It won't be. New GPUs almost always come in at very similar prices to old GPUs being liquidated. Especially at the mid end. The RTX 2060 6gb was being sold for like $260-280 by the end of its life and months before the 3060 arrived. At $280 it actually was frames per dollar than the RTX 3060, but with half the VRAM. The 3060 8GB launched like 2 years later is worse value than then RTX 2060 sales prices were.
The 7600 might match a 6700xt at 1080p, but not higher resolutions. The IPC RDNA3 has vs RDNA2 with the same CU count is only like 5% in raster. So it would need to hit like 3GHz to get to 6700xt performance even at 1080p.
>only like 5% in raster.
Let's be fair. Surely chiplet design will lose you a few % of IPC. So more like 8-10% for a monolithic design. But rumours are the RT accelerator isn't as good on Navi33 compared to Navi31 to cut cost. Not that it matters at this price point.
I don't think it has the memory bandwidth for a good 1440p performance, is the main issue. At 20gbps memory it has 11% more than a 6650xt, even though AMD brags about the memory bandwidth being much larger for L3 cache, it's still only the same 32mb.
Rumours is that the 7600 is clocked at 2.6 GHz boost.
I don't expect it significantly faster than the 2.6 GHz boost clocked 6650xt.
Maybe 5% more at best as the ipc suggests.
I think the 7900xt is claimed to be 2400 boost on AMDs website, but actually gets to 2600-2700 according to Gamers Nexus, but results seem to vary widely based on the the reviewer, and game. But I think 2800 actual body might be possible for the 7600. If it actually peaks at 2600 that be pretty bad, since I've seen the 6650xt hit like 2750mhz.
if its 2.6 ghz rated boost clock and 18 gbps (both of which are pretty much confirmed), it will only be as fast the 6650xt or little above that.
The 6650xt is already at 2.6ghz boost and has 17.5 gbps mem
We know RDNA2 -> RDNA3 has little to no gain in IPC just like rdna1 -> rdna2
That'd put the USD equivalent price at $279-$299 for a reference model probably, given what I know of Canadian market markups and aftermarket card pricing. No idea if that's reasonable for the card or not, but 6650 xt's seem to be on ebay for about the sameish (lots in the $400-500CAD range anyways)? So not insane.
Which is mad when you can gett 6600's/A750's for under 300 now. You're paying $100 for a \~10-15% improvement? Why would anyone buy a 6650XT in Canada anymore.
From the article:
We have received a tip from one of our readers that PC Canada is already listing two custom models from Sapphire and MSI. As per the product description, both cards are confirmed to feature 8GB VRAM and both have factory-overclocking.
According to the retailer, the Sapphire Pulse card could cost 451.99 CAD (336.76 USD), while MSI Mech 2X Classic is now listed at 443.99 CAD (330.80 USD). Neither of the two cards is in stock and there is no shipping date available at this moment.
As a reminder, pre-launch retail pricing is rarely accurate and there is no guarantee that the final price will be anything close to what is currently shown on the website. Given the unmoderated product names, one must assume that the data came from a distributor who is almost certainly listing placeholders as prices.
What we do learn from this leak is that both cards are undoubtedly coming soon (rumored May 25th release date), and it appears that most cards will ship with factory-overclocking. Another interesting tidbit is that MSI will launch Mech 2X Classic, which means a new SKU with an old cooling design.
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