I'm not going to entertain this back and forth forever, but I'll at least entertain this.
RDNA 3 comes after RDNA 2 and I believe there is a post-generation echo effect. Lots of nerds will pay attention to parts and more or less directly shill them to friends and online, but a ton of non-nerds don't buy or don't pay that much attention right away. However the time comes for them to actually buy parts eventually, 2, 3, maybe 4 years later.
I assume that one of the reasons for RDNA 3's mild success is that RDNA 2 got overall really solid press. It's not just LTT and some others shilling AMD, it has been a general movement of positivity. RDNA 1 also mildly participated in this.
The other main reason is that, well, duh. Jensen knew there was nothing to fear from RDNA 3 and didn't want to sell Lovelace. He wanted market retention, not market servicing. We got very cut down cards like the 4070 sold for $600. A 4070 Ti had the gall of selling for $800 and offering as much VRAM as a $350 previous gen 6700 xt. Even for Nvidia's extreme gimping, this is pushing it.
I have a complete NV drone friend who can't stop shilling them, and even he was disgusted when the $1200 and $1600 prices were announced for the 4080/90.
RDNA 3 has enjoyed a very mild success because Nvidia literally didn't want to compete. That's what really happened here. Had RDNA 3 not been power wrecked, Jensen would've lowered all prices by 20%, released a 4090 Ti (admittedly may have had serious power problems cause of the cable tee hee) with 10% more CUs active, and that would have been this gen.
I will concede on that.
I feel like people are blowing out the "muh chipletzzzzzz" side of AMD out of proportion, if AMD can do it at TSMC, then Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, anyone can do it at TSMC. But it is undeniable that they are ahead by at least a few years, and the scalability of it will not be matched by any size of monolithic die.
I think NV can probably, if they hit a brick wall with monolithic, go to chiplets pretty quick, but they'll definitely be lacking behind in the same way that AMD is lacking behind them in say, raytracing.
The only thing I find pretty absurd with this claim is that people act as if "Nvidia cannot into chipletzzzz lawl". Friends, it's Nvidia. They can. They're not led by a donkey. And they have way more money than they need to hire away the right people. If Nvidia hasn't started extensively investing into chipletisation yet, it's because they think it's not worth the investment, not because they can't.
Which leads me to believe that the whole "MOAR CHPIPLETS MOAAAAR" idea is probably not necessary for NV's plans, or is seen as a wild goose chase that they can afford to wait on. Please remember that several techs are just rolling out in the space. I've heard more than a bit about how UCIe for example is just not worth the money Intel has poured into it, while AMD was content with sticking to CXL. However, UCIe will evolve into something better and possibly kick out CXL. That could very very well be the thinking at Nvidia, I'd even bet some money on it. I think deep in there, between the Grand Priests of DLSS yapping like mad and the chants to the God Emperor Jensen, there is a 5 year long timetable with the start of chiplets around RDNA 5 to counter whatever AMD's doing.
(oh hey I've finally found again
THAT Forrest Norrod interview that I can never find when I need it)
I don't know.
Nvidia took over the top spot when their software/drivers proved far more invested than ATI's.
Not that much has changed. Yes the parts can be killer. But I wouldn't be shocked at all if there is a general worry about the software side. Likely not so strongly for enterprise, I suppose, Uzzi already mentioned that they're quite solid there, but I have some healthy skepticism. They are years behind CUDA in all the fine little details, and they can't catch up by RDNA 5. It'll be the hammer vs the chisel. And the chisel may yet prove more interesting for a lot of tasks. I honestly don't expect AMD to be at full software parity or near parity until 2028 or beyond.
Yes a lot of people hate Nvidia because it is the mirror of Jensen and Jensen loves to be the Great Dictator.
As someone that understands marketing and mass psychology quite well, the way Nvidia creates FOMO and weaponizes their shills into attacking anyone that's threatening Nvidia's narrative is sickening.
I'm also in that camp.
I just don't rationalise that AMD is somehow doing it right because of it. Jensen is good. Lisa is good too, but I doubt that she'll be as good as him when it comes to biting down hard and taking the fight frontally.