AMD’s Own Marketing Admits Radeon RX 7900 GPU Value May Be Delayed

AMD’s marketing efforts to power up its graphics cards probably inadvertently pointed out that the newly launched Radeon RX 7900 GPUs may be worth less than their predecessors.

AMD published a blog post this week(opens in new window) Encouraging consumers to buy Radeon GPUs. In our blog post, we did this by comparing the frames per second (FPS) on both the Radeon RX 7900 series and his previous generation Radeon RX 6000 line.

It’s no surprise that the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT cards can deliver the highest FPS rates at the highest resolutions. But AMD went one step further and created a chart showing FPS per dollar for each graphics card.

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The results show that the RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT lag behind the older Radeon RX 6000 series on this metric. According to the graph, the mid-range Radeon RX 6700 XT offers the best he FPS value per dollar considering the street price of $369.

Meanwhile, the RX 7900 XTX and 7900XT start at $999 and $899 respectively. So, in a way, buying either product means forking more cash if you’re strictly looking at FPS per dollar rates, but for less in return.

However, in AMD’s defense, the marketing image looks at FPS rates in 1080p gaming, not 1440p or 2160p. The Radeon RX 7900 series is designed to run PC games at 4K or 8K resolutions. So playing games at 1080p with either card is a bit of a waste.

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That said, the same AMD graph shows the high-end Radeon RX 6950 XT (priced at $699), offering much higher FPS per dollar than the Radeon 7900 card while still offering high frame rates. doing. The same goes for the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which currently retails for $579.

By the way, marketing images highlight consumer dissatisfaction with the high prices of current GPU generations. PC graphics card prices used to range from $300 to nearly $500. However, this latest generation from both AMD and Nvidia focuses on high-end GPUs ranging from $899 to over $1,699. So there are already signs that consumers are ignoring this generation of GPUs in hopes of finding better value in the future.