yeah, truth be told i just posted this for posterity. i doubt unless some preteen is looking for a stocking stuffer (e: with the "new car smell" ) this holiday or someone needs a cheaper back up this won't be a massive interest.Looked at the guru3d article earlier. Seems pretty pointless, basically just another card to have a new name in hopes people will buy. Performance is similar to cards that have been out for ages and cheaper.
I didn't mean your thread was pointless, for sure all new GPU's should be posted in the news section. Just AMD with their poor pricing here.yeah, truth be told i just posted this for posterity. i doubt unless some preteen is looking for a stocking stuffer (e: with the "new car smell" ) this holiday or someone needs a cheaper back up this won't be a massive interest.
a mod can feel free to move/lock the thread, i ain't gonna get butthurt.![]()
Very simple to explain.I didn't mean your thread was pointless, for sure all new GPU's should be posted in the news section. Just AMD with their poor pricing here.
Where's the "same performance at lower price bracket" of old that we've been used to all these years?
Meh, I get all that, but as a consumer I don't care. When 1060's and 580's are available used for $125. And when that performance has been available for quite some time around that price. I am just not at all excited about paying $225. Regardless if it is 7nm or not.Do people in OCN even care about a card like this?
Very simple to explain.
1) You get to go smaller using 7nm but now you don't get price benefit so the price does not drop(It goes up), you only get the benefits of power and smaller die size.
2) 128-bit vs 256-bit (Saves die space but have to use G6)
3) G6, its expensive. You want 8Gb for under $200 when you start paying $400+ from the other camp for 8GB G6.
- AMD/ Nvidia can't compete at under $100 and make mone. Margins are too low and close.
- Also, 5500 is Apple first kind of GPU. No reason for AMD to lose or make not money in order to get a "fake" market share increase. For gamers there is no reason to stick to a brand because of prior price/perf.
- AMD has tried to be very aggressive with pricing. It doesn't work. In the GPU space you are as good as the product you selling right now.
Meh. Doesn't really beat the competition just offers another choice.
Neither this launch nor Nvidia's offerings in this segment are any good. The 570/580/590 still rule the roost here.....and that's a shame.
I haven't seen any reasonable criticism based on power in this segment since before hd7000 series.It isn't a "performance enthusiast" product, but I guess it does deflect much of the Radeon power consumption criticism. It can be looked on as an incremental improvement there.
There was a lot of power consumption hullaballoo when Vega launched, if I'm remembering right.I haven't seen any reasonable criticism based on power in this segment since before hd7000 series.
That wasn't really in this segment though.There was a lot of power consumption hullaballoo when Vega launched, if I'm remembering right.