GPU

AMD Announces Radeon VII →

January 10, 2019 · 10:00

Sean Hollister, for The Verge:

AMD has been lagging behind Nvidia for years in the high-end gaming graphics card race, to the point it’s primarily been pushing bang-for-the-buck cards like the RX 580 instead. But now at CES, the company says it has a GPU that’s competitive with Nvidia’s RTX 2080. It’s called the Radeon VII (“Seven”) and it uses the company’s first 7nm graphics chip, one we’d seen teased previously.

It’ll ship February 7th for $699, according to the company. That’s the same price as an standard Nvidia RTX 2080.

Can’t wait for Apple to introduce this card into their line-up in 2022, when it’s obsolete.

The Blockchain Bonanza Is Over for Graphics Card Makers →

August 23, 2018 · 09:39

Timothy B. Lee, for Ars Technica:

Nvidia’s GeForce 1080 could fetch more than $800 in January. Today, you should be able to find one for less than $600. All of this means that after a year of shortages, gamers should finally be able to buy graphics cards for reasonable prices.

I really hope this is true, since I’m waiting for prices to drop to get a new GPU for my Hackintosh. I was tempted to go for the Vega 64 but after testing a review unit, it doesn’t seem to want to work with my EIZO properly — it flickers. Not sure what to do now but I’m thinking of getting just a regular RX 580.