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Discussion AMD confirms its Radeon RX 5000, 6000 series cards are not receiving new features

gdansk said:
I read it was just power delivery. Has anyone tested this? I do have such a card but I don't want to update.
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Some people are mad about it -
"Hi, it is a completely usable port that can be converted to display port or HDMI output with a usb-c to display port/HDMI adapter...On a GPU like the 7900xt, it gives you a whole extra display out you'll no longer have."
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Seems it also worked with PSVR2. Someone countered that by saying the USB support was removed months ago and no one noticed LOL.

I think it is a bad look. Most DIYers are mainlining longevity now. Especially given how expensive hardware can be. Yet another reason RTX Turing wins vs RDNA, in the fine wine battle.

So my RX 6800 is no longer receiving new game optimizations already? I think the card is still in warranty for spaghetti monster's sake!
 
Well crap, was loving my 6700 XT until this garbage. Amazing that the gpu I replaced, the GTX 1660 Super, will get driver support longer than the 6700 XT. Back to Nvidia when I upgrade, probably when the 50-series Supers come out next year. Once again, another reminder none of these corporations are our friend.
 
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Can someone please confirm what the oldest nvidia GPUs that are still being optimised in recent releases? I had a quick trawl through the release notes and couldn't find any details like "performance improvements in game X for xyz GPU series". It's one thing to say that such-and-such GPU support is included in the latest driver, it's another thing entirely that any improvements have actually been made for that GPU.

I personally would be surprised if a GPU series that's two generations out of date was still getting actual driver optimisation work. I can't remember seeing any performance improvements in new drivers for ~4 year old GPUs ever.
 
mikeymikec said:
Can someone please confirm what the oldest nvidia GPUs that are still being optimised in recent releases? I had a quick trawl through the release notes and couldn't find any details like "performance improvements in game X for xyz GPU series". It's one thing to say that such-and-such GPU support is included in the latest driver, it's another thing entirely that any improvements have actually been made for that GPU.

I personally would be surprised if a GPU series that's two generations out of date was still getting actual driver optimisation work. I can't remember seeing any performance improvements in new drivers for ~4 year old GPUs ever.
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Nvidia is dropping gamer ready support for the 10 series cards in October 2025. That means the 1080ti and 1080 will no longer have game ready support. So circa 2017 or 8 years of service. I would think Nvidia would support their GPU's back to the 900 series cards.
 
Nvidia did release a driver supporting RTX Mega Geometry for Turing (2000 series) and even Maxwell (900 series) got support for Vulkan 1.4.

So they are evidently still doing occasional work on their older GPUs.
 
When was the last time someone saw a driver saying "5700 XT 5% increased performance on game x" and likewise for 6000 series.

If after a couple of years they haven't milked everything from a drivers perspective there is something very wrong.
 
It seems to me that both NVIDIA and AMD have their scripts backwards. The underdog should be the good guy, the market leader should be the bad guy. NV is partially playing the bad guy with the crap 5000 series with driver issues, but I agree that AMD is shooting itself in the foot here.

It would be nice if Intel stepped up and pushed a better support strategy than at least AMD, maybe both, but I have the impression that Intel hasn't convinced itself to try and get back on top yet.
 
Personally couldn't care less about my cards having a USB-C port... AMD or NVIDIA. Just render my frames, card. And make it snappy!
 
That Tom's mod response is the most positive spin I've seen put on it. And it is way too optimistic about AMD's follow through. Maintenance squashes any official FSR 4 feature support. Launch day drivers will be few and far between. That's unacceptable for a card still under warranty. It's lipstick on the pig IMO. Better off going Nvidia where you could get support for the latest upscaling tech and day 0 drivers on a card from 2018.

It doesn't explain why they provided a statement saying the USB-C was removed when it wasn't. Then admitted it was misinformation.
 
DAPUNISHER said:
Maintenance squashes any official FSR 4 feature support. Launch day drivers will be few and far between. That's unacceptable for a card still under warranty.
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Which game in the last 2 years did you need to download a launch day driver for a 5000/6000 series card?
I wouldn't expect FSR4 to be more than a permanent beta for RDNA2, regardless of driver status.
 
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