{"id":1931,"date":"2020-09-10T08:35:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T06:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=366818"},"modified":"2020-09-10T08:35:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T06:35:41","slug":"amd-reveals-launch-date-for-new-graphics-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/09\/10\/amd-reveals-launch-date-for-new-graphics-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD reveals launch date for new graphics cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AMD-5700.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>AMD has announced that it will launch its new graphics card range on 28 October.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cAMD <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#RDNA2<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> architecture and Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards will bring the best of Radeon to gamers worldwide. Learn more October 28,\u201d said the company in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Radeon\/status\/1303726639013036033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>tweet<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>AMD has yet to reveal details about its next-generation graphics cards, but it is known that they will compete with Nvidia\u2019s RTX 30 series.<\/p>\n<p>The company previously <a href=\"https:\/\/wccftech.com\/amd-big-navi-rdna-2-gpu-powered-radeon-rx-6000-series-unveil-tomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>claimed<\/strong><\/a> that these RDNA 2 GPUs will see a similar performance jump over its first-generation RDNA graphics cards to the boost Zen 2 processors delivered over Zen 1.<\/p>\n<p>This means the RDNA 2 GPUs may offer a 50% increase in performance per watt compared to the previous generation of graphics cards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wccftech.com\/amd-big-navi-rdna-2-gpu-powered-radeon-rx-6000-series-unveil-tomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>WccfTech<\/strong><\/a> also believes the new AMD graphics cards will offer the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Optimized 7nm process node<\/li>\n<li>Enthusiast-grade desktop graphics card options<\/li>\n<li>Hardware-level ray tracing support<\/li>\n<li>A mix of GDDR6 graphics cards<\/li>\n<li>More power-efficient than first-gen Navi GPUs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ultimately, however, AMD\u2019s goal is to disrupt the 4K gaming sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimilar to Ryzen, all of us need a thriving Radeon GPU ecosystem. So, are we going after 4K, and going to similarly disrupt 4K? Absolutely, you can count on that,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamesn.com\/amd\/navi-4k-graphics-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>said<\/strong><\/a> Radeon product management lead Mithun Chandrasekhar.<\/p>\n<p>AMD also announced that it will launch its next-generation Zen 3 processors on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMD\/status\/1303727083747766274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>8 October<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Nvidia unveils RTX 30 series<\/h3>\n<p>Nvidia recently <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/365822-nvidia-launches-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards-pricing-and-specifications.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>revealed<\/strong><\/a> its competitor to the upcoming Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards \u2013 the GeForce RTX 30 Series graphics cards.<\/p>\n<p>These graphics cards are based on the company\u2019s Ampere GPU architecture, and will deliver up to 2x the performance and 1.9x the power efficiency of the previous-generation RTX 20 Series.<\/p>\n<p>The three cards unveiled by Nvidia are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The GeForce RTX 3090 is the most powerful card available in the new series, and will reportedly allow gamers to play games at 60FPS in 8K resolution.<\/li>\n<li>The GeForce RTX 3080 is Nvidia\u2019s new flagship gaming GPU, delivering a \u201cgiant leap in performance\u201d over the previous generation, is built on a custom 8nm manufacturing process and sports 10GB VRAM.<\/li>\n<li>Nvidia\u2019s GeForce RTX 3070 is designed to offer a balance between performance and value, sporting 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM and the lowest price tag of the three new graphics cards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/366132-new-nvidia-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards-south-african-pricing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>to learn how much these graphics cards will cost at South African tech retailers.<\/p>\n<h3>Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/365822-nvidia-launches-rtx-30-series-graphics-cards-pricing-and-specifications.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nvidia launches RTX 30 Series graphics cards \u2013 Pricing and specifications<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/366818-amd-reveals-launch-date-for-new-graphics-cards.html\">Source: MyBroadband<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMD has announced that it will launch its new graphics card range on 28 October. \u201cAMD #RDNA2 architecture and Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards will bring the best of Radeon to gamers worldwide. Learn more October 28,\u201d said the company in a tweet. AMD has yet to reveal details about its next-generation graphics cards, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[52,53,54,55,56,8,57,59,72,60,61,62,63,64,65,66],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-co-za","tag-com","tag-affordable","tag-cheap","tag-cpanel","tag-development","tag-domain","tag-hosting","tag-interweb","tag-joomla","tag-registration","tag-reseller","tag-shared","tag-south-africa","tag-website","tag-wordpress"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interwebdev.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}