PC Gaming

Yeah, unfortunately you're probably right. Brand image is also still good, somehow

That's fair. I'm on an all AMD system with no need to change, tbh. 7800XT.

AMD never used chips "more efficiently". They hit gold with the RYZEN design but everything before since Athlon was horrible and more useful as a room heater. And before athlon it was even worse. The k6/k6-2 where funny little buggers extending the life of ziff7 but it lacked a lot of features and dont get me started about their dx4/5 stuff which frequently died in spectacular manners.

Ryzen works because of chiplets and the stacking of the cache. Add some very clever stuff in the pipeline which I don't presume to understand and the magic is complete. AMD is beating intel at it's own game: it's Ticks and tocks are way better and most important : executable. And that is something Intel hasn't been able to really do for several years. It only now seems to be returning.

And lets not forget the usb problems with ryzen 2/3 and the memory compatibility woes of ryzen's past and some say: present. Ryzen is good but its not "clean".

In GPU design AMD clearly does the same but executes worse then nvidia. 9070 cant even match its own predecessor, 7900xtx is again a room heater and is anything but efficient. And lets not talk about what came before. 6xxx series where good enough but troublesome for some and radeon 7 was a complete a shitfest.

Now, with 90 70 AMD once again, for the umpteenth time, promises that the generation after will fix all its woes. That that can compete with Nvidia.

Trouble is, they've been saying that for over a decade.

Intel is the one looking at GPU design differently. The only question is: will they continue or axe the division now gelsinger is gone. which would be monunentally stupid but if we can count on 1 thing then its the horrible shortsightness of corporate America. Especially when wall street is involved. And with intel, wall street is heavily involved. Vultures are circling.

980ti here, playing Cyberpunk 2077 at sufficiently high settings without issues (if you call ~30fps 1440p with no path tracing “without issues”, that is).

I'm extremely petty and swore off Nvidia for turning off my shadow play unless I made an account for my 660, had to downgrade my driver to get it back without an account. I only have an Nvidia card now because I got a 3080ti for free after my rx 580 died.

I'm still rocking a 2070 and doing great. Turns out the games that I like rarely depend on graphical fidelity, but rather on good visual design and game design.

But yeah if graphical fidelity is your bag, or if you need every possible frame for competitive reasons, then your options are much more limited and far more expensive. Sucks.

Ok now how do I turn my 2070s into a 5090? 😅

Not sure if in your area is a thing, but a 4090 second hand at a decent price should do it

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