Among the articles this week, the test report on AMD's RDNA 2 refresh received the most attention. A few months before the launch of the next-gen RDNA 3 series, the (tepid) infusion saw the light of day in the form of Radeon RX 6650 XT, Radeon RX 6750 XT and Radeon RX 6950 XT.
Not more than a (lukewarm) infusion
However, the three new graphics cards cannot be described as exciting, instead they are small updates compared to the Radeon RX 6600 XT, Radeon RX 6750 XT and Radeon RX 6950 XT, which are allowed to absorb a little more energy. therefore clock higher and rely on a slightly faster memory. But that was it, which is why the differences are small. The series also changes little in the pecking order in the benchmarks. For example, the Radeon RX 6950 XT lags behind the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and the Radeon RX 6750 XT lags just behind the GeForce RTX 3070. However, it is positive that all three Radeons are readily available and priced close to the old models higher RRP. Nevertheless, in the end there is a hefty surcharge compared to the predecessors on the market.
The report on the new ID took second place. Software 3.0 and its Park Assist Plus assistance system with memory function in the VM ID.5, which enables automatic parking in various situations – specifically tested using the VW ID.5 as an example. In the end, it doesn't necessarily park better than the driver. Depending on the scenario, the system was able to successfully perform the automatic parking or not. Ultimately, the assistance system seems to make sense above all for the last few meters from the street to your own property and from there to your own permanent parking space.
I moved to third place End of the week the test of AMD FSR 2.0. The temporal upscaler was convincing in the test, even if it didn't quite come close to DLSS in the first available game (Deathloop). However, both technologies have optical advantages and disadvantages and FSR 2.0 runs not only on certain, but on many generations of graphics cards from AMD, Nvidia and potentially also Intel.
Most Read Tests & Reports
-
Test
RX 6650 XT, 6750 XT, 6950 XT update AMD's rehash for waiting for RDNA 3
286 Comments Wolfgang Andermahr 100%
-
Report
VW ID.5 test drive Parks alone as well or badly as you do
289 Comments Nicolas La Rocco 77%
-
Test
FidelityFX Super Resolution Update FSR 2.0 leaves 1.0 far behind, but DLSS keeps up
395 Comments Wolfgang Andermahr 75%
-
Report
Sunday question Which manufacturer offers good and which bad tools?
180 Comments Sven Bauduin 52%
-
Test
Lian Li A4-H2O 11 liters of space for powerful Mini-ITX PCs
98 Comments Jan Wichmann 46%
-
Review
Synology RT6600ax Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Router offers 2.5GbE and many features
35 Comments Frank Hüber 28%
-
Retro
Tested 15 years ago 5D ALUs didn't help the HD 2900 XT against the 8800 either Desktop CPU sales plummet
AMD has also made it to first place in the reports, even if the manufacturer is only part of the message. Desktop processors are generally showing falling sales figures, according to analysts this is the largest percentage decline in decades or records since 1993. Sales fell by more than 30 percent in the first quarter, with AMD still in the shrinking market best section. Mercury Research sees the weaknesses primarily in the entry-level market. AMD is not as present in this, so the impact on Intel is much greater.
Most read news & Notes
- 1 Processor market shares Desktop market collapses completely, but AMD still wins 100%
- 2 AMD Raphael Zen -4 CPU with integrated RDNA-2 GPU in use 93%
- 3 Deutsche Telekom New prepaid tariffs get more data volume and 5G 90%
- 4 Duke Nukem Forever Build from the Year 2001 makes the rounds on the internet 90%
- 5 Pixel 6a Google smartphone for the middle class costs 459 euros 90%
- 6 phone (1) Telekom will sell the Nothing smartphone 83%
- 7 GeForce RTX 3000 LHR NiceHash, NBMiner & Bypass T-Rex Mining Brake 2.0 81%
- 8 Immersive View Google Maps gets almost photorealistic view 75%
More benchmarks and the infotainment system Sync 4
Next week there will be more benchmarks for AMD's FSR 2.0, which will have to show in Deathloop how much better performance the upsampling has old graphics cards like the GeForce GTX 1000 and Radeon RX 500 series. Also on the to-do list is a test of Ford's Sync 4 infotainment system.
With this reading material in your luggage, the editors wish you a relaxing Sunday!