Question 'Ampere'/Next-gen gaming uarch speculation thread

Page 126 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

Ottonomous

Senior member
May 15, 2014
559
292
136
How much is the Samsung 7nm EUV process expected to provide in terms of gains?
How will the RTX components be scaled/developed?
Any major architectural enhancements expected?
Will VRAM be bumped to 16/12/12 for the top three?
Will there be further fragmentation in the lineup? (Keeping turing at cheaper prices, while offering 'beefed up RTX' options at the top?)
Will the top card be capable of >4K60, at least 90?
Would Nvidia ever consider an HBM implementation in the gaming lineup?
Will Nvidia introduce new proprietary technologies again?

Sorry if imprudent/uncalled for, just interested in the forum member's thoughts.
 

exquisitechar

Senior member
Apr 18, 2017
684
942
136
I have a feeling we'll need to wait for reviews to get the actual performance of these cards, the perf/watt comparison with RT/DLSS is convincing me of that. Looking forward to seeing the pricing.
 

Thala

Golden Member
Nov 12, 2014
1,355
653
136
You just posted about how there is no loss in quality. Somebody posts loss of quality, and you say people should ignore that?

Of course i meant overall image quality and not a single scene - because it goes both ways. For some pictures/scenes DLSS2.0 has advantages for other TAA. Most reviewers consider consider both on even level image quality wise. In the particular case, the review where the unfavorable example for DLSS2.0 was taken from has many more samples where DLSS2.0 edges out TAA - but of course these were not posted to make a point.
However thing is, DLSS2.0 is leaps and bounds faster than TAA.
 
  • Like
Reactions: DXDiag

Qwertilot

Golden Member
Nov 28, 2013
1,604
257
126
So you're claiming 1.9x power efficiency gain, with 100W TDP increase leading to 2.6x the perfomance (in scenarios with no DLSS nor Raytracing). Can i quote you on that?

I would think it would be reasonably fair to at least 'give' them raytracing? There really won't be that much point in these insanely big cards unless you're doing that.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Gideon

BFG10K

Lifer
Aug 14, 2000
22,709
2,996
126
I really feel sad for you and the others, months of negative publicity on Ampere, downplaying every aspect of it based on false rumors, only to see it all crumbling down in the last few hours, at least try to have some tehcnical dignity and wait for the final reveal before spewing nonsense.
It still looks like an overpriced furnace. The exorbitant cooler and 300+ watt TDP confirm that, and it's unlikely to change in the next hour.
 
  • Like
Reactions: spursindonesia

tviceman

Diamond Member
Mar 25, 2008
6,734
514
126
www.facebook.com
So yeah, there is a quiet mode.
View attachment 29035

If real, I nailed it!
I honestly think that Nvidia saw AMD pushing TDP's to stay competitive in performance, so they said screw it let's push our chips as hard as they do to look that much better on FPS graphs and give consumers an option to easily dial back if they don't feel the extra heat is worth the performance.
 
Last edited: