AMD Radeon RX 6000 “Big Navi” RDNA2 Graphics Card Launch

October 28, 2020

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After totally appetizing us with its “Where Gaming Begins: Episode 1” occasion asserting the Ryzen 5000 sequence “Zen 3” processors that supply as much as 19% IPC positive factors, within the second Episode, we see the corporate asserting its next-generation Radeon RX 6000 “Big Navi” graphics playing cards based mostly on the RDNA2 graphics structure that introduce full DirectX 12 Ultimate readiness, together with real-time raytracing {hardware}. In the run as much as the RX 6000, NVIDIA is already reportedly getting ready product-stack updates. In this liveblog, we uncover what has NVIDIA riled up, and whether or not AMD can pull off higher pricing and availbility than the RTX 30-series.

Update 15:59 UTC: It is time! Welcome to the Radeon RX 6000 Series reside weblog.

Update 16:01 UTC: AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su takes centerstage, contemporary off an excellent quarterly outcomes announcement, and that massive Xilinx acquisition announcement.

Update 16:03 UTC: FarCry 6 looks like an AMD optimized title.

Update 16:03 UTC: Possibly the flagship product.

Update 16:04 UTC: AMD is the place gaming begins as a result of next-gen consoles belief it. – Dr Su

Update 16:05 UTC: 50% generational enchancment in perf/W.

Update 16:06 UTC: 26.7 billion transistors, virtually as massive as GA102

Update 16:07 UTC: RDNA2 has a breakthrough high-speed design.

Update 16:08 UTC: AMD RDNA2 compute unit 30% extra power environment friendly.

Update 16:09 UTC: InfinityCache works to considerably enhance reminiscence bandwidth, based mostly on the Zen L3 cache. More than 2.17x bandwidth acquire regardless of 256-bit.