Vega 64 Owners Help PLease

[ianhopwood]

Hi Everyone

At present I am gaming with a GTX 780ti and a FX 8300 @ 4ghz - surprisingly, this lets me play the likes of FC4; Human revolution at 4K with lowered settings, but struggles with the newer crop of games (see list below).

Iv been saving my black budget up in order to hopefully grab something with 1080ti ish performance for c£500 at some point in the future (was hoping for a cheap deal when the new cards come out next month) for 4K gaming on my Hisense tv.

Thing is, iv been looking at the Powercolor Vega 64 offer @£449 (with the free games) - now call me shallow, but its the best looking GPU iv ever seen, and not being a fan boy of either AMD or NVidia, I wondered if this card would see me through a couple of years at 4K with the current crop of games (iv got that many games to catch up on, Iv no need to purchase anything new for a while) - the likes of Sniper Elite 4; Assassins Creed Unity and Syndicate; Mankind Divided; Battlefield 4; Hardline; One; Wildlands; The Division; FC5 etc.

So, any Vega 64 owners, can you offer me advice on whether the likes of these would be playable at 4K with good FPS (I don't mind dropping in game graphics settings).

 

[Panos]

Hi Everyone

At present I am gaming with a GTX 780ti and a FX 8300 @ 4ghz - surprisingly, this lets me play the likes of FC4; Human revolution at 4K with lowered settings, but struggles with the newer crop of games (see list below).

Iv been saving my black budget up in order to hopefully grab something with 1080ti ish performance for c£500 at some point in the future (was hoping for a cheap deal when the new cards come out next month) for 4K gaming on my Hisense tv.

Thing is, iv been looking at the Powercolor Vega 64 offer @£449 (with the free games) - now call me shallow, but its the best looking GPU iv ever seen, and not being a fan boy of either AMD or NVidia, I wondered if this card would see me through a couple of years at 4K with the current crop of games (iv got that many games to catch up on, Iv no need to purchase anything new for a while) - the likes of Sniper Elite 4; Assassins Creed Unity and Syndicate; Mankind Divided; Battlefield 4; Hardline; One; Wildlands; The Division; FC5 etc.

So, any Vega 64 owners, can you offer me advice on whether the likes of these would be playable at 4K with good FPS (I don't mind dropping in game graphics settings).

For the money the V64 is great card. However 4K gaming is very expensive sport, and considering your budget, the FX8300 will hold you back on all current games you described.
You provide a very tough puzzle to solve there, that if you hadn't bought all those games, i could have said buy an XboneX as the best option on your budget.

Could you tell us the rest of your spec? (ram etc)

 

[ianhopwood]

Hi - thanks for the reply - funnily enough I have briefly considered an XboneX, but really dislike playing with a controller.

yes other specs are 12 gig of ddr3 @1600 in an asus m5a97 r2, with an ssd for booting the OS.

I thought that my old FX would be holding me back, and Im happy to upgrade the whole lot, to possibly a ryzen build and a 1080/ 1080 ti, but wanted to drop a GPU in first to see how it runs - if struggling, then upgrade the CPU/RAM/Motherboard.

Like many others at present, im eagerly awaiting the new 2xxx nvidia series to hopefully bag a bit of a bargain with a reduced price 1080 / ti. (hope, hope)

Cheers

 

[zophiel]

so do you want a vega 64 or a 1080ti or a 2***??

 

[melmac]

Hi Everyone

At present I am gaming with a GTX 780ti and a FX 8300 @ 4ghz - surprisingly, this lets me play the likes of FC4; Human revolution at 4K with lowered settings, but struggles with the newer crop of games (see list below).

Iv been saving my black budget up in order to hopefully grab something with 1080ti ish performance for c£500 at some point in the future (was hoping for a cheap deal when the new cards come out next month) for 4K gaming on my Hisense tv.

Thing is, iv been looking at the Powercolor Vega 64 offer @£449 (with the free games) - now call me shallow, but its the best looking GPU iv ever seen, and not being a fan boy of either AMD or NVidia, I wondered if this card would see me through a couple of years at 4K with the current crop of games (iv got that many games to catch up on, Iv no need to purchase anything new for a while) - the likes of Sniper Elite 4; Assassins Creed Unity and Syndicate; Mankind Divided; Battlefield 4; Hardline; One; Wildlands; The Division; FC5 etc.

So, any Vega 64 owners, can you offer me advice on whether the likes of these would be playable at 4K with good FPS (I don't mind dropping in game graphics settings).

Have you bought a 4K monitor yet?

 

[Lokken86]

The cpu shouldnt be a limiting factor at 4k. The card can get 60fps at 4k with good quality if you overclock it and don't max out every setting.

 

[ianhopwood]

Ideally I would like a 1080 ti, but like many others, Im hoping for clearance deals around £500 ish when the new 2*** series releases.

if the 1080 tis do not drop to around £500 (ish) then I will go for either a 1080 or V64 if either of these will give me acceptable frame rates at 4K on my games to play.

if there is not much between the 1080 and V64, then the AMD games bundle with the V64 would probably sway me.

I have a 49 inch Hisense 4k HDR TV as my monitor.

 

[ianhopwood]

I hope the CPU doesn't limit me, but if so, then will buy one of the OCUK ryzen bundles.

 

[Panos]

Ideally I would like a 1080 ti, but like many others, Im hoping for clearance deals around £500 ish when the new 2*** series releases.

if the 1080 tis do not drop to around £500 (ish) then I will go for either a 1080 or V64 if either of these will give me acceptable frame rates at 4K on my games to play.

if there is not much between the 1080 and V64, then the AMD games bundle with the V64 would probably sway me.

I have a 49 inch Hisense 4k HDR TV as my monitor.

There is going to be no clearance deals. On the contrary the prices went up after the RTX was announced. And they will stay there until stock goes even if that is well into 2019.

 

[Lokken86]

I hope the CPU doesn't limit me, but if so, then will buy one of the OCUK ryzen bundles.

You could maybe sell the old setup.

 

[ianhopwood]

Yes, I get the feeling that the clearance sales are not going to be as prolific as previous eol gpus. Think I will give it until launch of 2xxx series and go with a v64 or normal 1080 - at least these are under the £500 Mark and are capable of 4k