I Gamed on a 4GB GPU: AMD Screws Gamers Again in 2026 - Hardware Unboxed (youtu.be)

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[-] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Okay, I get that it's a brand new gpu, but nobody is buying a fucking bottom-tier card to play just-released AAA games. These cards are for the League of Legends/Valorant/Roket League players of the world. Testing the card with 007, Indiana Jones, Cyberpunk... Is just stupid. That's not what the card is for.

The correct way to do this video: play realistic games for this card, compare it against other modern cards in regards to price and performance within those games, compare also against used cards that can offer similar performance or better price per dollar, compare it in a build that makes sense for people who just want to play those games.

The whole video is unnecessarily 1 hour long, to make a point they could have made in 5 minutes. And they must have wasted hours upon hours of production on this, instead of actually making a video that could realistically inform a consumer's choice.

This is part of the reason I have stopped watching HUB. Their video ideas are just out of the loop. This video would have been much better as an article. The video should be something different.

[-] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Somewhat true, but I also don't think these cards actually fit that market with the prices especially for those stuck on PCIe3.0 hardware. Imagine buying a new pre-built for a decent sum of money and still being stuck with ~2016 (1050Ti/RX570 4GB) limitations. (even the 8GB version seems to perform just below the RTX 5050, which has lower MSRP but seems to be controversial due to the price)

Maybe the market really is just this terrible, but it does seem like waste of sand territory. I do think this says more about how bloated (and "upgrade your PC" CEO says) games are, though.

Makes me wonder if somebody could chop things down

(downscaling and color quantization) and if it'd make enough difference to justify it, though that would take a lot of work/knowledge (to not look terrible) while already be in legal non-gray area* just like re-packs while also being as niche as Doom-2016 low-spec settings. Practically de-make territory.

* As in you couldn't legally distribute it even as a post-install texture pack (for games that support that). Maybe it could be done via a script, but this does not allow data saving, and would be really bad if you decide you don't like the look (and I assume for something like Steam you'd have to be careful that it doesn't re-download the original textures).

EDIT: I'm seeing some sites say it's x16, but the wccftech article says both 8GB and 4GB models have PCIe 5.0 x8 (so it could be an issue for even those on PCIe 4.0 motherboards). The 4GB model also has a half memory bus though I don't know how much that matters especially with differing memory speeds/generations.

Also seems like it needs a power cable still, but maybe the 4GB version is low enough power that a pcie-power-only version could exist.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Tldr?

[-] iamthetot@piefed.ca 7 points 1 day ago

He gamed on a 4GB GPU, and feels that AMD screwed gamers again in 2026.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Why

[-] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

Because 4 GB was not much VRAM 10 years ago. It is absurdly little today.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

What does AMD have to do with that?

[-] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago

They designed it and chose the specs, MSRP, and most importantly decided to use the same name rather than something like RX 9040/9030.

Though even for the 8GB, compare this to criticism around nVidia's RTX 5050 for its pricing (slightly better performance and lower MSRP than RX 9050 8 GB). nVidia had controversies with same-name cut-down parts as well.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Ah yeah, they really seem to enjoy confusing the absolute shit out of their customers for some reason.

[-] AudaciousArmadillo@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

My guy. Just watch the video if you care that much. AMD is releasing a 4GB video card in 2026. It predictably sucks ass.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't care that much. Your summary vindicates my decision not to watch the >1 hour long video.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

There's a "not" too much.

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