AMD has managed to compete again in the processor market
thanks to innovative technologies and products with good value for money. Ryzen
processors, including the latest Ryzen 9 3900XT , have managed to break through
Intel's long- standing dominance.
In the field of GPUs, the run-up to NVIDIA has instead
become more difficult. AMD has chosen to start from the low and medium range
with its first generation RDNA video cards, which have convinced on the
performance front but still remain technologically behind their rivals, who
have already been able to count on Ray Tracing and especially on DLSS for two
years. , technology that has made a lot of talk about itself in the last
period, considering the excellent implementation seen in Death Stranding.
AMD will have to give NVIDIA a hard time even at the high
end if it intends to really compete in the market, offering not only
performance suitable for the enthusiast segment but also support for the latest
technologies, such as Ray Tracing. That's why the expectation for RDNA 2 GPUs
is high , for a product destined to be talked about a lot, also for its link
with the console world.
So much power but also so many mysteries
RDNA 2 video cards are shrouded in utter mystery. The
secrecy is such that, in these months of announcements in the console field,
Sony and Microsoft have had to focus on aspects such as the SSD or audio
systems, without ever revealing anything about the technologies used for the
PS5 and Xbox Series X GPUs, if not the specs as well. Nothing has been said, if
not very superficial information , on how Ray Tracing will be managed, or on
the possibility of seeing technologies similar to DLSS. We believe that this
communication strategy derives precisely from AMD's desire not to show the
features of RDNA 2 too soon, thus benefiting NVIDIA, whose RTX 3000 series
should make its debut by September.
It is no coincidence that the information leaked online, all
to be verified, focuses only on the performance of the new cards and on the
technical data, even in this case there are no references to the management of
Ray Tracing or to technologies similar to DLSS. The certainties are the
production process, at 7 nm but improved compared to the current generation,
the possibility of managing Ray Tracing and the increase in performance, which
AMD calculates at + 50% compared to current solutions. The release should take
place in the months of October-November , AMD has indicated a generic "Q4
2020", but we doubt that the American house wants to launch RDNA 2 too
close to Christmas.
In recent days, new rumors have also emerged, which describe
the possible characteristics of Navi 21, the chip that should be mounted on the
AMD flagship. According to rumors it should be equipped with 80 Compute Units,
for a total of 5120 Stream Processors , double the current RX 5700 XT.
The hypotheses in the field provide a clock of 1700 MHz for
the GPU, for a total power of 17.5 TFLOP
On the memory front we should see variants with HBM2, but
they should be destined for the professional sector, and with GDDR6, more
suitable for consumer video cards, given the lower cost. All the other features
and technologies inside the RDNA 2 GPUs remain hidden for now, we should wait
for the presentation, or more substantial leaks, to better understand what the
next generation of AMD video cards will be like.
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