In real-world gaming, the card only managed to gain roughly 8-12% uplift over the stock SKU, showing the decoupling from the synthetic tests. It is very likely that the longer-term thermal stress from the prolonged gaming sessions is causing this lower performance increase, sustaining lower clocks compared to the relatively short-term load from synthetic benchmarks. The entire cause of this FPS increase is the enhanced power limit, which increases the non-XT 220 W board power to as much as 300 W, representing a roughly 36% power increase on its own. No additional cores/ROPs/TMUs are unlocked by flashing the XT BIOS. In fact, the entire process is very inefficient when comparing the power/performance of the stock non-XT SKU. However, if you are looking to extract the maximum performance from your GPU, this may be a viable option, provided you consider all the risks associated with running your GPU at its non-default settings. Sustained higher power settings can result in GPU degradation over time, and BIOS flashing is always a risky endeavor.
I believe it when i see it. Qualcomm fucking sucks when it comes to drivers and support.
Nvidia isnt after gaming market right now. If the AI bubble finally bursts we might see some attempts to sell Nvidia SOCs with ARM CPUs and RTX GPUs for the gamers.
Its also pretty hard to disrupt the PC space. For an vertically integrated Apple it was pretty “easy”. But i dont see that epic battle coming soon.
If everything aligns i’d say the biggest possible move could be a steamdeck/gabecube successor in 2 to 3 years based on arm.
edit: gamecube -> gabecube