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JEMC said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Well the 6800XT is 72CU while the 6900XT/XTX is 80CU. That's why the 7900XT is a 7800XT is disguise because the 7900XT is 84 CU vs 7900XTX is 96 CU.

The 4080 is a 4070 disguised as a 4080 in paper specs. But since AMD themselves are saying that the 7900XTX is a 4080 competitor, it is a "4080" in the sense that is will compete against the 7900XT realistically if that makes any sense. Cause the 7900XTX will no doubt out perform the 4080 cause the 4080 is just too slow. But the 7900XT will most likely be a close match against the 4080.

So both companies are doing shitty things. Nvidia outright said fu and priced the 4080 to $1200 vs the $700 of the previous 3080 while AMD is being slimy by increasing the price to $900 and calling it a 7900XT while the previous price of the 6800XT was $650. If Nvidia doesn't lower the price of the 4080, it will certainly be the shittiest GPU of the year though. It will be a worse buy than Intel A770 imo.

Ok, so because the difference in CUs between the two 7900 is bigger than the difference between the 6900 and 6800s, you've deduced that the 7900XT should be a lower tier card than its name says, and that's why it should be the 7800XT. That's it, right?

I don't think it's as easy as that, because the RDNA architectue only has three gens and AMD has changed the naming and how they've used the different designs in each one of them versus Nvidia, that has a more reliable history of which tier uses which chips, but I see your point. 

Well it's not like Nvidia was giving out top end chips to 80 class either:

1080: GP104
2080: TU104
3080: GA102
4080: AD103

Hell in Nvidias history, 4080 would still be considered a higher their class than Pascal days. The only reason anyone cares about this is because Nvidia underestimated AMD and went Samsung so they were forced to give out high end chips. Now they they are back to TSMC, they are going back to their old ways... Least in terms of the tier of chips that is...

Last edited by Jizz_Beard_thePirate - on 05 November 2022