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Even if everything the article says is true, and the AMD software environment was also improved to compete with Nvidia, it's probably still not enough to beat N
by parsimo2010 7y ago
Even if everything the article says is true, and the AMD software environment was also improved to compete with Nvidia, it's probably still not enough to beat Nvidia.
The best they are claiming with Big Navi is 30% faster than a 2080 Ti. Sounds great, but they are comparing a card that won't be available for a year with a card that has been on the market for over a year already. Nvidia will have been working on faster stuff, and the best case for AMD is that they force Nvidia to release their next generation of products faster than they originally planned.
This isn't the same case as Intel which had been struggling with their 10nm process and security issues, which meant their current chips actually slowed down and they didn't have any new answers ready when AMD came out with Zen 2. We have seen that Nvidia has an answer for everything that AMD has done so far (price drops and Super variants to make the Nvidia cards remain the best choice at every level), and likely has an answer for their next few steps. I think the best that AMD can hope for is to achieve parity, they certainly won't be dethroning Nvidia.
- t0mas88 7y agoI agree, the author makes a vague point about the 3080 not being released yet, but AMD also hasn't released their new chip yet. What I think will be great for consumers is AMD releasing a good competing offer in a similar timeframe as Nvidia releasing their next generation. That may limit the Nvidia price increases, because over the past few generations they have gone up a lot for their top offering. And even a year after release they're still high. That can't stay like that if the next gen mid range AMD has higher performance.