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AMD Backtracks Previous RDNA1 and RDNA2 Maintenance Mode Statements. 5000 and 6000 Series GPUs to Continue Getting Individual Game Support. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Credibly_Human@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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Link to official blog post (somehow still blames people for correctly understanding their first statements)

Of Note:

No dates were specified, No commitments made.
Day 1 game support was not promised, just individual game support.
They still plan on splitting the development for RDNA1 and RDNA2 from RDNA3 and RDNA4 development, giving only the latter support for new features.

Edit:

They have now, in definitive language, responded yes when questioned on if RDNA1, 2 would receive day 1 updates with their RDNA3, 4 brethren.
All previous points remain true, drivers will remain split with the former receiving no further feature updates.

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[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If AMD wants to go beyond single digit share in consumer GPUs, they need to invest into their software support. This means at least ~7 years of mainline support for the desktop GPUs and ~5 years of mainline support for mobile GPUs.

For RNDA1 this would mean it would be fair to sunset mobile support in late 2025 (last RNDA1 mobile GPU was the Radeon Pro 5600M released in Jun 2020). For desktop dGPUs, that would mean a support window until August 2027 (the last RDNA1 dGPU released was the Radeon Pro 5300 in August 2020).

For RDNA2 this would mean both mobile and desktop support till 2030. If AMD doesn't want to extend RDNA2 support, then don't release products with RDNA2 in 2025 (mobile) and 2023 (desktop).

Honestly, I can sort of understand moving RDNA1 to maintenance mode by say 2026Q1. RDNA2? They literally released a mobile RDNA2 product a few months ago.

[–] Lippy@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

They're apparently still releasing 'new' APUs which use RDNA2: The 10 and 100 series.

Not sure what AMD are thinking, but I've a feeling that this isn't going to help them regain market share.

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