Poll: ** The AMD VEGA Thread **

[N19h7m4r3]

They Prey demo was another horrible PR move in a long list of AMD PR mistakes. It was supposed to be showing off Threadripper IO, instead it has caused people to panic and started the rumour that Vega is junk.

Yeah, that typo from Raja saying "about 60" instead of above didn't help either.

Two 580s in Crossfire get about 60FPS right now in Prey, if it needed two Vega Frontier Edition cards to do the same it would be a disaster.

 

[benjii]

Yeah, that typo from Raja saying "about 60" instead of above didn't help either.

Two 580s in Crossfire get about 60FPS right now in Prey, if it needed two Vega Frontier Edition cards to do the same it would be a disaster.

Yeah and that. As well as the VR guy stating that their demo was running 4 Vega GPUs, it was actually running 2. They really need to sort their house out when it comes to public relations.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

"Poor Volta" months and months ago, before releasing... well, nothing, actually.

 

[N19h7m4r3]

Yeah and that. As well as the VR guy stating that their demo was running 4 Vega GPUs, it was actually running 2. They really need to sort their house out when it comes to public relations.

Oh definitely!

Some crossed wires for communication has really damaged the company in the public eye.

Hopefully reviewers grab a Frontier Edition and do some gaming tests as well, will be interesting to see what it can do.

The difference between a Quadro and GeForce in gaming is ~10% for drivers alone sometimes. Hopefully RX Vega drivers are well optimised for games, and we finally learn what those "extra goodies" are that Raja spoke about.

 

[ljt]

i think you and me and a lot of others are thinking the same, i have no problem buying a 1080ti but like you i dont think i will be happy running it on my freesync and having quite a few monitors im finally happy with what i have so the wait for vega goes on for me

Exactly the same situation here too. I've got a good 34" UW LG panel with little to no backlight bleed, no dead pixels etc. It's too much of a panel lottery with an equivalent g-sync UW IPS screen and then theres an extra £300 premium on top.

I am toying with the idea of getting a 1080ti to at least allow me to hit a set 60fps at 3440x1440 and then sell it on once vega is actually available to buy, hopefully not losing too much on the 1080ti. Running most games on this monitor on my gtx 970 is a massive struggle to hit 60fps even when lowering lots of settings

 

[jupiter_man]

This is mad...got to wait for another few months
tbh pretty disappointed at AMD

 

[Razor Time]

Exactly the same situation here too. I've got a good 34" UW LG panel with little to no backlight bleed, no dead pixels etc. It's too much of a panel lottery with an equivalent g-sync UW IPS screen and then theres an extra £300 premium on top.

I am toying with the idea of getting a 1080ti to at least allow me to hit a set 60fps at 3440x1440 and then sell it on once vega is actually available to buy, hopefully not losing too much on the 1080ti. Running most games on this monitor on my gtx 970 is a massive struggle to hit 60fps even when lowering lots of settings

Why not go for a second hand 980ti for a little over £200 as a temporary card, it will work very well at 3440 x 1440.

 

[harney]

Exactly the same situation here too. I've got a good 34" UW LG panel with little to no backlight bleed, no dead pixels etc. It's too much of a panel lottery with an equivalent g-sync UW IPS screen and then theres an extra £300 premium on top.

I am toying with the idea of getting a 1080ti to at least allow me to hit a set 60fps at 3440x1440 and then sell it on once vega is actually available to buy, hopefully not losing too much on the 1080ti. Running most games on this monitor on my gtx 970 is a massive struggle to hit 60fps even when lowering lots of settings

If its 21.9 then set a custom resolution of 2560 x 1080 that way you keep the aspect and be able to have higher settings and more fps with the 970
until you get a faster card to run that native res

 

[JediFragger]

A world with this Intel IGPs, and NVIDIA sounds horrible though. I can't imagine the pricing they'd charge then.

No longer care, at least they're competent. AMD should focus on CPU's and APU's imo, else they just lose focus.

 

[ljt]

Why not go for a second hand 980ti for a little over £200 as a temporary card, it will work very well at 3440 x 1440.

I must admit, that thought has crossed my mind, just got to find one 2nd hand. I was also looking for a 2nd hand fury but those are rarer than hens teeth!

If its 21.9 then set a custom resolution of 2560 x 1080 that way you keep the aspect and be able to have higher settings and more fps with the 970
until you get a faster card to run that native res

I have tried that a couple of times. Does make the picture quite blurry though It wouldn't be so bad if all games had the option to at least have the UI/HUD render at native as a lot of the strategy type games I'd like to play don't scale the HUD very well when using 2560x1080

 

[N19h7m4r3]

No longer care, at least they're competent. AMD should focus on CPU's and APU's imo, else they just lose focus.

They are, since it's clear that's where most of the R&D money went.

Once they finally break out of debt we should see proper funding poor in.

 

[harney]

I have tried that a couple of times. Does make the picture quite blurry though It wouldn't be so bad if all games had the option to at least have the UI/HUD render at native as a lot of the strategy type games I'd like to play don't scale the HUD very well when using 2560x1080

Agree with you re not as sharp than native but do not forget that some games are tied to the windows gui so its worth a try to change that and see if it effects the games UI

 

[JediFragger]

They are, since it's clear that's where most of the R&D money went.

Once they finally break out of debt we should see proper funding poor in.

I think AMD are starting a 5-yr plan tbh with GPU's, as it'll take that long to get back in the game imo.

 

[Gregster]

Thread should be renamed to "The disappointing AMD Vega thread"

 

[Matkinson]

I'm not even planning on buying one and I'm disappointed.

Why couldn't they just show the FPS and say it will be even better upon release due to drivers? I know they argueably need to hold their cards to their chest, but still, give us something useful.

I've seen so many people over the past few days stating they've now bought, or are about to buy a 1080ti because of the ridiculous wait.

Shame really...

 

[Razor Time]

I must admit, that thought has crossed my mind, just got to find one 2nd hand. I was also looking for a 2nd hand fury but those are rarer than hens teeth!

There are loads on a popular auction site and they also pop up in the MM. Great cards.

 

[TNA]

Thread should be renamed to "The disappointing AMD Vega thread"

I could actually do that, but some users would definitely get me banned this time I think

 

[Freddie1980]

If HBM is short supply (one of the reasons that been touted around as to why Vega is being delayed) couldn't AMD get Global Foundries to produce this memory? After all AMD did help develop the technology and it could be a good way of using that wafer agreement that they have to produce something helpful.

 

[N19h7m4r3]

I think AMD are starting a 5-yr plan tbh with GPU's, as it'll take that long to get back in the game imo.

Yes. The best thing AMD has done in a decade was replace the CEOs, who were previously just business people with Lisa Su, an actual computer engineer, and IBM R&D specialist.

Then head hunting back Raja, and Jim Keller, along with establishing RTG so the GPU division isn't controlled by the CPU one anymore.

Raja has said many times now how they those perspective on GPUs, and were over one generation behind as a result.
Polaris was fully done by the time Raja arrived, and he probably had little impact on the early designs of Vega. I hope that due to the delays it means he's trying to squeeze more out of the design.

 

[Relentless81]

not fussed on the delay, my fury does the job nicely for now and means I can save up more and get a nice factory oc'd aib card if vega is actually any good. Plus its summer and too hot to game most of the time anyway