Hello ๐
This is my first post on the fediverse after ditching Reddit, still trying to figure out how it works so I may be posting this wrong, in which case my apologies ๐
After the slight disappointment that is the RTX 4070 and overpriced RTX 4080/4090, I'm looking at potentially getting an RX 7900XT. The price has dropped from ~800 in March to ~720 this month. What I'm wondering is if it's worth copping it now that's it's slightly cheaper? Would it be a future proof card?
I'm not yet massively sold on ray tracing or DLSS or any of that stuff and I'm hoping that the power that card can output make up for it.
No AMD would be future proof. Future is AI tech. Unfortunately AMD has none of it. Until AMD gets the equivalent of Tensor cores, I wouldn't recommend it. AI tech is moving REAL fast, and there is a lot to be gained in speed, physics and fidelity.
Which is a good reason why you should not settle too fast for any "silicon baked" solution. So far tensors are a buzzword for the people with "fear of missing out", and I certainly don't want any technology that is so demanding on energy that it requires a specific architecture to run. Our houses are becoming ovens and we need to make these graphic cards less demanding, not more demanding, not more sophisticated.
That is fair, it's a real shame AMD hasn't caught up yet with AI yet. I have managed to bash my Tensorflow to use my RX 580 but it's not as smooth or stable as an Nvidia card.
It should be fine unless you need CUDA. Most games coming out will have AMD FSR baked in which is close enough to DLSS. AMD typically is higher VRAM which is the best thing to have to "future" proof.
FSR 3 is just around to corner too, right? ๐