AMD Announces Ryzen “Zen 3” and Radeon “RDNA2” Presentations for October

Post by sjwright » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 3:32 PM UTC

steffan wrote: post #83

PedroBatista wrote: post #6

Rumor has it AMD has a competitive GPU but will not pursue the high-end market mostly because of their limited TSMC slots, they can make much more money from a CPU wafer than a GPU one ( due to area size and yield ) But I really hope I'm wrong and they kick Nvidia ass since they become such intolerable arrogant anti-competitive pricks in the last +10 years.

> but will not pursue the high-end market mostly because of their limited TSMC slots Your second assertion that they can make more money from a CPU wafer than a GPU is probably correct, but assuming they don't abandon the GPU market entirely, they will still be using fab capacity to produce GPUs. If they're using limited slots for GPUs anyway, doesn't it make sense to focus on the high-end high-margin parts first?

Post by Miraste » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 3:37 PM UTC

srtjstjsj wrote: post #82

Severian wrote: post #32

Besides processors, AMD knows how to design a good hype train.

They are masters of the hype cycle. The hype bicycle, nowadays.

Post by bootloop » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 3:40 PM UTC

swalsh wrote: post #101

PedroBatista wrote: post #6

Rumor has it AMD has a competitive GPU but will not pursue the high-end market mostly because of their limited TSMC slots, they can make much more money from a CPU wafer than a GPU one ( due to area size and yield ) But I really hope I'm wrong and they kick Nvidia ass since they become such intolerable arrogant anti-competitive pricks in the last +10 years.

If you don't mind, I have what is probably a dumb question. Why does a GPU use PCI-Express still? I understand why they used to use it, but now they are not only standard, but in some cases the most important part of a PC. I feel like if we could break the basic components out of the card, and bring it closer the system with a more modular design a bunch of things would be better. Wouldn't it be nice if I could choos…

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 3:41 PM UTC

ZekeSulastin wrote: post #96

KozmoNau7 wrote: post #56

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I've had multiple generations of Nvidia GPUs in my PCs, all the way back from a Riva TNT up to a GTX 460 as the last one. I switched to an RX560 and I couldn't be happier. Linux drivers that actually work and aren't a mostly closed source garbage heap. The current Windows drivers are fine too.

Am I the only person on this site who has had no issues with the blob (aside from Wayland), especially on desktop? The last actual thing that I remember being a bit of a pain was an Optimus laptop years ago but from what I understand that’s finally been officially fixed; the desktop cards worked quite well, including the 2060 in my current desktop.

Post by sjwright » Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 3:43 PM UTC

littlecranky67 wrote: post #51

andreasley wrote: post #21

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Apple Silicon will contain an Apple-designed GPU, so it might soon be irrelevant for Mac users what AMD has to offer.

I highly suspect Apple will still ship (and support) AMD GPUs - maybe for the iMac Pro and Mac Pro. I doubt that Apple Silicon GPUs will be close to the performance to AMD/NVidias flagships. And I assume the market share for iMac/Mac Pro is just not that big for Apple to invest in competing with AMD/Nvidia on the Highend Segment.