re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

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AMD has obviously has no answer for the 4090 but the 7900 XT and XTX both beat the 4070 Ti and 4080 in rasterization.

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The 7900xtx and 4080S are nearly within margin of error of each other, and the 7900xt is about 3% better than the 4070tiS.

In pure rasterization.

The Nvidia cards beat the brakes off of the AMD cards in RT while also having access to DLSS which is currently superior to FSR in upscaling (I have no opinion on their relative frame generation performance).

Now, while I’m sure there is a population of gamers out there that exclusively play at 4k, without upscaling, and without RT, I imagine that’s a relatively small percentage of the gaming population. For everyone else, the same tier AMD card has to be offered at a significant discount compared to the Nvidia card to be willing to sacrifice the feature set. Which is why the same tier Nvidia cards tend to sell for $100-$150 more than the same tier AMD card.

Now, to be clear, I’m not happy about this status quo. I think cards this gen, from both companies, are dogshit values. But, it is what it is, because people seem inclined to pay these prices for these cards, which is causing AMD’s market share gains to stall, and at times shrink.

And ultimately, none of the above really matters, because as you said, nothing comes close to the 4090. Hell, if the rumors are true, AMD might barely compete with the 4090 next gen.