The PC Gaming Thread, no console peasants allowed

[misterBee]

2 hours ago, Hawkingbird said:

3070 dropped today. From the reviews I've seen it does match up with the 2080 Ti. Good luck buying one. 

Most people aren't going to get their hands on one until next year.  I'm not even going to bother trying. 🙃

[Darc_Requiem]

@misterBeeAt this point all AMD has to do to "win" is show up in the same ballpark of performance with stock. I think this panic paper launch by Nvidia to beat AMD out is backfiring severely. All they've managed to do thus far is piss off AIBs and consumers. They have the mind share, the last time AMD had better cards, people bought Nvidia anyway. They should have just pushed the launch back at least a month to build additional inventory. They've got people excited for new graphics cards that they can't buy. It's a bad look. 

[Darc_Requiem]

FYI AMD's RX 6000 (RDNA2) GPUs are getting announced today at 12pm EST

 

 

[Darc_Requiem]

AMD just killed the 3090 dead. Comparable performance for $500 cheaper 🤣

[Hawkingbird]

10 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said:

AMD just killed the 3090 dead. Comparable performance for $500 cheaper 🤣

Can't wait to see the breakdown videos when I get home from work.

[Darc_Requiem]

Honest I think the RX 6800 is priced a bit high at $579. The RX 6800XT is $50 dollars cheaper than a RTX 3080. The 6900XT is $500 cheaper than the 3090

[Hawkingbird]

I hit up my tech channels to catch up on the AMD news. AMD told Nvidia to go back kitchen. Jensen took out those 30 series cards too early from the oven. 

 

6800 XT will be my card of choice if it lives up to those benchmarks. 

[DarkSakul]

 

[misterBee]

 

10 hours ago, Hawkingbird said:

6800 XT will be my card of choice if it lives up to those benchmarks. 

Seems like for best results you're gonna want a Ryzen 5xxx CPU and 5xx motherboard too.

 

Looks like it's time to upgrade my entire rig at once...

[Darc_Requiem]

5 hours ago, misterBee said:

 

Seems like for best results you're gonna want a Ryzen 5xxx CPU and 5xx motherboard too.

 

Looks like it's time to upgrade my entire rig at once...

Well the 6800XT benchmarks were without anything Ryzen specific. The 6900XT is different story. Although "Rage Mode" isn't 500 series board specific IIRC.