AMD Radeon RDNA2 Navi (RX 6500, 6600, 6700, 6800, 6900 XT)

RX 6500 XT for $199

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022...ld-be-a-decent-budget-gpu-if-you-can-find-it/

AMD is touting the 6500 XT's "fastest sustained GPU clock rates ever" at 2.6 GHz, the inclusion of 16 compute units with ray accelerators, and the card's 16MB of Infinity Cache, which can provide faster effective bandwidth to other components. Other 6000-series cards sport anywhere from 32 to 80 compute units and 32 to 128 MB of Infinity Cache, making the 6500 XT a decidedly low-end option (as if the price wasn't enough of a clue). Still, the card should provide frame-rate boosts of 23 to 59 percent over the aging RX 570 on popular games running at 1080p, according to AMD's presentation.
 
Despite being on a 64 Bit bus and only having 4 GByte of RAM (too little for ETH), I have a feeling, we won't be seeing this entry-level thingie with it's monstrous clock speeds nowhere near MSRP/SEP.

Sadly, the video decoding lacks AV1 and the encoder lacks... altogether.

Here's another card that's not been mentioned lately with full specs.
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I'm pretty excited for Rembrandt iGPU benchmarks to be honest. The thought of having an actual capable RDNA2 iGPU in a laptop that is energy efficient at the same time excites me. I wonder if you can get decent battery life while gaming now with FPS capped at 30 FPS.

Furthermore, as a fan of low performance hardware Raytracing, I wonder if I could get a decent Raytracing experience out of it when turning down the resolution and settings.
 
Kaotik said:
It doesn't get mentioned much because it's OEM only
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You think that makes a difference, especially here at B3D? Core i9-12900KS is OEM-only for the time being, and people are all over it (for various other reasons).
 
Dampf said:
I'm pretty excited for Rembrandt iGPU benchmarks to be honest. The thought of having an actual capable RDNA2 iGPU in a laptop that is energy efficient at the same time excites me. I wonder if you can get decent battery life while gaming now with FPS capped at 30 FPS.

Furthermore, as a fan of low performance hardware Raytracing, I wonder if I could get a decent Raytracing experience out of it when turning down the resolution and settings.
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Rembrandt looks very interesting for a low power but capable machine which you will probably be able to use for many years until you'll run into compatibility issues.
Has it been disclosed anywhere what "DP 2.0 Ready" means btw?
 
DegustatoR said:
Rembrandt looks very interesting for a low power but capable machine which you will probably be able to use for many years until you'll run into compatibility issues.
Has it been disclosed anywhere what "DP 2.0 Ready" means btw?
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I'm guessing it's via usb which requires the OEM to build the device that way? I have a zen2 laptop that can't do dp via usb and a zen3 laptop that can.
 
itsmydamnation said:
I'm guessing it's via usb which requires the OEM to build the device that way? I have a zen2 laptop that can't do dp via usb and a zen3 laptop that can.
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Yeah, well, DP 2.0 is essentially USB4 alt mode so if they support USB4 they should be able to support DP 2.0 too. Hence why I wonder what "Ready" means there.
 
DegustatoR said:
Yeah, well, DP 2.0 is essentially USB4 alt mode so if they support USB4 they should be able to support DP 2.0 too. Hence why I wonder what "Ready" means there.
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We have plenty of Intel products supporting USB4 but not DP2.0, they're all limited to 1.4a
 
DegustatoR said:
Yeah, well, DP 2.0 is essentially USB4 alt mode so if they support USB4 they should be able to support DP 2.0 too. Hence why I wonder what "Ready" means there.
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It means AMD has their DisplayPort2.0 implemenetation done and the devices are "Ready". Currently, lots of devices still use DP1.4a(or older) as the standard.

Example, taken from my new DELL 27", it's only 1080p so doesn't need better than DP1.2 however new monitors with 4K or 8K might require DP2.0 to take advantage of the compression standards, power etc.

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https://vesa.org/press/vesa-publish...-for-4k-hdr-and-virtual-reality-applications/
 
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About 30% faster than a 1650 (launched three years ago) for a 30% higher price than 1650? What a deal.
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Well, the 4 GB 5500 XT launched at $169, and the 6500 XT looks to be about 10% smaller, with significantly less power consumption. So I presume the pricing is due to the current climate (1650s selling at $325+).
 
DegustatoR said:
Rembrandt looks very interesting for a low power but capable machine which you will probably be able to use for many years until you'll run into compatibility issues.
Has it been disclosed anywhere what "DP 2.0 Ready" means btw?
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DP 2.0 being "launched" is a bit misleading. While the spec was finalized all the way back in mid 2019 and "launched" with products scheduled for late 2020 that hasn't really been the case in practice. It was last reported in early 2021 that the tools required for certification/testing were delayed and weren't expected until mid 2021 with products (displays) being announced late 2021. Given that no display products have been announced yet even with CES 2022 I wonder if there were/are further delays.
 
Another announcement. Since it's almost impossible to buy this stuff, I think the only way to thrill me sufficiently is to bring out a new architecture. ;)

I stumbled upon the weekly AMD stock drop this Thursday due to some chance bookmark clickage. I opened their queue system up in a bunch of browser windows, one on a different IP, one on my phone. The waits were all >1 hour and the store was out of inventory in about 10 minutes anyway.
 
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