Rounding out the GPU announcements from AMD, the company also took the opportunity to crow that its Radeon HD 8000 series for desktops is now en route to OEM partners. What's more, we can expect desktop rigs with this technology to begin arriving on store shelves later this month.
Poor Xbox sales have affected AMD’S bottom line
Oh wow. How surprising! Nvidia overpriced their RTX cards by +100% and AMD instead of offering real competition, decided to join Nvidia in their greedy approach, while not having the same mindshare as Nvidia (sadly) does. The 7900 launch was a marketing disaster. All the reviews were made while the card was not worth the money at all, they lowered the price a bit later on, but not only not enough but also too late and out of "free marketing" window coming along with the new card generation release. Then the geniuses at AMD axed the high-end SKUs with increased cache etc, cause "nobody will buy expensive cards to play games" while Nvidia laughed at them selling their 2000€ 4090s.
Intel had all the mindshare among PC enthusiasts with their CPUs. All it took was a competetive product and good price (Ryzen 7000 series and especially 7800x3d) and guess what? AMD regained the market share in DYI PCs in no time! The same could've have happened with Radeon 5000, Radeon 6000 and Radeon 7000.
But meh. Why bother. Let's cancell high-end RDNA 4 and use the TSMC wafers for AI and then let the clueless "analysts" make their articles about "gaming demand dwingling".
I'm sure low-end, very overpriced and barely faster if not slower RDNA4 will turn things around. It will have AI and RT! Two things nobody asked for, especially not gamers who'd like to use the PC for what's most exciting about PC gaming (VR, high framerate gaming, hi-res gaming).
8000 series will be slow, overpriced and marketed based on its much improved RT/AI... and it will flop badly.
And there will be no sane conclusions made at AMD about that. There will be just one, insane: Gaming is not worth catering to. Let's go into AI/RT instead, what could go wrong..."
Well that's gonna happen when you don't really try. I want to support AMD so badly and give Nvidia some actual competition but they don't very much seem interested in challenging, by their own accord. I been waiting for them to attack the GPU segment the same way they took over CPU, but they just seem so content with handing Nvidia the market year after year, and it's happening again this year with their cancelled high end card.
AMD prcied their cards thinking that they will sell out just like in the mining craze. I suspect reality has hit home when they realized most gamers cannot afford to spend over $500 for a gpu.
AMD has long been the best value option if you're looking for a new GPU. Now even their latest Radeon RX 7000 series is getting cheaper.
Last September, we unleashed AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3)1 on the gaming world, delivering massive FPS improvements in supported games.
So to put 2 and 2 together... FSR 3.1 is releasing later this year and the launch game to support it is Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart. In Sony's DevNet documentation it shows Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart as the example for PSSR. PS5 Pro also launches later this year... but there is something else coming too: AMD RDNA 4 Cards (The very same technology thats in the Pro). So, PSSR is either FSR 3.1 or its a direct collaboration with AMD for that builds on FSR 3.1. Somehow they are related. I think PSSR is FSR 3.1 with the bonus of AI... now lets see if RDNA 4 cards also include an AI block.
More details:
FSR 3.1 fixes Frame Generation
If you have a 30 series RTX card you can now use DLSS3 with FSR Frame Generation (No 40 Series required!)
Its Available on all Cards (we assume it will come to console)
Fixes Temporal stability
I wonder how much they fixed the ghosting in dark areas as Nvidia are leaving them in the dust with image quality. Still good that they are improving in big leaps, I'll have to see when the RTX5000 series is released who I go with... at the moment the RTX5000's are sounding like monsters.
It looks like AMD may have pulled a fast one on NVIDIA. I'm a NVIDIA fan but I have a feeling that 8990 is going to rape the GTX Titan and GTX 690. I'm glad I decided to wait for the GTX 790.
yup same ol same ol just a rename of the 7000 series for OEM to make more $$ of people who think these are new not just rebranded
This is an OLD story already known that it's just REBRANDS of 7000 series for OEM only (for appearances sake) - it may even cause AMD to finally release the 'real' 8000 series as 9000 series because of this stunt (which probably also serves them to look '2 better' than Nvidia with their 700 series)
I've had nothing but Nvidia in my PC going back to the 4200Ti - but even I have to admit they are taking the piss since the 600 series... now they are holding out on the 700 series (and AMD are following suit according to their OWN words), and this is because of trying to outdo each other while also fleecing the customers.
If everyone STOPS BUYING 600/7000 series (and certainly skip that overpriced con Titan) THEN they would have no choice but to start shipping 700/8000 series.
Why is it important? Because current cards even at 1200p can't MAX certain games @ 60fps and we are told 'they are good enough' - NO they are not! When they can run Crysis 3 on ultra at 60fps @ 1080p/1200p at least AND not cost more than the usual $500 THEN they are good enough.
Seriously, everybody stop buying and hold out for the end of year new series, even though I have a feeling the Nvidia stuff will be nothing exciting (15-20% improvement 680 - 780 at best guess) rather than the old jumps we used to get.
Maxwell is gonna be the next big jump but no doubt they have/will push that back to early 2015 now too. We only have one life and it's ebbing away - release the fkin tech you are sitting on while we are still young enough to enjoy it you assholes!
/rant over... and btw i'm STILL on a 8800 GTX that is why I'm so bitter (and waiting)
I sure hope AMD brings their A game with the next cards.
It's ludicrous that Nvidia is charging 800$ for their top of the line card now because there's no competitor from AMD yet.
Start the Graphics cards battle and bring the prices down!
Man, all the good parts from AMD/ATI are gonna be nice and cheap pretty soon. Not that they arent already :P