I think a lot of the "nerd" rage, is really NVidia rage that is very common on this forum.
This is something very true.
What should be Nvidia rage should be general rage at the videocard market in general and the cease of buying from both vendors.
The 7900xt even at 799 has the same failings as a RTX 4070 in regards to price to performance increase with the added naming dishonesty on top.
That is 30% more performance vs the 6800xt for 23 or 38% more money if we consider the 800 current price or the 900 original price.
That's worse than the RTX 4070's price to performance increase.
With the correction of the RTX 4080 12gb to the RTX 4070 ti, Nvidia naming scheme will also be consistent from last generation, unlike AMD's. The 7900xt should have been called the 7800xt, particularly because the cut in specs vs the top model were even more severe when comparing the 6800xt vs the 6900xt.
Without the outrage from consumers being focused on AMD, AMD is getting to craft itself into the 2nd luxury videocard marker out of hate. People simply buying AMD out of spite forNvidia while AMD is doing the very same behavior if not worse in some ways. Making the market worse for everyone.
With AMD stooping low enough with naming a 7800 xt made from a Navi 32 die, AMD is getting rename their entire lineup and up price them because the consumer is allowing AMD to get away with such behavior with Nvidia did not. The $1200 RTX 4080 naming is at least transparent. It shows the massive price increase for the RTX 3080 successor.
The thing is AMD should be the value company and helps correct the market because they provide competition as the value player. The spend far less on R and D, spend far less on software and on top of this, are using a chiplet strategy that supposedly helps save costs. Where are these savings for the consumers? With this toxic marketing AMD has propagated, AMD is turning that savings into profits as they get to enjoy Nvidia margins without the spending in R and D and software. Before you point to Nvidia margins, just realize gross margins does not take into account R and D and AMD's margins are heavily weighed down from consoles which provide 25% of AMD's revenue but have margins in the teen figures.
For the market to get better, not only do Nvidia's sales have to fall, but AMD's as well.