Dont come here and tell me that the whole road from engineering to launch have been full of errors and mistakes.
Let me mention a few keywords:
HBM2
Capsaicin
Delays
Capsaicin & Cream
"We announce today that we will announce something soon"
"Today we announce the names!!!"
Delay after delay but lets release professional cards first
Worst efficiency in years
Almost no IPC gain from years and years of engineering and design
Radeon couldnt have executed this any worse. Rubbish.
You're speaking from the perspective of a gamer disappointed that it took a long time and apparently won't be a "home run" part.
I'm disappointed too, my 290 aftermarket was a HUGE value with all the games they tossed in. I skipped FuryX because I couldn't see buying a "next gen" 4GB card when I already had a 4GB card. I ended up buying a 1080Ti FE because I had a good tax return this year
and this card was nowhere in sight. (and some are even saying it's a paper launch now- five months after 1080Ti dropped!)
I stand by what I said though- just because your part is not the best, the marketers still have to generate excitement for it as best they can and maintain interest in the part. It's all they CAN do, it is their JOB.
They are not allowed to say, "F this crap, you guys should take a cue from Oatis and buy a 1080!", no , they have to come up with catchy launch event stuff or their kids don't get groceries.
That is the reality of this launch. It is not some tweener game where they can just throw away the part and fire Raja for the crime of not beating NVIDIA.
It 's multi-billion dollar business where when you don't hit the home run, you point out what did go right, hype as best you can legally, and hope enough people buy to fund the next design.
That is reality, that is the adult world. They owe us no apologies for doing their jobs the best they can.