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AMD Radeon RX 9070 / 9070 XT review: back to winning ways (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 5 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] the_q@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

Go AMD and switch to Linux. It's time.

[–] obbeel@lemmy.eco.br 16 points 5 months ago

I haven't bought an AMD card in 10 years, but I'll buy one next. 16GB of VRAM and better performance for about the same price as a 8GB VRAM video card seems nice.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

Hoping to get one on launch day.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm still rocking a 6800. I should see what the improvement is. The VRAM would be nice for genai stuff

[–] Draconic_NEO@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I never actually bought an AMD card per say but I have been very disappointed with Nvidia and their laptop GPUs. It feels like those things put out more heat than work.

Recently got a laptop with an AMD GPU and CPU and it's like night and day difference.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Nice! I probably won't get this because I'm more of a mid tier customer and my 6650XT is still doing great. But competition with Nvidia is always good.

But who knows, maybe I'll go nuts and get one anyway. They seem to be priced competitively.

[+] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

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[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, I'm on the other side and am happy AMD don't waste resources on high end cards. Vast majority of people use low to mid range cards anyway, so why waste millions to just compete with nvidia, while most enthusiast people will buy nv anyway (because dlss, rtx, whatever hurr durr)? It's just waste of money for negligible returns. I don't even know one single person in my social circle that would have 4k/120Hz display anyway. Most (basically everyone) has either 1080p/144 or 4k/60 and that's mid range happy rodeo. I do have 1440p/144 and I feel like weirdo among my friends (why you need this?).

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

If they were on the position to produce it, they would have. I highly doubt they chose to not make high end cards "just because", especially because that's where the profit margins would be the highest

I think that you're simply expecting a bit too much, and a little too far ahead in terms of your requirements. 4K RT 120fps is something that's just barely starting to get achievable at the absolute highest end, and even then not without compromises

[–] Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

What's your issue with Linux compatibility and NVIDIA?

I know the drivers are proprietary and not as good as AMD, but my only issue a year or two ago with a 3080 was VRR with multiple monitors, which is supposed to work now.

[+] TheRealCharlesEames@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

When you say "unrecoverable" do you mean the graphical desktop didnt load? Or you couldnt even log in to the terminal?

A lot of newbies assume that not getting to a graphical session means the OS is dead and nuke it and start over. When in a lot of cases, you can just switch to the command line and troubleshoot or roll back the broken drivers

Just for future reference if you try linux again