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[Fulcrum29]

The 5070ti is better for ray tracing, not sure if it's 5k better

The RDNA 4 series does not natively support SM 6.9 in its entirety, nor 6.10. Several technologies have now been adopted by DirectX and are no longer exclusive to Nvidia. How will this play out in the short to medium term? Dunno, but anything below RDNA 4 does not look to be in a good spot.

Recently, Alan Wake 2 was also upgraded to DXR standards. RDNA 4, though it doesn’t support SER apart from a compliance check, which is still lacking in RDNA 3. RDNA 4 is also missing OMM.

Overall, RTX 40 and 50 are both more advanced, or bespoke, than RDNA 4.

This will change with RDNA 5, but that could still be six months to even 1.5 years away.

For now, RDNA 4 is still a good buy, but it isn’t strong in AI/ML workloads. It should only be considered as a gaming GPU. In a gaming sense, RDNA 4 is good value. Longevity is the question mark because we are rapidly moving into a software world where localized inference is key.

I mention this due to the skyrocketing GPU prices where upgrading couldn't be feasible.

My thinking still leans toward AMD wanting their customers to buy their partner's RDNA 5 consoles. If I’m right, they won't say it out loud.

 

[The Voice]

Maybe the undervolt and overclock were just a tad too aggressive?

I mean, it was stable as I had it for literally around 5 years, so who knows? Even slightly adjusting it didn't do much so had to remove everything except the undervolt in the end.

 

[The Voice]

The RDNA 4 series does not natively support SM 6.9 in its entirety, nor 6.10. Several technologies have now been adopted by DirectX and are no longer exclusive to Nvidia. How will this play out in the short to medium term? Dunno, but anything below RDNA 4 does not look to be in a good spot.

Recently, Alan Wake 2 was also upgraded to DXR standards. RDNA 4, though it doesn’t support SER apart from a compliance check, which is still lacking in RDNA 3. RDNA 4 is also missing OMM.

Overall, RTX 40 and 50 are both more advanced, or bespoke, than RDNA 4.

This will change with RDNA 5, but that could still be six months to even 1.5 years away.

For now, RDNA 4 is still a good buy, but it isn’t strong in AI/ML workloads. It should only be considered as a gaming GPU. In a gaming sense, RDNA 4 is good value. Longevity is the question mark because we are rapidly moving into a software world where localized inference is key.

I mention this due to the skyrocketing GPU prices where upgrading couldn't be feasible.

My thinking still leans toward AMD wanting their customers to buy their partner's RDNA 5 consoles. If I’m right, they won't say it out loud.

Another problem with my upgrade is I now have to upgrade my PSU to 850W, too, because my current ones 750W may not cut it if I decide to go the 9070 XT route. It uses a lot more juice than the 5070ti.