Wasn’t AMDs fault their GPUs are good in compute workloads and released during crypto-crazes.
That actually saved their ass imo. Outside of mining, who would be buying overheating blower cards that don’t beat their competition, and just match it?
Not gamers for sure.
No. Quite the opposite.
It is a marketing nightmare and did not help their marketshare at all.
The 290x had a blower on the reference (AMDs reference PCBs are often better than most AIB designs).
Apart from reviewers and people who slap waterblocks on them, who buys reference cards anyway?
Keep in mind AMD is split into GPU and CPU division.
I remember reviewers were bashing Vega and R7 left and right because of thermals and noise. I don’t know what’s worse for your marketing, low stock or bad reviews…but I am inclined to believe reviews.
Maybe I remember wrong, it was a couple of years ago.
It’s not like you had an alternative if you wanted a Vega or Radeon 7 card. AIBs didn’t exist at all or came very late.
I feel that but it’s not really something I should care about as a consumer. They’re still billion dollar corporations.
On the bright side, the recent 5xxx series are decent.
I mean the radeon 7 is still a compute powerhouse. Still mines better than 3000 series lmao XD. If u can even get one tho. The hardware was there, software meh not so much haah.
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Nobody realy knows why AMD marketed the card for gaming at all.
Makes much more sense it is natural habitat of content production
Id love to own one just cos how good it was at wat it should of been made for. I mean look at Nvidia the 8K marketing on the 3090 has made it looks compleate shit. If they had just said it was a titan replacement easy looks good but it barely gets 30fps in 8k without dlss on.
yeh…their VEGA and R7’s were pitiful, but their RX 5000 series rocked as good as Nvidia but for the top end space. however…they had a higher price. my cost on an RX 5600XT was about $100 higher than my cost for a GTX 1660 Super and while the 5600XT was a good card, it wasn’t that much better to have such a big premium.
Problem is with the power draw.
The system integrators like their barely enough PSUs, and with the 400W peak power draw, that is not a Titan in the traditional sense.
I also have the suspicion that Ampere has some flaw making it less suitable for workstation tasks. (Completly unfounded, just the marketing being wierd)
It’s not unfounded, Adored explains your suspicion 
Still, the driver side is a big issue. One of my friends bought a 5700XT. He had constant crashes(black screens/freezes) and ended up returning it for a RTX 2060. They might look great on paper, but in practice they might be completely unusable and no matter how great the upcoming cards maybe, if the software side isn’t solved, then unfortunately they will be a flop.
Isn’t constant bizarr issues why we all love computers so much?
Could be just me.
Well yes, but some times you just want shit to work correctly. IMO half the fun is actually solving the problem. 
Computers?
Well, I am still running a first gen Ryzen 1600 with GTX 1080. I am planning to upgrade to a next gen Ryzen and probably a 6900XT.
3080GTX might be a fine card but whats the point if availability is maybe next year as some sources put it and there still is a big chance that “big Navi” will match its performance.
I kinda have lost trust in Nvidia after the 2000-series crap (ridiculous prices for no performance gains). The 3090 kinda showed that as well… Gamers nexus tried some native 8K gaming and it fell flat on its ass. 8K only works with DLRS or what ever it was called… though the card was advertised as “8K gaming ready to go”
New build will probably be
Lian Li 011 Dynamic
32GB DDR4
Ryzen 5600/5700
Asus board
2TB of SSDs
4TB of solid state (for your japanese…po…i mean anime needs)
big Navi
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I’m sorry, FUCK the 3090, we finnally have a release date for NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… and it’s up for fucking pre-order!
3090 is for professional gamers or those with lots of money and want the best 4K performance they can get.
I look forward to when the 3060 and 3070 reveal themselves, as well as whatever AMD has up their sleeves with the RX 6000 series.
I plan on using it for vfx and color grading/editing and gaming on the side
so HWC has called a spade a spade and says don’t buy the 3090 for gaming…only get it if you’re a content creator.
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Honestly I think calling the 3090 a “Titan replacement” is really not apt like so many of the reviewers have suggested. LTT’s testing revealed the 3090’s performance is crap in certain workloads like CAD. Nvidia’s response was people should using a Titan or Quadro card for those workloads. So yeah the RTX branding now makes since when you consider it’s getting the same driver treatment as their gaming cards.
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All this talk about gaming has got me thinking. Should i actually buy a gaming pc after like after 12 years? I really liked SIM-racing with a good wheel and pedals and my old laptop with GPU should be replaced soon. Battery is nearly dead buuut it’s mainly powered all time the now so… small fear is that the hardware will give up and no point of repairing it any more.
Laptop kinda gives up for games of today… tried some strategy castle rpg game and had like 15fps… so it was horrible. 
Plus i will buy PS5… so…
Problem is that im overthinking the hole thing at this moment.
I think the prices will come down soon, at least near xmas times and since these new parts and gear are roaming to market.
Should i just wait and if i wait, on what level of performance should i aim for?
The 3xxx series is out of question or high performance but been thinking something specs like:
- Intel Core i9-10900K, 3.7/5.3 GHz
- ASUS Intel Z490
- ASUS NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2080 Super, 8GB GDDR6
- 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3200MHz
- 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD
- Noctua NH-U12S
- 750W 80+ Gold
Intel just for stability and reliability.
Also there is a local CP shop, easy + “pick up” mentality, also a 3 year warranty for the ready build.