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Vega 56 Nano. Ships with Samsung HBM

jigger

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Looking at one to build a HTPC under a Freesync TV and it seems the Nano uses Samsung HBM. I didn't think the Samsung HBM was ready yet.
 
My PowerColor vega 56 which I got last year shows as Samsung hbm in gpu-z. No idea if that’s accurate though.
 
jigger said:
Looking at one to build a HTPC under a Freesync TV
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Be warned that the Powercolor Vega 56 Nano is not a Vega Nano card, it's a regular Powercolor short PCB Vega 56 with a small cooler that Powercolor are calling the "Nano" (just like they call the same card with a big triple fan cooler the "Red Dragon"). If you're expecting it to run as cool/quiet (without throttling) as the Fury Nano cards did you'll be in for an unwelcome surprise.
 
Samsung HBM2 shipped in quantity before Hynix HBM2 which was delayed(Nvidia used it on their cards too). Its also probably why the Vega cards have had cost issues,as apparently the Samsung HBM2 is costlier than what Hynix was going to sell it for.
 
jigger said:
Looking at one to build a HTPC under a Freesync TV and it seems the Nano uses Samsung HBM. I didn't think the Samsung HBM was ready yet.
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I thought it was hynix memory that was having the issues.

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3032-vega-56-cost-of-hbm2-and-necessity-to-use-it

This move is also mystified by complex economics surrounding potential long-term plays by AMD, with the company having already lost on a bet that HBM2 pricing would be cheaper by the time Vega rolled-out; in fact, price increased at least once within the past year, and Hynix ultimately failed to deliver on AMD’s demands in a timely fashion. In the meantime, AMD could have its outlook set on increased supply driving down cost to build Vega GPUs. This might mean taking a slight loss or running on slim margins for now, but hoping for a payoff down the line. Part of this hinges on Hynix potentially coming online with HBM2 at some point, which could help reduce the cost figures we’ll go over in this video.
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ubersonic said:
You're thinking of the wrong card.

Sweeney was showing off the unreleased (and probably cancelled) AMD Vega Nano. This is a Powercolor Vega 56 Nano Edition.
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Exactly my point, Sweeney got the aluminium version and the general public just have this version with no other option.
 
Gerard said:
7nm Vega surely would have been faster than vega 64. Or did you mean to type nano? :confused:
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I think you're getting a little confused, I was talking about the 7nm Vega Nano which Sweeney showed (a non-functional mock up) of last July (since quietly cancelled) which would have had the same performance as a Vega 64 with 2/3 the power consumption (as AMD claimed it would be inline with the Fury-X to R9 Nano improvements).
 
ubersonic said:
I think you're getting a little confused, I was talking about the 7nm Vega Nano Sweeney showed off last July (since quietly cancelled) which would have had the same performance as a Vega 64 with 2/3 the power consumption (as AMD claimed it would be inline with the Fury-X to R9 Nano improvements).
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The one he was presented by amd? First i've heard of that being 7nm, Wasn't mentioned in the presentation at least.

 
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