How long have we been waiting for driver quality from AMD? Decades. It'll never happen. Great GPU hardware let down by software.

All I will say is this 7600 is a much better GPU than that POS RX6500XT scam.

The Flying Penguin wrote on May 24, 2023, 14:50:
I highly recommend the Gamer's Nexus review -

LOL -- middle of the night update on a random street in Taiwan. Hilarious.

Meh, another boring product barely better than what has been available for a year or so. A card that if they really wanted to compete would be $250 max or even more radical, $200. That would give them room for custom cards to hit $250 and a two month lead on the 4060 at $299. 8GB is fine for 1080p...medium to high settings. New games are already pushing the limit of 8GB at 1080p, it will only get worse over the next two years.

But hey, at least its not $399.

Hey man, I know. It hurts me to say that, lol. PC gaming is almost officially, a rich kids hobbie. I sure as hell know growing up, I would have never been able to afford the prices graphic cards are these days. When I was, 300 bucks was like, sell my liver, but it got me if I recall a BFG Nvidia 6800GT. At that time, it was one of the top if not the top of the line card.

Now the struggle has to be real for kids if they want to dive into the very best components.

I thought I was off my fucking rocker when I got a BFG 8800GTX for ~$550, but boy could that thing run Crysis... and that beast was solid for YEARS.

Yeah the price range of what is now considered a mid tier card has grown way too much for my taste. Not ideal when I'm making far less than I used to.

Slick wrote on May 24, 2023, 16:49:

Xero wrote on May 24, 2023, 15:24:
I don't think anyone who buys a video card under 800-700 bucks should expect quality gaming over 1080p.

My god how the times have changed.

Also looking back at some benchmarks, this performance tier is roughly that of a 1080ti, which you can also get at about the same price (250). I wish there was just one tier of GPU, and extended hardware support without having to handle all these SKUs. Imagine how much e-waste would be prevented.

Hey man, I know. It hurts me to say that, lol. PC gaming is almost officially, a rich kids hobbie. I sure as hell know growing up, I would have never been able to afford the prices graphic cards are these days. When I was, 300 bucks was like, sell my liver, but it got me if I recall a BFG Nvidia 6800GT. At that time, it was one of the top if not the top of the line card.

Now the struggle has to be real for kids if they want to dive into the very best components.

Xero wrote on May 24, 2023, 15:24:
I don't think anyone who buys a video card under 800-700 bucks should expect quality gaming over 1080p.

My god how the times have changed.

Also looking back at some benchmarks, this performance tier is roughly that of a 1080ti, which you can also get at about the same price (250). I wish there was just one tier of GPU, and extended hardware support without having to handle all these SKUs. Imagine how much e-waste would be prevented.

Kxmode wrote on May 24, 2023, 12:37:
"For legions of gamers" doesn't seem like a lot.

Better than, "For platoons of gamers."

The Flying Penguin wrote on May 24, 2023, 14:50:
I highly recommend the Gamer's Nexus review - just intro and conclusions, and whatever benchmarks interest you. Very interesting. Steve is not saying it's bad card. Actually it's a good budget card at a good budget price, although the 8GB Ram is disappointing.

But the fact that AMD dropped the MSRP $30 (down to $270 from $300) the day before the end of the NDA, gives Steve the impression that AMD knows something about the upcoming RTX4060 that we don't, so he recommends waiting a month to see. It could be NVidia was stung so badly by the backlash of the 4060ti release, that price vs performance of the 4060 may be a better deal. Like MAYBE the 4060 will be $300 and AMD felt they had to price the 7600 competitively. We'll see.

Oh, and it's also fun listening to Steve give AMD shit for the last minute price change and forcing him to record a new intro and conclusion on the streets of Taipei.

This is not really a 1440p card, but plenty of gamers play at 1080p. It's nice to see a real budget priced card with decent performance. I have a few friends who are gaming on 980s and 1080s who can't afford much more than $300.

I don't think anyone who buys a video card under 800-700 bucks should expect quality gaming over 1080p. I also don't think unless you have a huge monitor that 4K gaming is worth it yet. I've been super stoked with the performance to looks balance of 2560 by 1440, aka 2K. It doesn't entirely stress my 3090 much and I can run everything maxed out and looking beautiful on my 27inch which is also a great sized gaming monitor if you sit close.

Though yeah, don't try complaining if you're wondering why you can't 4K with a sub 500 dollar card.

I highly recommend the Gamer's Nexus review - just intro and conclusions, and whatever benchmarks interest you. Very interesting. Steve is not saying it's bad card. Actually it's a good budget card at a good budget price, although the 8GB Ram is disappointing.

But the fact that AMD dropped the MSRP $30 (down to $270 from $300) the day before the end of the NDA, gives Steve the impression that AMD knows something about the upcoming RTX4060 that we don't, so he recommends waiting a month to see. It could be NVidia was stung so badly by the backlash of the 4060ti release, that price vs performance of the 4060 may be a better deal. Like MAYBE the 4060 will be $300 and AMD felt they had to price the 7600 competitively. We'll see.

Oh, and it's also fun listening to Steve give AMD shit for the last minute price change and forcing him to record a new intro and conclusion on the streets of Taipei.

This is not really a 1440p card, but plenty of gamers play at 1080p. It's nice to see a real budget priced card with decent performance. I have a few friends who are gaming on 980s and 1080s who can't afford much more than $300.

This comment was edited on May 24, 2023, 15:22.

For 1080p 60fps gamers somewhere between this and 4060 will do fine. Price seems right for this at $270. Hopefully driver quality is good from AMD.

I guess these 4060s and 7600s are really for that. It's basically like, my old build using a 1070ti at 1080p, except I couldn't run the newer bells and whistles. While it handled most newer games fine, I couldn't enable any of the newer graphic options. I imagine these cards are designed to allow you to do that, and since only recommended for 1080p, the clockspeeds and vram they're bringing are more than enough to handle that. Just don't dare increasing your resolution any higher while maintaining all the bells and whistles.

"For legions of gamers" doesn't seem like a lot.