Graphics AMD 6xxx Series (RDNA 2)

There was - the HD6xxxx range if I remember rightly. These, presumably, will be RX6xxx

Because every now and then you have to hire new people to count, and apparently they need to start from scratch again because numbers are hard.

 

Aye there were ATi Radeon HD6000's.

Edit: Actually I think they may have been AMD branded by then. (?)

 

Technically they were the HD 6xxx line but yes. They were also the last of the Terrascale/non-HSA cards.

 

Yeah, the 6xxx series was the first AMD branded ones I think.

They did have the HD 5xxx series too but that was ATi branded AFAIK.

 

Yup I had a 6970 Lightning. Decent card tbh.

 

I had 5870, the top dog card of 5000 series that wasn't a dual-GPU. Then AMD released 6870 that was slower than 5870 and made 6900 series their highest end. Despite this, my card's resale value dropped below 6870. As you can tell, I'm still bitter about it to this day.

 

Big Navi to be exclusive at launch.

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/gp..._will_reportedly_be_amd_exclusive_at_launch/1

In other words, exclusive to reviewers to rub your nose in it. It's another paper launch.

 

Yes, it was already rumored that the AMD cards will be available around mid-November and AIB cards towards the end of November. Let's hope it isn't like the 3080 and 3090 launches and we can actually buy a GPU and get it delivered within this Millenium.

 

You don't need to actually sell cards to boost your share price...

 

At least they attempting to combat bots and bulk buying to try and prevent scalping.

We'll have to see how effective that is.

 

Have to admit i've not read beyond the headline.

 

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/gp...hmarks_points_towards_strong_4k_performance/1

6800XT faster than 3080 in everything but RT, with no DLSS of course. And they still have the 6900XT and possibly XTX to come.

 

Hopefully the pricing makes the choice an easy one.

 

Well apparently their 3070 competitor is quite a bit faster and obviously has to cost the same or less. So either way Nvidia have at least done something decent here in their fear.

I reckon the 6900XT will be up there with the 3090 and the XTX could possibly be their Titan card. Wow. I never thought I would see the day where AMD could get away with that.

DLSS is their biggest enemy now. They desperately need something to compete with that. To me that is the most impressive part of the RTX series. It's brilliant. It can make the unplayable totally playable.

 

https://wccftech.com/alleged-amd-radeon-rx-6000-big-navi-gpu-graphics-card-pcb-leaks-out/

Leaked board shots and the same benchmarks.

 

There's no point in AMD having a Titan like card, as thats pro-sumer and all current pro-sumer API's are Nvidia CUDA dependant...

 

Then again what is 'Titan-like' really?

 

If it's faster than the 3070 then I'd be absolutely amazed if it was significantly cheaper. Why would AMD cut their own throat like that when people have shown that they will pay for performance? Sure, it would be great if everything was cheaper, but if AMD can sell all of their stock at 3070 prices, why would they sell all of their stock at a lower price? AMD are a business, not a charity, and just because they are seen as the underdog doesn't mean that they'll sell for less than they could (and in fact, positioning yourself as a "budget" brand in a two-horse race is probably a pretty poor marketing strategy).

And the usual disclaimers apply: let's see what the actual performance and actual pricing is. And the actual availability.

Edit: added availability to the list of "actuals"