I don’t remember ever being so unexcider about any GPU or CPU HW release for gaming.
New CPUs are hardly worth upgrading to from 5800X3D and my 2nd hand 6800 XT that I got 2y ago for €400 and overclocks like crazy (20% on air cooling) is still so damn good that new cards which match that lvl of performanve are still like €500-€600… So if 8000 series will actually be cheaper it may finally match my 6800 XT with €/performance… Wow! It only took several years!
Excellent I am ready.
AMD has already confirmed that it has abandoned competing for the highest end of the graphics card market, so we’re not expecting it to unveil a product to compete with the likes of the Nvidia RTX 5090. Instead, it’s expected that a Radeon RX 8700 XT, Radeon RX 8800 XT, or Radeon RX 8900 XT will instead compete with a possible Nvidia RTX 5070 for overall performance. AMD is expected to offer significantly improved ray tracing performance with these new GPUs, though, potentially making them far more competitive overall.
From the article, but mostly already known…
I just upgraded to a 7900 XTX because for me, I don’t expect RTX to be a big deal anytime soon and it sounds like they’re just trying to make 7900 XTX performance cards with better ray tracing at a cheaper price point (which if it boosts their market share that would be amazing).
Which is totally great, but I’m not particularly hyped about the 8000 series for me personally.
Using the naming scheme of their high end cards for their mid range ones seems stupid and confusing though. They should just drop the higher model numbers for the time.
It is exactly what I am looking for better ray tracing and close to 7900 xtx performance at under $600.
Well then you’re probably the perfect customer for these 🙂
That bummed me out when they announced that. Guess I’m not upgrading my graphics card ever again 😑
I’m sure they’ll be back at the high end eventually…
Plus even if they aren’t year over year improvements will eventually result in them having a card that’s much better than what you have now. The ultra low end blows the mid 2000s GPUs out of the water.
To be disappointed?
GPU launches have made me so jaded.
