere near the 3080ti.

I dont think AMD said that, more the writers opinion in the news article.

Big Navi is twice the chip size of 5700XT.

 

[Leonidas]

About time, AMD high end GPUs have been a joke for the past 4 years, hopefully things are different this time.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

I dont think AMD said that, more the writers opinion in the news article.

Big Navi is twice the chip size of 5700XT.

I'm in favour of anything that makes high end GPU prices more competitive so let's hope it is a legit challenger.

 

[martino]

About time, AMD high end GPUs have been a joke for the past 4 years, hopefully things are different this time.

Unlike cpu i have little faith here.
The surprise will only be better if there is one.

 

[sendit]

let cardToBuy = (bignavi, thirtyeightyti) => {
    if bignavi.teraflops > thirtyeightyti.teraflops {
        return bignavi;
    } else {
        return thirtyeightyti;
    };
};

 

[Ascend]

I hope it's better than the Radeon 7.

Didn't you see the improvements from the Radeon VII to the 5700XT?

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

Nvidia is coming hard with next gen cards too, finally moving from 12nm so AMD got an uphill task for sure...

 

[Pizdetz]

I think it will be close hardware wise but what about drivers. AMD has been a bit unreliable recently? Or is that not widespread.
At any rate, I'm mostly hoping the GPU prices are affordable enough to make building a PC for gaming more competitive with the console value proposition.

 

[ethomaz]

It was suppose to be reveled this month but coronavirus etc.

 

[ethomaz]

By enthusiast I hope they mean 3080 Ti tier. Been almost 10 years we haven’t had serious competition in the top-end.

He meant RTX 2080TI... it is not even beat it but just fight with it.

 

[Thugnificient]

He meant RTX 2080TI... it is not even beat it but just fight with it.

Doubt it. The XSX is already offering performing performance close to a 2080 which is about 25-30% slower than a 2080 Ti. A dekstop RDNA2 chip with 80 CU's would demolish the 2080 Ti.

 

[me0wish]

My prediction:
Will come out one year after nvidia launches 30 series.
10$ cheaper than 3070.
Will have none of the features.
Performance will be slightly worse than 3070.

Being a pc gamer has sucked for the last couple of years.

 

[cookiemuffin]

can't wait

 

[GHG]

let cardToBuy = (bignavi, thirtyeightyti) => {
    if bignavi.teraflops > thirtyeightyti.teraflops {
        return bignavi;
    } else {
        return thirtyeightyti;
    };
};

Error: cannot read property 'teraflops' of null.

 

[sendit]

Error: cannot read property 'teraflops' of null.

Fixed/

let cardToBuy = (bignavi, thirtyeightyti) => {
    const nullHandler = alert("(.)-(.)")
    if (bignavi.teraflops != null && thirtyeightyti.teraflops != null) {
        if (bignavi.teraflops > thirtyeightyti.teraflops) {
            return bignavi
        } else {
            return thirtyeightyti
        };
    } else {
        return nullHandler
    };
};

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

My prediction:
Will come out one year after nvidia launches 30 series.
10$ cheaper than 3070.
Will have none of the features.
Performance will be slightly worse than 3070.

Being a pc gamer has sucked for the last couple of years.

What card are you currently rockin’?

Doubt it. The XSX is already offering performing performance close to a 2080 which is about 25-30% slower than a 2080 Ti. A dekstop RDNA2 chip with 80 CU's would demolish the 2080 Ti.

People keep telling me CUs don’t matter anymore tho

(sarcasm)

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Any chance they're taking some features from the custom parts of consoles?

 

[Thugnificient]

Any chance they're taking some features from the custom parts of consoles?

More like the opposite.

 

[Leonidas]

My Prediction:
"Big" Navi 25% slower than the fastest next-gen Ampere GPU
RT performance a generation behind Ampere
Cards Pushed to their absolute limit in an attempt to compete with Nvidia
Worse performance per watt compared to Ampere
An overpriced LE on the top card
Meager 10% discount over Nvidia for similar traditional, but worse RT performance

 

[-YFC-]

Dr. Lisa, my body is ready.

I'm itching to replace my old vega. I just hope it's priced reasonably and it's somewhat competitive with ampere cards.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Dr. Lisa, my body is ready.

I'm itching to replace my old vega. I just hope it's priced reasonably and it's somewhat competitive with ampere cards.

 

[captainraincoat]

Another massive videocard....I just upgraded to a 2080ti and I could actually kill someone with it or crush a small child if I dropped it on them

 

[Ceallach]

Damn, I JUST bought a 2080 Super.

 

[magnumpy]

all my hopes smashed

 

[ZywyPL]

Doubt it. The XSX is already offering performing performance close to a 2080 which is about 25-30% slower than a 2080 Ti. A dekstop RDNA2 chip with 80 CU's would demolish the 2080 Ti.

2080Ti is a 2yo card build on 12nm process, it won't be any accomplishment if they beat that two years later and with 7/7+nm GPUs... Over the past decade or so AMD has been two steps (generations) behind NV, so after all that time I've lost any hype for their GPUs, they need the same breakthrough like they had with Ryzen.

 

[GHG]

2080Ti is a 2yo card build on 12nm process, it won't be any accomplishment if they beat that two years later and with 7/7+nm GPUs... Over the past decade or so AMD has been two steps (generations) behind NV, so after all that time I've lost any hype for their GPUs, they need the same breakthrough like they had with Ryzen.

The key thing will be price point. If they can achieve that level of performance at a price somewhere between the current 2070s and 2080s then it will give Nvidia a much needed kick up the arse.

 

[Degree]

Meh. Who cares about GPUs? They should release SSDs instead! Much more important for true nextgen games.
We don't need jaguar/hdd games anymore.

 

[Dr.D00p]

AMD can make their cards as powerful as they like but until they fix their 2nd rate drivers, I'm not touching one.

 

[The Pleasure]

Big Navi? Hehehe

 

[ZywyPL]

The key thing will be price point. If they can achieve that level of performance at a price somewhere between the current 2070s and 2080s then it will give Nvidia a much needed kick up the arse.

Nah, I see that argument over and over whenever new AMD GPUs launch, but in reality with a product that's two years LTTP anyone who ever wanted/needed such level of performance already has it, from NV.

 

[kraspkibble]

If all they can do is compete with the 2080 Ti then I'm not interested. That is a card that is more than a year and a half old.

Would need to be much cheaper to even consider it and even then I'd probably still just get a 3080 Ti. AMD tend to release broken half assed products then just update it whenever they can be bothered with pathetic drivers.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Didn't you see the improvements from the Radeon VII to the 5700XT?

Slightly worse performance, cheaper, lower power draw, and with drivers that gave a lot of people major issues?

 

[GHG]

Nah, I see that argument over and over whenever new AMD GPUs launch, but in reality with a product that's two years LTTP anyone who ever wanted/needed such level of performance already has it, from NV.

Show me where you can get 2080ti performance for between $500-600 USD.

 

[SantaC]

The key thing will be price point. If they can achieve that level of performance at a price somewhere between the current 2070s and 2080s then it will give Nvidia a much needed kick up the arse.

eh the 5700XT is already around 2070S. Of course big navi will be faster.

 

[FireFly]

Slightly worse performance, cheaper, lower power draw, and with drivers that gave a lot of people major issues?

From an architectural perspective, the 5700 XT has 22% less transistors, but only around 4% less performance at 1440p.

 

[SantaC]

From an architectural perspective, the 5700 XT has 22% less transistors, but only around 4% less performance at 1440p.

and 5700XT is RDNA 1

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

From an architectural perspective, the 5700 XT has 22% less transistors, but only around 4% less performance at 1440p.

Bit in depth for me. Less transistors leads to the lesser power draw, I'm guessing?

 

[GymWolf]

It would be nice to have some high tier gpu from amd, i don't wanna pay overpriced gpu to nvidia if i can avoid that.