*** AMD GO WILD: VEGA 56 THE TRUE DEAL OF THE CENTURY AND IT JUST GOT BETTER!!!

[Gibbo]

Hi there


I am shocked AMD have asked me to do this, but who am I to argue with them!


Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 56 Pulse 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11276-02-40G) @ £278.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/Sapp...ess-Graphics-Card-11276-02-40G-GX-38F-SP.html



11276-02-40G, Core Clock: 1208MHz, Boost Clock: 1512MHz, Memory: 8192MB 800MHz HBM2, Stream Processors: 3584, DirectX 12 Support, Vulkan Support, GCN, Freesync support, 2 Year Warranty.



Only £278.99 inc VAT.

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Also, the games bundle is still included:

AMD Raise The Game Fully Loaded Promo - Resident Evil 2, The Division 2 & Devil MayCry 5 @ £149.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/



All AMD Vega 64/56 and RX 590 purchases qualify for all three games!



Only £149.99 inc VAT.

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This is just total insanity, but AMD are really securing their position as truly the best choice at sub £300 !!

 

[Gibbo]

Great price on a 56 that Gibbo, plus the free games!

Make sure AMD share our social post Matt.

 

[Gibbo]

Wow I wasn't expecting that to happen. I guess it's because of the GTX 1660 Ti due to launch at $279

Yeah AMD playing games, Vega 56 is a more powerful product and now pretty much same price. I'd go as far as saying the RX 590 is probably as fast or very close and is cheaper.

 

[Gibbo]

That cherry picked single digit smashing.

But near as dam it £200 cheaper.

 

[Gibbo]

@Gibbo

If I order one of these today, I can't test it until the meshify C comes into stock and arrives and gets built by Wednesday next week, how long do I have to test it to make sure it's not faulty before returning it if it is faulty?

2 years.

 

[Gibbo]

Good deal plus games bonus!.

Indeed puts the card well under £250 !

 

[Gibbo]

An already great price dropped another £20 at AMD's request? Sounds like hurried stock shifting to me...

June Navi confirmed! Bundled with Half Life 3 too!

Nope reaction to NVIDIA release.

Have you seen competitors pricing, laughable on Vega compared to us.

 

[Gibbo]

A blower for those that like a blower:


MSI Radeon RX VEGA 56 Air Boost OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £248.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/MSI-...HBM2-PCI-Express-Graphics-Card-GX-343-MS.html



Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC, Core Clock: 1181MHz, Boost Clock: 1520MHz, Memory: 8192MB 800MHz HBM2, Stream Processors: 3584, DirectX 12 Support, Vulkan Support, GCN, 2 Year Warranty.



Only £248.99 inc VAT.

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[Gibbo]

Is the MSI noisier than the sapphire?

Yes.

 

[Gibbo]

Thanks!

Another question. Will this drive a 34” 1440p UW at reasonable frames? Got a Samsung with FreeSync...

Cheers!

Yes RX 590 and Vega 56 are more than capable at such resolutions.

 

[Gibbo]

Yep the deal is being taken very well.
We've sold nearly 200 units this afternoon, had a massive rush on them.

 

[Gibbo]

When can we expect orders of the MSI Vega 56 Air Boost to be fulfilled? I ordered one yesterday, and stock was supposedly due in today, but there's been no shipping confirmation and the store page is still saying that it's a pre-order.

I just checked my bank account, and the payment has been debited.

They should arrived today, but courier error means they will now arrive Monday.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi Gibbo,

Do you know how long you will be able to support this pricing? Or if you don't have a fixed date, roughly how many units left at this price?
Would love to upgrade from my GTX1070, but IRL expenses have to come first right now!

Thanks

Edit: woop woop, 1000th post

At my discretion, once our stock is low the price will go up and continue to increase until they are gone in a similar fashion to 1080Ti's.

 

[Gibbo]

Just installed mine having shifted up slightly from a Sapphire RX480 Nitro+ to the Vega 56 Pulse. Rest of the system is a 3570k and 16GB ram. Stock 3.8Ghz with memory at 1866Mhz.

Decided to run a couple of benchmarks on Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Assassins Creed Odyssey.

Odyssey - Very High, 2560x1440

RX480 - Min 18, Max 58, Avg 40 - Session Time 64, Total Frames 2552
Vega56 - Min 24, Max 82, Avg 54 - Session Time 60, Total Frames 3250

SOTR - High, 2560x1440

RX480 (GPU) - Min 37, Max 72, Avg 48 - Frames 7204, GPU Bound 98%
Vega56 (GPU) - Min 56, Max 112. Avg 66 - Frames 8927, GPU Bound 67%

At first I was a bit disappointed in real terms, but then looking at the % increases I was very pleased.

Might be a placebo but definitely sounds quieter too.

CPU holding it back, get the CPU clocked should do around 4.5GHz easy, also under-volt the Vega 56 as no reason why you can double your performance.
Vega 56 is extremely power once tweaked, practically 64 performance and beyond 2060.

 

[Gibbo]

Indeed gentleman. Not complaining at all, very much a stop gap upgrade till Zen 2 later this year.

Zen2 gonna be good, VERY GOOD!

 

[Gibbo]

Well how wrong he is!

Two days prior to 1660Ti Launch AMD gave me a suitcase of money to drop our Sapphire Vega 56 Pulse to £279.99, which we did and that price is still live right now!
Also MSI offered us a deal on new stock of blower card and we could sell at £249.99, the stock should have arrived Friday but shall arrive Monday.

So yes AMD did move price, though in all honesty they did not need to the Sapphire at £299.99 would still be selling like crazy as its simply a faster card than 1660Ti, has a better cooler than most 1660Ti's and has three free games. But on the flip side AMD have gone from selling lots of Vega 56 to absolutely truck loads of them and thankfully in the UK all that business pretty much goes through OcUK so win win for us.

 

[Gibbo]

I'd say grab a second hand 480 or 580 tbh. Vega 56 is a great card, but it's hot and power hungry and requires tweaking to get the best out of it.

In some ways true, but if he is going to upgrade his CPU in a few months/year then Vega is a better option as it will unleash more performance with CPU upgrade and the under volting is relatively easy and remedies the power draw and hot running whilst further boosting performance.

It is a card that will game at 1440P max settings with relative ease, though the 580 is good it lacks the horsepower and memory bandwidth of Vega.

 

[Gibbo]

Now in stock:

MSI Radeon RX VEGA 56 Air Boost OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £248.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/MSI-...HBM2-PCI-Express-Graphics-Card-GX-343-MS.html



Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC, Core Clock: 1181MHz, Boost Clock: 1520MHz, Memory: 8192MB 800MHz HBM2, Stream Processors: 3584, DirectX 12 Support, Vulkan Support, GCN, 2 Year Warranty.



Only £248.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

 

[Gibbo]

@Gibbo - Any idea if AMD plan to go even "wilder" and have an offer on the Vega 64? I'm in the market for a card and I'm mulling over whether to get a Vega 64 or a Radeon VII.

No plans at present, more likely in a week or two the price on Vega 56 shall increase simply as stock will be low and no replenishment options.

 

[Gibbo]

We’re selling 100+ Vega per day and that just OcUK so it’s fair to say demand for AMD has exploded.

Last year demand was crazy due to mining.
This year demand is crazy due to gaming.