RDNA 3 in the flesh - AMD's Radeon RX 7900 has been pictured
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I wonder if AMD are going to be as completely useless supplying the UK market with their reference cards as they have been with their current cards?
They really don't seem to give a damn about selling them here.
Only now, in the dog end days of the 60xx series lifespan, is there any stock available.
They really don't seem to give a damn about selling them here.
Only now, in the dog end days of the 60xx series lifespan, is there any stock available.
AlienALX
Well-known member
Eh?
There has been stock for months and months. It is now the 31/10. I bought mine on 07/06. There had been stock for at least two months at that point. so when you add it up that is over 5 months.
AMD are not doing what Nvidia are doing. Nvidia are stealing sales from their own AIBs, and setting fake RRPs that none of them can match unless they want to make absolutely nothing.
Always remember the formula. Nvidia makes 70% on every sale. That includes a GPU kit (the core and memory) but it also includes the FE cards. They make exactly the same profit selling each of those.
So if they are selling CARDS at 70% that means, as an example, MSI need to add a % on top of that. That is why the FE cards can release at "RRP". Which at the same time is cutting the throats of the AIBPs, because they just can't match that price no matter how much they cut the quality.
That is why AMD are not producing tons of "FE" cards. Because they know if they do every single one sold is a sale lost for one of their AIBPs. Nvidia? don't give a crap. That is why EVGA have left them. Because Nvidia are the only ones left making bank.
Which is pretty disgusting. If AMD followed the same principle I would be pretty gutted tbh.
The way things are going Nvidia will end up cutting out all of their "competition". IE, all of their board partners will leave and the only place you'll be able to buy a Nvidia card is from Nvidia. And if that happens? there is no competition between the brand and you will be paying a lot more than their current "RRPS".
The_Crapman
New member
You know, I hope they keep the red pcb. Kind of miss the days where they weren't all just black. Sure it might not suit some, but there will be other cards that meet your needs.
I wonder how much performance and are leaving on the table using just 2 8pins? You can push them to 200w easy, so if rumours are to be believed that they'll match the 4090 on rendering performance with a 375W max, push it up to the 450w of the 4090 and it should really be no contest.
I wonder how much performance and are leaving on the table using just 2 8pins? You can push them to 200w easy, so if rumours are to be believed that they'll match the 4090 on rendering performance with a 375W max, push it up to the 450w of the 4090 and it should really be no contest.
N0ddie
Member
I thought each 8-pin PCI-E supplementary socket could do 300W?
The_Crapman
New member
If equipped with 16awg wire, then they can according to molex spec for the minifit jnr terminals, but PCIe spec is 150w. This is likely due to how cards can reliably receive power through so few pins and the range in quality (or lack thereof) of power supplies.
It's worth noting that AMD have historically treated the PCI-SIG specifications more as guideline than rules. I.E putting a single 6pin on the reference RX480 when they knew it would draw 170w (this actually lead to damaged boards/PSUs in crossfire systems, they had to release a driver fix that made it pull the excess purely from the 6pin and not the slot).
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
I quite like the look of that! The big 'R' in the middle of the current gen reference model always looked tacky to me. I'm pleased to see that gone.
I also understand why we won't see many of these over this side of the pond. I would potentially prefer to pay less for a reference model, but I think it's important to support the AIB partners, especially those that don't sell loads of other products, like Sapphire and PowerColor.
I also understand why we won't see many of these over this side of the pond. I would potentially prefer to pay less for a reference model, but I think it's important to support the AIB partners, especially those that don't sell loads of other products, like Sapphire and PowerColor.
Dawelio
Active member
The big "R"?...
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
In the middle of each of the three fans, there's an 'R' logo. It's not there in the new model.
The_Crapman
New member
Pretty sure I used to pull 125w on each of the 2 6pins on my 970ftw, or at least made as much available in the bios. Didn't have any problems, but that was under water a huge chunk of copper for a block.
