Question Speculation: RDNA3 + CDNA2 Architectures Thread

[uzzi38]

Man I have been dying to make this one for a while now.

First rumours for RDNA3 are here so new thread time!

Just going to start off with this one for now: kopite7kimi on Twitter: "@VideoCardz Ah, I mean a simple mcm design with 10240 cores is not enough. Because the lift from RDNA2 to RDNA3 is much bigger than from RDNA1 to RDNA2. We should expect many big improvements in GFX11. 🤔" / Twitter

 

[coercitiv]

Meanwhile, in Windows land:


This Microsoft's president for Windows + Devices. The replies to his tweet were brutal, comments are disabled now. This type of announcement is just the cherry on top, MS has been incredibly aggressive with AI crap everywhere in their software and service stack, to the point where I actively avoid their software and have began experimenting with a modified Windows version (MicroWin).

I think there's a high chance SteamOS will become a place of refuge for PC gamers, so I can only hope Valve does a great job with this round of hardware.

 

[RnR_au]

Meanwhile, in Windows land:
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This Microsoft's president for Windows + Devices. The replies to his tweet were brutal, comments are disabled now. This type of announcement is just the cherry on top, MS has been incredibly aggressive with AI crap everywhere in their software and service stack, to the point where I actively avoid their software and have began experimenting with a modified Windows version (MicroWin).

I think there's a high chance SteamOS will become a place of refuge for PC gamers, so I can only hope Valve does a great job with this round of hardware.

idk... there are games that just won't work in SteamOS... the ones that have a fair amount of cheaters and so require an anticheat. Destiny 2, although its dying, still refuses to work on SteamOS. I think there are reports of folk getting banned a while back because the anti-cheat gets terribly confused.

BF6 won't work. etc etc

 

[coercitiv]

idk... there are games that just won't work in SteamOS...

I understand that, but I'm thinking more long term here. SteamOS is a slow burn effort, more than a decade old. If any real transition will happen, it won't be overnight. Maybe eventually Microsoft wakes up from their AI nightmare and they fix their OS, but I'm not holding my breath. They're already pushing Copilot in the Xbox ecosystem:



Maybe I'm just imaging things, but ATM I expect that next year one of your gaming sessions will be interrupted by Copilot, asking you if you need help with your gaming.

 

[Heartbreaker]

My impression they're trying to hit a low price point and create the "entry-level" Steam box. It needs to show what's possible while also catering to a low-cost crowd that no other OEM would be willing to address. IMHO there's a big difference between the console and the controller / VR glasses, those seem to be midrange+ hardware.


Yeah, people can build something more powerful for $700, but that requires effort and know-how. There's a large audience out there who would rather buy the ready-made product, with software installed and years of support. This type of convenience has a price sticker too.

If I had to guess, I think the price will fall somewhere close to where the DYI crowd would rather build their own. In the case of the tweet you quoted, that would be $549. DOA for the tinkerer, good value for the living room gamer. I expect they're still working on the price, especially considering how volatile RAM and NAND prices are right now. I do think they'll try to aim low though, no other reason to cut so many corners in terms of hardware.

If that's your impression. I don't think you paid attention to what Valve has been saying. Multiple times they told different people it won't be console price. And every interpretation of that from people that actually talked to valve, was that it would cost more than consoles not less. Consider that even XBox Series X is $650 now:

“Steam Machine’s pricing is comparable to a PC with similar specs,” Valve told The Verge when it asked it if would cost more than PS5 Pro. Designer Pierre-Loup Griffais elaborated a bit more. “We intend for it to be positioned closer to the entry level of the PC space, but to be very competitive with a PC you could build yourself from parts,” he said.

I expect about $700. Yes you can build something faster for that, but it's hard to build a PC cheaper than $700. Try to meet that price with ITX and really small SFF case.

This is more like a sleek small boutique SFF build, than the cheapest mATX case/MB and parts. Look at even the price of just sub 10L SFF case...

 

[coercitiv]

I expect about $700.

We just bargained you from $800 to $700. I'll take it, thank you sir!

 

[Heartbreaker]

Probably even $699.

I just think they are pretty clear that it's more than console pricing. So $500 is a pipe dream.

Then they also said it would cost around what it would cost to build it yourself, which is around $700 (even if you could spend another $20 and get a much better GPU).

People looking for it to be the best perf/dollar are NOT going to be happy.

But those that want a decent, very small SFF build probably will be.

 

[MrMPFR]

This needs to be like $500 at most. But even at that price...like why not spend $200 more and build a 9060 XT pc that will run 50% faster and 100% faster in RT?

This product makes no sense to me. I think it's gonna be yet another Valve hardware L.

Unless Valve just wants to cannibalise mini-PC and SFF niche then this has to undercut everything including prebuilts. 499 for the 512GB option won't be that disruptive. But IDK how much people value convenience.

Or maybe its supercheap which could be a winner in a cost-of-living crisis and high console prices.

Only to be ruined by DRAM and NAND supercycle. But if it undercuts everything else significantly then it might still make a splash.

Valve is the most favorably viewed company among PC gamers. That branding will help. Also, should have no problem stealing sales from similarly priced mini PCs.

Perhaps these have the iGPU fused off because it was nerfed? If so, that probably lowered costs further. Even at 30W if it is boosting to 4.8GHz it'll be as fast as a 7400f.

No it's HP2 based. 2 Zen 4 + 4 Zen 4C and 16MB L3. You can google Ryzen 5 220 for example. Even 8400F should beat it.

idk... there are games that just won't work in SteamOS... the ones that have a fair amount of cheaters and so require an anticheat. Destiny 2, although its dying, still refuses to work on SteamOS. I think there are reports of folk getting banned a while back because the anti-cheat gets terribly confused.

BF6 won't work. etc etc

Maybe Valve's Steam Machine push is high enough volume to force them to fix anti-cheat on SteamOS but that's prob just hopium.

 

[RnR_au]

Maybe Valve's Steam Machine push is high enough volume to force them to fix anti-cheat on SteamOS but that's prob just hopium.

It's hopium I would dearly love to sub to and then proceed to overdose on...