I'd be wary of assuming that two cards with the same GPU, same type of memory, same clocks and same bus widths are radically different...and that's for the best RX variant. It's not as though FE is running specialised pro drivers - it isn't and it was clearly stated to not be. It's running the standard Vega drivers as they currently are. There aren't any pro drivers, although presumably there will be for the Pro Vega range when it's released.
I'm still using a card released about 5.5 years ago. That's not rushing. Even when I really wanted a new card, I waited for Vega. Next it'll be Volta. Then Navi. There's always something to wait for.
They are not the same though - for one thing though you do realise the RAM is probably not the same - the RX Vega is probably going to use Hynix 4gb modules(AMD is partnered more closely with Hynix for HBM2) and not the early production Samsung 8gb ones the FE has.
Is the PCB the same? Have you seen the cooler? You make a proclamation its using normal Vega drivers - how do you know they are the launch ones?
Has AMD stated its the final driver with final performance - or has someone on a forum stated it a 100 times with no evidence to back it up?? Do you know the cost of the card??
FFS,look at the Nvidia driver for ROTR and the impact it had on performance on Ryzen systems.Yet people suddenly proclaim,drivers have zero impact at all and performance is static.
I mean look at people now panic rushing and buying x299 platforms even before Threadripper is out? Any sane person would wait a few weeks just if not for price adjustments.
I have been building PCs going back well over a decade - I have seen people get so negatively hyped about something they decided to buy another product,then the other product comes out,it wasn't as bad as all the hype thought it was and they lost out financially. I still remember that in the weeks up to the HD4870 launch. Was it top performance? Nope,but it was cheaper.
If the card is crap its crap - its not like the Nvidia equivalents will suddenly go away?
But then what if it isn't as bad as people were thinking or priced reasonably well??
When you are spending £500+ on a card,what is a few weeks of waiting especially for something that most normal people might use for at least two years?? Its also the summer - its the time you are most likely to be out and about(or you should try to if you can).
However,I rarely regret buying hardware and I get good use out of it(the same with almost all my electronics purchases) as I am patient.
I find rumour threads fun to participate in,but they have zero impact on what I buy until the product has a release.
There was me thinking that the 10GB of mods I have installed was a lot
I remember when a 360KB floppy was a luxury item that just didn't exist in the home market. Eh, when I were a lad
I still remember when having a colour screen was a big deal LOL.
