New AMD GPUs to launch July 7th.

[Pemalite]

fatslob-:O said:

Pemalite said:

Each to their own. I prefer a more localized approach that doesn't rely on a cloud implementation which can be cancelled/shut down at a later date.

Having dedicated access to hardware feels great but for PC gamers who don't use GoG much have to stop kidding themselves that they aren't in under any mercy because that's absolutely not true since many of the digital PC retailers practice DRM and if they go down so too do the purchases from customers as well ... 

At the end of the day PC gamers don't have many options for preservation regardless of whether they own their hardware or not ... 

What? If Steam gets shut down, I can just crack my steam library and continue on.

My games still function offline with all the graphics bells and whistles.

Preservation is certainly always an option... Especially on PC, it's generally where game preservation actually happens for all platforms.

Random_Matt said:
Having decided to look into the cards the more I have decided they are a little shit. The power draw is the interesting one, if the XT is drawing 225W at 40 CU, what is it going to be at lets say 50 or 60? A higher spec card could hit over 300W, and at a lower power draw would probably match it with a 1660 TI.

Another thing is these boost clocks or was it opportunistic clocks, are these numbers shown against a 2070 accurate for out the box retail cards? Let us not forget the fudged numbers AMD produced for Fury which ended up being a load of bullshit.

Can't really compare TDP across manufacturers.
Hence you can't even compare TDP sometimes with the one manufacturer... They are calculated differently.

In regards to Navi though, it seems to be total board power, not just chip, clocks will obviously settle below the peak boost clock, but sit higher than the base clock.