AMD has today released the Radeon RX 7000 series GPUs starting with the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon RX 7900 XT.
Stock was, as expected, very limited. I won't go over every single bit again, which I covered previously but to reiterate some of what to expect from these cards:
- AMD RDNA 3 Architecture – Featuring an advanced chiplet design, rearchitected compute units and second-generation AMD Infinity Cache technology, RDNA 3 architecture delivers up to 54% more performance per watt than RDNA 2.
- Chiplet Design – The world’s first gaming GPU with a chiplet design delivers up to 15% higher frequencies at up to 54% better power efficiency.
- Generational Uplift – The flagship AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX delivers considerably higher 4K performance than the Radeon RX 6950 XT.
- DisplayPort 2.1 Support – The industry’s only high-end gaming graphics cards to support DisplayPort 2.1 technology with UHBR 13.5, enabling high-refresh 4K (up to 480Hz) or 8K (up to 165Hz) gaming on next-gen displays.
Going by some Linux benchmarks Phoronix did, it seems like a pretty nice set of cards. Although, they didn't have the NVIDIA 4000 series to test against, but at least it shows AMD is a clear winner against even the 3090, which is good news for me as I have an NVIDIA 2080 Ti and I was lucky enough to beat the crowds at Overclockers to bag a Radeon RX 7900 XTX as a personal purchase (I rarely get sent any hardware). Update: correction, no 7900 XTX for me as Overclockers UK over-sold on it.
You can find some other reviews by the likes of JayzTwoCents, LinusTT and Hardware Unboxed.
Want to find where to possibly by one when they're back in stock? Check the AMD website, although they weirdly don't list the UK, apparently we no longer exist. For people in the UK you can try the likes of Scan, Ebuyer, Overclockers.
For me it's especially exciting, as I haven't had an AMD card for a good 10+ years so it's going to be a whole different world. I'm looking forward to seeing what open source graphics drivers can do.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Turkeysteaks Dec 15, 2022
I also got mine through OCUK, sorry to hear yours won't be arriving for a while! Will you be doing a review of it when you receive it?
Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: pete910@liamIf I'm putting my payment details into something that even right then says it's in stock, I expect it to be in stock. They've now announced today they oversold it.
Not to be picky butQuoteStock was, as expected, very limited.
Gibbo on OCUK (Where you got yours from) stated he had a 1000 + reference cards + the AIB's so good deal more than the 4080 had tbf.
What he didn't expect is to sell the lot in 20 minutesHe reckoned around a few 100 at most.
I certainly didn't think they'd be that popular given their performance.
I'm not disputing that I was pointing out that they did have good stock but demand far exceeded what they expected.
Quoting: Purple Library GuyQuoting: Liam DaweYou would think that if something wasn't in stock they'd, like, say it wasn't in stock.Quoting: pete910@liamIf I'm putting my payment details into something that even right then says it's in stock, I expect it to be in stock. They've now announced today they oversold it.
Not to be picky butQuoteStock was, as expected, very limited.
Gibbo on OCUK (Where you got yours from) stated he had a 1000 + reference cards + the AIB's so good deal more than the 4080 had tbf.
What he didn't expect is to sell the lot in 20 minutes
I certainly didn't think they'd be that popular given their performance.
As to oversold, well, seems like practically everything is oversold these days. Hype galore.
Again this was the issue due to the website not updating quick enough apparently. How true that is I don't know.
Things just work out of the box, so much so that you might forget your PC has a graphics card. Just launch your game and play! Every linux distro handles AMD out of the box, there's no extra step to make sure your card works or doesn't waste a crap ton of battery. It's a lot like the Steam Deck experience in that things just work out of the box.
I don't know why anybody would seriously consider nvidia for gaming on linux nowadays... This might be a bit of an exaggerated opinion, but I mainly see Nvidia as a tool for crypto scammers to prove they're wasting work (
) and scientific computation (a.k.a. train neural networks). And the latter would be better off embracing open standards instead of that CUDA crap that forces them to write code in a proprietary pseudo-C abomination.Last edited by setzer22 on 19 December 2022 at 9:25 am UTC
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