Nvidia Gets SALTY

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shikamaru317 said:

derpysquirtle64 said:

The price difference won't be the same as in retail. Not to say that the console GPUs will only be based on desktop counterparts, not be the exact same thing. Console manufacturers never pay retail prices for their chips. Otherwise we would never have seen a 400-500$ consoles. I also hope Microsoft won't go with Radeon VII for Scarlett. Choosing Navi even if it will be slightly less powerful would be a wiser choice as this GPU will have more new technologies that won't be present in Radeon VII

True, and they have about a year to get costs down before Xbox Scarlett Anaconda actually enters production. Still, I would hope they use a Navi based design instead since Navi should have additional architectural improvements that aren't present on the Radeon 7. Navi is worth it over Radeon 7 for TDP alone, RX 3080 is rumored to have a 150 watt TDP, half of the 300 watt TDP on Radeon 7, lower power usage is essential for a console if you don't want it to run hot and loud like PS4 Pro. Ideally it would be cool to see MS order a custom Navi based chip that actually has more CU's than the RX 3080.  

I would bet anything that RX 3000 rumor is bollocks. It isn't going to nearly double 7 nm Vega in  efficiency. AMD would be shouting to the market with years to spare if they had anything good; Zen was less impressive than that and that's what happened. Navi is just another GCN architecture. Thus, it's shit at this day and age. The best thing you can expect from shit is a pretty morning mushroom to sprout from it, and nothing more. Otherwise, it's just another step in RTG's staircase of disappointment.