Recent content by JarredWaltonGPU

I didn't have time to rerun some of the B580 numbers, though I do have them. I may add them later today/tomorrow.

If you think the value proposition discussion meanders, just imagine all the potential comparisons doing "GPU X vs GPU Y percentages." Ultimately, the GPU benchmarks hierarchy has the data. People will then need to decide for themselves what that data means. FWIW, I would also assign roughly a...

In our test suite, 1080p ultra is still playable in all 18 games on an 8GB card, or at least an 8GB Nvidia card. (The RX 7600 may have some issues in one or two games.) There are however games like Indiana Jones where 8GB represent a real limit to the settings you can use. The TLDR is that it...

I did try to answer, and the answer is simply "it's complex." How do you score a product based on unknown pricing and availability? For now, I'm mostly landing on "Rate the product based on performance, factoring in where price in theory should land, and tell the readers that they'll just need...

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Cards/Products The store only shows stuff MSI plans to sell directly. The main website lists 26 models right now for 5060 Ti.

All indications, based on current 9070 / 9070 XT pricing (in the US), are that AMD is not planning to "produce enough." The RTX 5070 is generally less expensive and more available than the 9070. Sure, it's slower doing native rendering, but toss in DLSS and RT and then the monetary savings and...

Oh, I absolutely agree 8GB is insufficient. It's why the lack of a 12GB alternative (for both the 4060 Ti and now the 5060 Ti) is so annoying. 4060 Ti walked back the memory interface from 256-bit on the 3060 Ti to half that. It was a slap in the face, as even the 3060 12GB had more VRAM and a...

Shopping for a GPU based on VRAM capacity as the first criteria is rather dumb, though. Unless you're doing something very specific (like AI LLMs that need >12 but <16 GB), you should look at overall performance. The reality is that the 5060 Ti, like the 4060 Ti before it, really doesn't need...

I am likewise super skeptical about the x8 connector. It just seems like some bean counter said, "Hey, we can save literally two cents per GPU by doing this!" There are so many reasons this isn't a good idea. The larger than two slots cards are almost certainly just reusing heatsinks from...

There are other factors in play, including memory timings (which we don't actually know). But let's look at the other specs. 9070 XT has 49 TFLOPS FP32, 640 GB/s bandwidth, 64MB L3 cache. 5070 Ti has 44 TFLOPS FP32, 896 GB/s bandwidth, 64MB L2 cache. So, the 5070 Ti IMO probably has more...

There's not much we can do about whether or not the MSRPs are "real" or "fake." What I do know is that MSI had several RTX 5070 cards available for about a week both direct and via Newegg for $549.99, plus shipping. They didn't immediately go out of stock. Now, however, the cheapest 5070 cards...

I will say, I've bought a few used graphics cards over the years and they've been fine. RTX 30- and 20-series would scare me more these days, considering cryptomining potential. If they're 1/3 the original cost, though, and you have some form of protection (e.g. eBay), you'll probably be okay if...

LOL. Eleven year AnandTech alumni, thanks. There are a lot of reasons that bastion of tech journalism is defunct. Nowhere do we say "AMD is stupid." Those are your strawman words. We say, "This is a product that's going to be difficult to sell, given the competing products and prices." Every...

[Rolling my eyes...] Of COURSE changing the price changes the potential attractiveness of a part. That's a given. Please don't treat us like we're idiots. At the current prices, 9900X3D (like 7900X3D before it) makes almost zero sense. And from AMD's side of things, I'm not sure it makes sense...

Talk about having a belly button perspective! The whole point is that the 12-core isn’t a great deal relative to the 16-core or the 8-core X3D chips. Ever. Period. There’s nothing you can do to actually make it the better choice. Do you want to do game development? Do you need a lot of CPU...