Originally Posted by
XenoRad
Boy how the expectations have changed.
I remember back in fall when RX 480 was launched and was performing well in DX12 and Vulcan many were expecting Vega to hit soon and put nVidia in a tough spot for a while.
Sadly for them Vega got delayed enough for nVidia to release the 1080 Ti and assure they have the High-End covered for a year or two, even with a high price.
What's left for AMD at this point seems to be the mainstream and casual market, but these are markets you have to hit early with well priced products. Even if they launch products competing with GTX 1080 and down, they're going to be a year late to this party and without cheaper prices to entice those still holding on to older cards -they're not going to do well.
These marketing stunts that purposely avoid putting clear numbers down are further hurting them. It's also very unlikely that with all of these delays there is still a 'magical' driver that would turn things around.
I think right now the only chance for AMD is to release something close to GTX 1080 performance, while cheaper than a GTX 1070. Only aggressive pricing could save them if they fail to compete performance wise.