So now that the 3050 has been released, that basically ends the battle between Ampere vs RDNA 2. Here's the summary of the results based on techpowerup and a few other sites:
>> = noticeable gap
Raster:
3090 > 3080 Ti > 6900XT > 6800XT > 3080 >> 6800 > 3070 Ti > 3070 > 6700XT > 3060 Ti >> 6600 XT > 3060 > 6600 > 3050 >> 6500XT PCI-e Gen 4 >> 6500XT PCI-e Gen 3
Ray Tracing Medium Titles (Like Metro Exodus) :
3090 > 3080 Ti >> 3080 >> 6900XT > 6800XT > 3070 Ti > 3070 > 6800 > 3060 Ti >> 6700 XT > 3060 > 6600 XT > 6600 > 3050 >>>>> 6500XT (Unplayable)
Ray Tracing Ultra Titles (Like Cyberpunk):
3090 > 3080 Ti >> 3080 >> 3070 Ti > (Anything beyond is Unplayable without DLSS/FSR above 1080p) > 3070 > 6900XT > 6800XT > 3060 Ti > 6800 > 3060 > 6700XT > 3050 > 6600XT > 6600 >>>>>> 6500XT (Unplayable regardless of FSR)
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/evga-geforce-rtx-3050-xc-black/31.html
I think overall, this generation had the potential to be fap worthy but ultimately got killed by scalpers and miners. We used to joke before Ampere launched where the prices would be worse than Turing, then Ampere got announced and the prices were insanely good, then it launched and while for a few months, the prices were steady, it only really shot up to insanity in early 2021 starting with the Tariff increase.
But ignoring all that, overall it was rather disappointing showing from AMD. I know I have overall been negative towards AMD for the past year or so but if you looked at my posting history, I do used to say positive things about their CPUs. Granted not so much about their GPUs because if you were to have bought Nvidia's Turing instead of AMD's 5000 series, you would enjoy the benefits of Ray Tracing and DLSS. And this is ultimately the issue with RDNA 2 as well with 6700XT and up. Yes they are competitive products in Raster but Nvidia is not only as good if not better in Raster in many cases for similar pricing, you get all of the next gen benefits like way better Ray Tracing performance and DLSS. RDNA 2 just feels like a beta product in the PC space similar to how RDNA 1 felt like an Alpha product from AMD.
But the biggest issue from AMD this gen is how they treat their budget gamers. 6600XT and below have all been trash tier cards even if you forget about Ray Tracing. We see the scaling issues of RDNA 2 and their infinity cache. As they put low amounts of Infinity Cache with a crippled memory bus and gimped PCI-e lanes, it's truly shameful showing from a brand that were once "Hunting Titans." Hopefully RDNA 3 will be their Zen 3 moment but as we have seen with Zen 3, that means budget gamers get even more screwed.
All in all, Ampere vs RDNA 2 should have been a return to the glory days of PC gaming after Turing was largely sleep as Ray Tracing/DLSS were not fully ready until half way through. Instead they will be remembered as the "No Availability" generation cause most people just couldn't find one at a reasonable price.
Last edited by Jizz_Beard_thePirate - on 27 January 2022 
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