I love how a 10% performance loss translates into " sucks big time". The AMD GPUs aren't that good and the driveres suck? Have you seen the new UI and the amount of tweaking you can do with an AMD GPU? Show me a card from reviews and benchmarks that is faster than the 5700XT and at the same time cheaper? There is no doubt that the 2080 Super and 2080TI are faster and both are $1000-$1700 cards even the 2070 Super is a little bit faster but at least 40% more than the 5700XT. All of those cards are way more expensive than the 5700XT. In Canada we have to pay more for parts generally speaking, an AIB 5700XT for $499 is Academic in my mind if you are looking for the best price/performance option.
He's not wrong with this statement though. It wasn't just 10%.
FX-8350's ST and IPC was not competitive to what the
i7-3770K offered (and it barely matched the i5-3470). It was... competitive at multi-threaded tasks and had good pricing. This is from my experience as I had both (FX-8350 and i5-3470/3570k) back in 2012.
Well the 2080TI is the fastest card you can buy but I seem to remember those cards had dying issues at launch. Is there anyone today that would not take a 2080TI if it was offered to you? I doesn't matter what you or I say or feel Navi does perform as advertised. Some owners of 5700XT have had issues but is that number higher than the dead 2080TIs or any other issues with GPU series ?
The argument here is that bringing up the 2080 Ti "dying at launch" issue can easily be rectified by doing a RMA (or returning the product to the reseller). The only hassle would be the RMA process and time spent, but at least you would be getting a working replacement. And even if the replacement was still bad, you're still within the warranty period. Consumer protection FTW!
The AMD driver issue, even if its just software, is more of a pain as you wouldn't be sure if the drivers will be at a stable state until the developers reach that point. For me, right now, it is stable on 20.Q1.1 (and on 20.2.2 when I tried it in February), but it sure wasn't when I was on 19.9.x, but it did get better with 19.10.x, etc.
If you buy a RX 5700 XT now and install the latest drivers, and it doesn't end up as stable as you want, would you still give the card a chance and keep it as it goes outside the 15/30 day return policy or even the warranty? I wouldn't of kept my RX 5700 XT if 19.10.x didm't address the TDR/blackscreen issues.
This is why I suggest for anyone (not just
@Rickkins) to try the card out. If it's not stable after setting it up and configuring it, return it.
