kind of meaningless post since reviewers like gamernexus tested the Windows updates and it didn't effect performance at all, hence why amd and Microsoft both said there wasn't an issue.
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Poll: ** The AMD VEGA Thread **
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kind of meaningless post since reviewers like gamernexus tested the Windows updates and it didn't effect performance at all, hence why amd and Microsoft both said there wasn't an issue.
This update wasn't the one that added the power options to windows, it came after.
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Mate of mine did the same, only has a 550w Gold PSU and wanted to be sure of running a card comfortably. Has a Freesync monitor too.
Were you going to buy an FE ?
I was dead set on a VEGA specially if it was in between 1080-180ti performance with adequate price and I currently have a 1200w antec psu but this crazy power draw with just a 100mhz overclock is putting me off. I was kinda hopping a 1800-1900mhz overclock but now that seems a distance dream without turning my room temperature from the usual "oven in Sumer" into "roasting on a barbecue in hell" type of summer.
two of these in xfire with overlocks will be sucking close to a 1000w of power. When your computer draws more power than your average kitchen appliance its time to take a step back.
two of these in xfire with overlocks will be sucking close to a 1000w of power. When your computer draws more power than your average kitchen appliance its time to take a step back.
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I first read that as 'suckling close to 1000w of power' and my head went to a very weird place....
I think its safe to say at this stage we don't know much about what is going with Vega. Vega FE is enough of an oddball that we can't reliably draw any conclusions.
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Why are people so hung up on power draw? Ok I get it if you have a PSU that isn't going to cut it but if you have a PSU with adequate power, say 850w or above then why would you care? Is it the cost of power? Surely we're only talking around £20 a year - is that really a big deal? Genuine question guys - I just don't understand the issue...
Heat is the issue.
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I doubt anyone's concerned about the electricity bill, It's just a bit odd that it's doing the opposite to what was expected, ie: needing more power when for Nvidia and Pascal the power requirement has dropped, At least with the 1080 which it seems this will compete with and heat as Bazzards said.
I doubt anyone's concerned about the electricity bill, It's just a bit odd that it's doing the opposite to what was expected, ie: needing more power when for Nvidia and Pascal the power requirement has dropped, At least with the 1080 which it seems this will compete with and heat as Bazzards said.
Thats a good point. Has anyone tested VegaFE with heavy tessellation games? Nerdtechgasm was predicting that that vega would perform better than the Fury cards in such situations.
What are you expecting from the RX cards that is different from the 'non' gaming cards?
Tiled rendering enabled, Gaming optimizations , primitive shaders used, much better AIB cooling solutions, etc
Pfft who has over 100 post in this thread.
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Chuk_Chuk: 123 posts
That was unexpected. Well might as well try and beat cat-the-fifth
You've played 7 hours a day of RTW for the last 3 weeks.
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I think people are hoping for a bit much from these features - AMD has increasingly revealed they need some level of support at a per application level and that fall back paths aren't as efficient as when coded for specifically.
Tiled rendering needs driver enabling not application level. Primitive shaders needs it's own shader compiler that is not really different from any game ready drivers, as they just change out the shaders via driver.
So yeah Vega FE is pretty much works now as a higher clocked Fury as it seems basically every new Vega feature is disabled as of now, and doesn't have any game optimization in the drivers.
When I am not working I play a lot more than 7 hours a day, more like 12 or 14 sometimes.
The comical part about it is there are people on this forum who think I don't do any gaming at all.
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