The 8 gb version should not exist and the 4gb version should be $10 lower to match 1650super in price while beating it in perf. Why would you buy 8gb version when NVIDIA has 1660 for $10 more. Also, rx5500 gaming laptops when?
This looks like a gaming card, again. For the professional segment, AMD needs to focus more on compute and reducing operating power/temperature. I was forced to upgrade a working AMD RX 580 4gb to Nvidia's RTX 2060 Super 8gb to get GPU acceleration working in MATLAB. Major benefit the doubled graphics memory, and the new card runs noticeable cooler. Still, I spent $300 on the RX 580 earlier this year wasting a bit of budget. That's going to keep me from trying any AMD cards until they give focus to more than the entertainment segment.
I really don't know much about professional use, but has this not been AMD's biggest problem in the past years? Having GPUs with great compute abilities, but somewhat lacking for gaming? Personally, I'm glad they finally have the ressources to develop two lines of architectures, one focussed on gaming and one for professional use.
"...one that TSMC's customers are jockeying to secure wafer starts due to very high demand." Missing "for": "...one that TSMC's customers are jockeying to secure wafer starts for due to very high demand."
Does AMD still suffer from Day 1 performance not reflecting the huge gains they get over NVidia as drivers mature? It was a large issue in generations passed (ever since the 2900XT), and considering how close this card is to the NV equivalents, do we expect it to win out over time, or is that a thing of the past now that architecture has changed significantly, along with the technology and the people involved?
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Freeb!rd - Friday, December 13, 2019 - link
For those of us with older cards, I would've appreciated the GTX 1060 6GB & GTX 1070 included in the performance graphs.Freeb!rd - Friday, December 13, 2019 - link
Especially since I have both those and some 580s lying around.sheh - Friday, December 13, 2019 - link
https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2577?vs=25...alfatekpt - Friday, December 13, 2019 - link
Depending on price it seems it can actually fight with 1660 Super because the differences are a few FPS with a lower noise/power consumption.ballsystemlord - Saturday, December 14, 2019 - link
@ryan If you can't run opencl on windows why not run your tests on Linux? I'd imagine that some of the programs have a version that runs on Linux.isthisavailable - Saturday, December 14, 2019 - link
The 8 gb version should not exist and the 4gb version should be $10 lower to match 1650super in price while beating it in perf. Why would you buy 8gb version when NVIDIA has 1660 for $10 more.Also, rx5500 gaming laptops when?
Maxxie - Saturday, December 14, 2019 - link
This looks like a gaming card, again. For the professional segment, AMD needs to focus more on compute and reducing operating power/temperature. I was forced to upgrade a working AMD RX 580 4gb to Nvidia's RTX 2060 Super 8gb to get GPU acceleration working in MATLAB. Major benefit the doubled graphics memory, and the new card runs noticeable cooler. Still, I spent $300 on the RX 580 earlier this year wasting a bit of budget. That's going to keep me from trying any AMD cards until they give focus to more than the entertainment segment.dr.denton - Sunday, December 15, 2019 - link
I really don't know much about professional use, but has this not been AMD's biggest problem in the past years? Having GPUs with great compute abilities, but somewhat lacking for gaming?Personally, I'm glad they finally have the ressources to develop two lines of architectures, one focussed on gaming and one for professional use.
ballsystemlord - Saturday, December 14, 2019 - link
One grammar mistake:"...one that TSMC's customers are jockeying to secure wafer starts due to very high demand."
Missing "for":
"...one that TSMC's customers are jockeying to secure wafer starts for due to very high demand."
Father Time - Saturday, December 14, 2019 - link
Closing Thoughts -> 4th last paragraph:"6% more perforamnce".
Great article though.
Does AMD still suffer from Day 1 performance not reflecting the huge gains they get over NVidia as drivers mature? It was a large issue in generations passed (ever since the 2900XT), and considering how close this card is to the NV equivalents, do we expect it to win out over time, or is that a thing of the past now that architecture has changed significantly, along with the technology and the people involved?