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80 compute units gets people going that are not technical. They'll just exclaim "80 compute units!? I am totally buying this". Also see MHz and Megapixel race.
by systemvoltage 5y ago
80 compute units gets people going that are not technical. They'll just exclaim "80 compute units!? I am totally buying this".
Also see MHz and Megapixel race. Ever wondered why Ryzen CPU boxes are fancy? Same concept. As far as people are gullible, marketing will continue to serve them. Let's educate the people from recognizing marketing non-sense. Only then things can improve. Barking at "worthless marketing" people is naive - they're doing exactly what the numbers are indicating. If they don't, product won't sell as much. They're literally doing their job. Blame the people but we don't like to confront that.
- gerardvivancos 5y agoTo be fair, you can compare those 80 CUs to the Xbox Series X 52 CUs. Or to any other AMD’s RDNA2 GPU out there. You are going to need to know what’s the core frequency and other GPU specs to properly compare but it is not just marketing.
- kcb 5y agoIt really isn't just marketing...each compute unit is a real functional separation of the GPU. The technical details of this are obviously unimportant to most consumers, but it's highly important to anyone programming against them.
- dragontamer 5y agoWhich makes the "CU" kind of ironic, because CUs haven't been used since Vega / GCN. The new unit is "WGP", which are twice the size of a former CU. An RDNA 40-WGP will be sold as 80-CU. Presumably, AMD marketing felt that CUs stuck enough in the market that they should have a period where they sell WGPs but call them CUs on marketing material.