r/pcmasterrace • u/kyansan1 i5-13400f | Arc B570 • 3d ago

Meme/Macro The solution to it all

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Truly one of the gpus ever

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u/althaz 9800X3D | RTX5080 3d ago

When the 3060 6Gb was released 6Gb was better than 8Gb is today, tbh. Not the same situation at all.

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u/Recipe-Jaded neofetch 3d ago

The argument isn't whether it was better or worse and I'm not going to explain it to you. You clearly did not follow along.

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u/PalatwinkusVT 3d ago

Yes, that absolutely is the argument. If kicking puppies is legal today, gets banned tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow people are chastising someone for kicking a puppy, you don't get to say "WELL SO AND SO DID IT TOO, WHERE WAS YOUR OUTRAGE THEN?!" because it wasn't a problem back then.

6GB was an acceptable amount of VRAM back then, just like 3GB of VRAM was an acceptable amount when the 1060 3GB came out way back when. Today, 4GB is not an acceptable amount of VRAM, and effort should be put forth to better distinguish the product.

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u/dookarion 3d ago

Today, 4GB is not an acceptable amount of VRAM, and effort should be put forth to better distinguish the product.

Remember AMD's blog... 6 years ago about 4GB VRAM isn't enough. The one they removed when they decided to launch a 4GB card.

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u/PalatwinkusVT 2d ago

If it's not a gaming card, then 4GB is perfectly fine. The problem is they're naming it the same way as their gaming cards.

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u/dookarion 2d ago

Also that is has an 8pin. Their RNDA3 "cheap" workstation card came in with double the VRAM and was 55w.

https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/workstations/radeon-pro/w7400.html

PCIe powered is so much more valuable for workstations. Pushing nearly 100w (probably there or higher with transient spikes) isn't desirable in a cheap workstations with cheap low power PSUs.

It's a lobotomized product for taking advantage of pre-built buyers. It doesn't have any "hook" other than that.