Poll: ** The AMD VEGA Thread **

[chrcoluk]

I mean the prices being banded around are speculation, plus AMD are known to state TDP as an absolute maximum rather than how much it will use through standard use.

nvidia do the same. They quote max TDP (non tweaked).

 

[chrcoluk]

PCPer tested 2 Vega FE in crossfire LOL

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-Vega-Frontier-Edition-CrossFire-Testing

2 Vega FE which is now available in stock for £2398 in total for 2 at OCUK is as fast as a single cheapest £688 1080 Ti at 4K in Dirt Rally and Witcher 3 but up to 33% slower than single 1080 Ti in Fallout 4, GTA V and Hitman LOL.

another question is how are OCUK managing to charge £1200 for a card that has a 999usd MSRP.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Jen be like :-

 

[FoxEye]

another question is how are OCUK managing to charge £1200 for a card that has a 999usd MSRP.

Atm RRP is meaningless.

 

[Sargatanas2511]

nvidia do the same. They quote max TDP (non tweaked).

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-pascal,4572-10.html

Not according to this.

 

[harney]

Atm RRP is meaningless.

RRP With Cream on TOP

 

[Ian Evey]

Yeah, it was terrible the way they battered the GTX580/570 on performance and price, then battered the GTX680/670 when they arrived, then the GTX770/760 before ending up <20% behind the GTX780 at half the price.

Truly terrible cards XD

Terrible price, lower performance than the 670 and 680 for a time and when it was too late they made the card what it should be a ghz version.

<20%? I think you have been reading too much wccftech.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

This pcper guy surely isn't a fan of Amd lol Do they have any ties to Hardocp ?

They help to develop FCAT with Nvidia AFAIK.

 

[AllBodies]

Terrible price, lower performance than the 670 and 680 for a time and when it was too late they made the card what it should be a ghz version.

<20%? I think you have been reading too much wccftech.

It does now match/beat a 780 now though.

 

[kylew_is_back]

 

[LoadsaMoney]

I tell you, i can not wait for the RX Vega Reviews thread

 

[chroniclard]

Everyone's loling but we all hope its good.

 

[HeX]

I just want to know what I can spend the money that's burning a hole in my pocket on!

 

[FoxEye]

I tell you, i can not wait for the RX Vega Reviews thread

We're going to need a lot of group hugs, I think!

 

[harney]

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Raj be like :-

 

[ubersonic]

Terrible price

If by terrible you mean significantly cheaper than the comparative Nvidia card then sure lol. I bought a OCUK labs HD7950 with a prefitted EK nickel plexi waterblock for one of my rigs and a GTX670 for another, the HD7950 was cheaper, slightly faster and lasted longer due to the extra VRAM

lower performance than the 670 and 680 for a time

That time was very short though.

and when it was too late they made the card what it should be a ghz version.

Giving everyone who already bought one a free performance boost on what was already a cracking price/performance pair of cards and giving perspective buyers even less reason to consider the GTX670/680.

<20%? I think you have been reading too much wccftech.

I was taking that from the performance summary charts on Techpowerup actually, the HD7970 having 83% of the GTX780's average performance across all resolutions.

 

[cainer]

At first Raja was like...

And then he...

 

[shankly1985]

OK I'll get this thread back on topic
AMD RX Vega GPU will support more DirectX 12 features than Polaris
For those that are unaware, DirectX 12 has several different feature levels, with each tier indicating support for select graphical features.

Today's Polaris-based GPUs support DirectX 12 level 12.0, which is lower than the level 12.1 that is supported by Nvidia's Maxwell and Pascal GPUs, though AMD does make up for this with better support for certain features like Async Compute.

Vega has been confirmed to support DirectX 12 level 12.1, offering support for higher feature levels than Polaris, and support for several features that even Nvidia's Maxwell architecture lacks.

Moving from Polaris to Vega AMD has been able to deliver support for Conservative Rasterisation Level 3, which is a huge jump for AMD who previously lacked support for Conservative Rasterisation. Nvidia's Pascal Architecture features Tier 2 support for this feature, giving AMD a lead here.

(DirectX 12 Feature Levels: Via Wikipedia)



AMD has also enabled support for Raster-Ordered Views and Tiled Resources Level 3, which are both features that Nvidia has on their Pascal and Maxwell-based GPUs.

One other feature that AMD has implemented is support for lower minimum precision levels with DirectX 12, which will allow AMD to utilise 16-bit floating point precision calculation. This is a new feature that is currently present in the PS4 Pro, though it is unclear whether or not we will see this feature used by games in the near future.

Adding this new functionality will certainly help AMD in DirectX 12 titles moving forward and Vulkan if similar features advanced are available. Sadly this will not help AMD's RX Vega in DirectX 11 based applications, though it will certainly be a huge benefit for them moving forward.



https://www.overclock3d.net/news/gp...pu_will_support_several_directx_12_features/1

 

[Martini1991]

7970 was about 500 pound when it launched.

7950's weren't cheap either, a 680 launched at the same price.