70W! That's not too bad though it is a bit of a pity that is around the lower end of power consumption in graphics adapters in the mains-connected computing end of the world. We need to do better with our wasting of electrical energy.
The issue with calling these "mid range" (both in the article, and by AMD) is that there isn't any new professional use card available below $ 400, never mind below $ 350. These cards here have their place, but AMD could do itself a favor and launch a 16 GB GDDR6 card with more muscle than the W7600. The current lineup leaves a huge gap, not just price wise, but also regarding RAM. AMD doesn't have anything between 8 GB (7500/7600), and the 32 GB VRAM of the next larger card that also costs four times as much. If they filled that hole with a decently fast 16 GB card, keep the power envelope at or under 200 Wh, maybe even (dare I suggest) give it ECC GDDR6, and price it under ~ $ 1000, they'd have that space almost to themselves.
I was thinking more like 32 or 64GB versions. ECC and 4x the bandwidth. It seems we aren't progressing much. I remember the vega64 cards with much more bandwidth. ECC should be standard on all these pro/workstation cards imo.
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PeachNCream - Thursday, August 3, 2023 - link
70W! That's not too bad though it is a bit of a pity that is around the lower end of power consumption in graphics adapters in the mains-connected computing end of the world. We need to do better with our wasting of electrical energy.Threska - Thursday, August 3, 2023 - link
Single-slot too is a big point for it.eastcoast_pete - Thursday, August 3, 2023 - link
The issue with calling these "mid range" (both in the article, and by AMD) is that there isn't any new professional use card available below $ 400, never mind below $ 350.These cards here have their place, but AMD could do itself a favor and launch a 16 GB GDDR6 card with more muscle than the W7600. The current lineup leaves a huge gap, not just price wise, but also regarding RAM. AMD doesn't have anything between 8 GB (7500/7600), and the 32 GB VRAM of the next larger card that also costs four times as much. If they filled that hole with a decently fast 16 GB card, keep the power envelope at or under 200 Wh, maybe even (dare I suggest) give it ECC GDDR6, and price it under ~ $ 1000, they'd have that space almost to themselves.
Magissia - Saturday, August 5, 2023 - link
This is exactly what I had in mind. A 16GB version of the Radeon Pro W7600 wouldn't hurt.Also wonder if the simultaneous encode is arbitrary, if it doesn't allow more than one 1080p it's annoying.
Soulkeeper - Monday, August 7, 2023 - link
I was thinking more like 32 or 64GB versions. ECC and 4x the bandwidth.It seems we aren't progressing much. I remember the vega64 cards with much more bandwidth. ECC should be standard on all these pro/workstation cards imo.