2024 is looking like a crazy year for graphics cards. Rumors are starting to build up for RTX 5000 series from Nvidia, along with AMD's RX 8000 series. However, some of the rumors for AMD's RDNA 4 are looking odd... like this is a generation of GPUs that they are wanting to "pass over" or something. Could be because the tech isn't there yet, they need to catch up on software, or they just don't think it is worth it. Let's explore this. ==JOIN THE DISCORD!== https://discord.gg/xbVEkhPJ72 MLID: https://youtu.be/Hbx4AUcQ5do?si=-GyFZHwk6ik-zorF https://youtu.be/vyQxNN9EF3w?si=9dW3VIuxJ-SdBII3&t=5237 GN: https://youtu.be/We71eXwKODw?si=cFOkgRJeai-Sc5S6 HUB: https://youtu.be/vfI2CIcqWII?si=bA3tEowzWLUhoTlU https://youtu.be/Lcb1dpe2IhE?si=6hgl3nd6ZQ_HQlIa https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-rtx-5080-blackwell-gpus-launch-q4-2024-rumor/ https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-allegedly-testing-geforce-rtx-50-gpu-coolers-ranging-from-250w-to-600w https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/ https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1192/amd-reports-first-quarter-2024-financial-results https://investor.nvidia.com/news/press-release-details/2024/NVIDIA-Announces-Financial-Results-for-Fourth-Quarter-and-Fiscal-2024/ https://www.tweaktown.com/news/92710/is-amd-giving-up-battling-nvidia-at-the-top-end-rumor-claims-rdna-4-wont-have-high-gpus/index.html https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-may-be-giving-up-rdna-4/#:~:text=Rumor%20has%20it%20that%20AMD,RX%207900%20XTX%20and%20beyond. https://x.com/TechEpiphanyYT/status/1724103454468051254 https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/radeon-8000-half-rtx-4080-price https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-5700-xt.c3339 https://www.techpowerup.com/322081/amd-to-redesign-ray-tracing-hardware-on-rdna-4?cp=5 https://game.intel.com/us/stories/intel-xess-1-3/ https://community.amd.com/t5/gaming/amd-fsr-3-1-announced-at-gdc-2024-fsr-3-available-and-upcoming/ba-p/674027/jump-to/first-unread-message https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/ic4bn1/amd_ray_tracing_implementation/ 0:00- What Nvidia seems to be cookin 0:44- Current State of AMD 3:48- The RX 7900 XTX is good 4:38- Does it matter? 9:11- The RDNA Beast could've been a freak 9:55- The Future of RayTracing on AMD 12:05- FSR is kind of a mess that needs fixing 13:54- Too little, too late?