To me the BIG question will be:

Has AMD marketing learned how to sell on AMD's strengths and avoid comparisons where they are weak?

Naturally this depends on the performance and pricing of the final silicon, and I wonder if the past hasn't seen some real disconnects between what marketing was being told and the reality of the products.

They need to sell what they have, not what they thought or wished they had. While we all wish they could come out with products that would meet or beat Intel's and nvidia's, that's not as important as them selling what they do have at a healthy profit with decent market share. Granted there is a lot of possible overlap in that, but it's not necessarily 100%.

For example, if they had a card at say the 1060's price point that was 15% better in most every way, and they had a good supply of it, that would be good for them, even if they couldn't match the 1070 or 1080 in the same way.




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