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AMD Announces Radeon RX 6700 XT: RDNA2 For 1440p, Coming March 18th For $479
As part of AMD's latest Where Gaming Begins product presentation, the prolific processor designer announced the next member in its Radeon family of video cards, the Radeon RX 6700 XT. Following the tried and true scale-down release strategy that has come to define the GPU industry, the company is preparing its second RDNA2 GPU to further flesh out its lineup of video cards. Set to be released on March 18th, the Radeon RX 6700 XT will be AMD's anchor card for 1440p gaming, succeeding the last-generation RX 5700 XT and giving AMD's product lineup a more wallet-friendly option than their 4K-focused 6800/6900 series cards. The launch for the latest Radeon card will be an all-out affair, with both reference and partner custom cards launching the same day, with prices starting at $479.
[...] Finally, AMD has stated that they're also going to be priming more OEMs than usual with the RX 6700 XT as a third pillar of sorts to better ensure some kind of ongoing retail availability of the card. Despite AMD's best efforts, retail RX 6700 XT cards are virtually guaranteed to sell out within hours (if not sooner) due to how starved the video card market is. So the company wants to at least give customers another avenue towards getting a modern video card by supplying it as part of a complete system, especially as crypto miners seldom buy whole OEM systems.
The RX 6700 XT comes with 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM and 96 MB of "Infinity Cache". Despite a smaller die, clock speeds are up significantly, which could allow it to perform at around 89% of an RX 6800.
Nvidia's RTX 3060 GPU is "available" at a $329 MSRP. Notably, that GPU also includes 12 GB of VRAM, more than the RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti.
AMD's Threadripper Pro workstation CPUs with 8 memory channels and 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes are now available, having previously been sold exclusively in Lenovo systems. The 64-core TR 3995WX has a suggested price of $5,490, compared to $3,990 for the 64-core TR 3990X.
Also at Tom's Hardware, The Verge, and Phoronix.
See also: AMD is bringing Smart Access Memory's frame rate boosts to Ryzen 3000 processors
AMD releasing new gaming card amid chip shortage
(Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Thursday March 04 2021, @04:41AM (5 children)
https://developer.amd.com/wp-content/resources/RDNA2_Shader_ISA_November2020.pdf [amd.com]
But since you needed to ask, you have no practical use for such documentation beyond satisfied curiosity.
But there is more of importance that takyon failed to mention, an original press release, instead of pop-tech media parasites:
https://www.amd.com/en/press-releases/2021-03-03-amd-unveils-amd-radeon-rx-6700-xt-graphics-card-delivering-exceptional [amd.com]
The edge of 太玄 cannot be defined, for it is beyond every aspect of design
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday March 04 2021, @04:45AM (1 child)
I would hardly call AnandTech, the main story I quoted, "pop-tech media parasites".
But it's great that we can learn about "Driving High-Octane Performance with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports Team".
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by Mojibake Tengu on Thursday March 04 2021, @05:12AM
I still remember old times when AnandTech was a dirty wintel bitch, a Microsoft worshiping outlet, only mocking on GNU, Linux and other FOSS.
I'll never forgive.
The edge of 太玄 cannot be defined, for it is beyond every aspect of design
(Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday March 04 2021, @05:20AM (2 children)
So the answer is no. You link a 'reference guide' which purports to enforce a legal agreement on me, without my consent, should I even dare read it. In saner times I would merely laugh at such a ridiculous purport, but I suspect that the courts at this point are corrupt enough not to blink at enforcing it. At the very least it effectively prohibits any pro bono use of the information - if you want to work on a driver for this hardware you have to minimally expect to generate enough money to retain a law firm, even if you're willing to donate your own time to the cause.
"https://www.amd.com/en/press-releases/2021-03-03-amd-unveils-amd-radeon-rx-6700-xt-graphics-card-delivering-exceptional"
And then you link a literal press release.
At any rate, I see no free drivers, I see no free access to specs, I see no free driver.
Toxic fodder for the landfills.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 04 2021, @09:39AM (1 child)
Autism is a hell of a disease.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday March 04 2021, @10:33PM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?