I know its still early to tell, but it seems to me that Ampere is a pretty big blow to AMD on 2 fronts.
Absolute performance blow with the RTX3090, I don't think AMD will have anything that could come anywhere close to it. So once again AMD won't be able to claim the performance crown.
Price/performace blow with the RTX3070, since its basically a RTX2080Ti for less than half the price. I think this is what's gonna hurt the most. If the rumors on NAVI20 performance are true on it being on par/faster than a RTX2080Ti. I'm sure AMD would have loved to release a card that could go head to head with the 2080Ti for cheaper, say $900~$1000, but now it will have to price it BELOW the $499 mark just to compete with the 3070.
Even if NAVI20 is faster then the 3070, still can't go much higher as it would get too close to RTX3080 territory.
Absolute performance blow with the RTX3090, I don't think AMD will have anything that could come anywhere close to it. So once again AMD won't be able to claim the performance crown.
Price/performace blow with the RTX3070, since its basically a RTX2080Ti for less than half the price. I think this is what's gonna hurt the most. If the rumors on NAVI20 performance are true on it being on par/faster than a RTX2080Ti. I'm sure AMD would have loved to release a card that could go head to head with the 2080Ti for cheaper, say $900~$1000, but now it will have to price it BELOW the $499 mark just to compete with the 3070.
Even if NAVI20 is faster then the 3070, still can't go much higher as it would get too close to RTX3080 territory.