well well well another AMD GPU is gonna be launched and no it's not the RX 5800
it's the RX 5500 my friends yeah let's just take a moment to appreciate the
energy and the tech that goes behind manufacturers GPUs prompts to AMD man
come on let's give them a round of applause you know let's let's take a
moment to reflect upon AMD just do that just take a moment didn't ya
just just now I know that a lot of you guys were hoping for something that
would compete against the RTX 2080 TI or some other high-end GPUs from Nvidia or
even the more affordable GTX 1660 series but that isn't the case with this new
GPU in fact it does neither of those and if we were to expect a higher end GPU
from AMD with the current shortages affecting in DSM nanometer process it
would significantly take it would take us longer time for for those to even
come out in the first place so there's that but before you ignore the rx 5500
just because it's a boring entry-level graphics card from AMD you need to know
a few things like why we think this might be an DS or one of AMD's most
important GPU launches of 2019 why it needs to succeed or how it could fail so
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flashback basically while AMD's mid to high-end GPUs have received a regular
updates over the past few years their entry-level models haven't that means a
lot of the Radeon cards in pre-built desktops and notebooks are based off an
architecture that's four years old even on retail shelves
almost every aimed a GPU that's under $200 is an rx 500 series that's built
around a forge NGC and Technology now four years might not sound like a lot
but in tech terms that's a lifetime guys especially when we have Nvidia launching
much more powerful and efficient GP that's relatively affordable as well so
basically AMD was in desperate need of an update and that's where the RX 5500
series comes into play because it's based off the new seven nanometer rDNA
architecture from a speck standpoint they're gonna be a couple of cards being
offered and pricing isn't available yet even though they'll be available in
October or November on the desktop site they'll be both four gigabytes and a
gigabyte cards with 14 gigabits per second G DDR six which operates on a
128-bit memory bus and offers 1408 cores across 22 compute units that's a little
more than half of what the rx 5700 XT has personally I think the RX 5500 M
will be targeted towards slim and light notebooks and its specs are pretty
similar to the desktop Varian it operates at lower clocks and has four
gigabytes of memory as usual the rDNA architecture significantly improves
performance while lowering power consumption and also decreasing die size
honestly for desktop users these things are less of a concern but this is a huge
deal for the notebook market Amy didn't really share all that much about
performance but what they did show was pretty interesting these numbers are
accurate then expect roughly the same frame rates as an RX 580 or something
that sits between the gtx 1650 and a gtx 1660 so this actually brings me to one
of the reasons why the RX 5500 might be so important for AMD right now Nvidia
doesn't have anything that can directly compete against it in the desktop or
notebook segments sure that might change in the next few months but the Radeon
lineup desperately needed some fresh blood and affordable price points the
only red flag here is that these numbers are expected performance rather than
actual numbers so keep that in mind personally I think the big highlight of
this launch is the RX 5500 M because right now the GTX 1650 mobile GPU offers
an amazing combination of performance and efficiency for thin and light
notebooks for example the new Razer Blade stealth will come with an Intel I
select CPU and the option for GTX 1650 graphics the RX 5500 could give notebook
manufacturers access to even more graphics horsepower in their small
form-factor designs so why is the r 5500 so important for AMD well first of
all a gift system builders an alternative to the GTX 1654 they're more
affordable gaming rigs secondly it can be used in notebooks where GPU is like
the RX 570 Rx 580 or even the 5700 series cannot be used because they
simply produce way too much heat and of course consume a lot of power
seriously the Radeon lineup needed newer products so that they can sell it in
bigger volumes to fund future development and that's exactly what's
happening here it actually allows notebook manufacturers like MSI to come
up with designs like this the Alpha 15 which is a 15-inch thin and light gaming
notebook it has a 37 50 H CPU the RX 5500 144 Hertz freesync display and more
which is exactly what we would want from an all AMD gaming notebook that's a big
step away from something like the cheap-looking FX 505 we saw at this
year's CES but what about the concerns that I mentioned at the beginning of
this video well those come down to power consumption and heat management since
while AMD RX 5500 M is an improvement over previous generation it still looks
inefficient compared to invidious nubuck models you see AMD claims that the RX
5500 M has a nominal power consumption of 85 watts and that can be configured
upwards or downwards based on what a notebook design requires meanwhile
Nvidia claims their gtx 660ti notebook GPU can be configured anywhere from 60
watts to 80 watts even though both AMD and NVIDIA measured power consumption
differently the performance difference between these two GPUs is gonna be
massive but they have similar power specs also just for your reference is
the GTX 1650 Mobile is rated between 30 watts and 60 watts heat and power
consumption are two huge factors for notebook manufacturers so we'll just
have to wait and see how they able to incorporate the new Rx 5500 now
another issue that I might see a me run to is delays caused by bottlenecks in
these some nanometer manufacturing process you see we're already starting
to see prices on rising 3000 CPUs skyrocket and that could potentially
affect availability of these new GPUs so that's definitely something that I'm a
little worried about so that pretty much covers everything and you know what guys
I'm actually pretty excited for this little graphics card
because it gets the latest architecture from AMD into a smaller form factor and
power envelope and I think that's a great alternative for system builders
who are looking to build affordable gaming rigs and that's great news but I
want to know your thoughts about the Ark's 5500 in the comments down below
I'm really curious to know what you guys think are you excited about it because I
know it's pretty boring but curious to see where the curses really know what
your thoughts are I mean were with Hardware Canucks thank you so much watching
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