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

dante6491 · 23 Feb 2019 at 20:55

555BUK said:
Installed my V56 Pulse yesterday and very happy. Card runs cool and extremely quiet (undervolted) and FPS show a decent bump over my 5-year old 290X.

Only question is how long does AMD take to send the game keys? I know Div2 & DMC5 will not be sent until release, bot more than 24-hours after submitting the redemption token they have not supplied me with the RE2 code yet. Is this normal?

Same situation for me re the RE2 key.

MeatLoaf · 23 Feb 2019 at 22:15

How much of an upgrade would the vega 56 be over my 8gb RX570?

4K8KW10 · 23 Feb 2019 at 22:22

MeatLoaf said:
How much of an upgrade would the vega 56 be over my 8gb RX570?

40-45% performance increase.

Panos · 24 Feb 2019 at 12:48

JediFragger said:
Thanks for the solid info @Panos . Does the above also work with the Pulse? It's the V56 I'm getting and can't see a V64 variant...

You can only try them and let us know how it goes

JediFragger · 24 Feb 2019 at 12:51

Panos said:
You can only try them and let us know how it goes

Ok, hopefully the Pulse has a dual-bios.

LoadsaMoney · 24 Feb 2019 at 12:53

teth · 24 Feb 2019 at 14:37

LoadsaMoney said:

lol "this isn't actually happening!?" It's happening alright. Don't OC ship to south africa? Someone send him one before all the toys are on the floor..

doody · 24 Feb 2019 at 14:49

would this be a upgrade from a fury x

JediFragger · 24 Feb 2019 at 14:50

doody said:
would this be a upgrade from a fury x

Generally yes but not a great deal, what resolution do you play at?

muon · 24 Feb 2019 at 15:00

Anyone manage to fit a Kraken G12 on a Vega card?

Am I right in thinking the HBM chips aren't the same height as the GPU?

anthony99 · 24 Feb 2019 at 15:26

MeatLoaf said:
How much of an upgrade would the vega 56 be over my 8gb RX570?

it will be faster than a bat out of hell!

doody · 24 Feb 2019 at 15:28

JediFragger said:
Generally yes but not a great deal, what resolution do you play at?

1440p

Gerard · 24 Feb 2019 at 15:37

teth said:
lol "this isn't actually happening!?" It's happening alright. Don't OC ship to south africa? Someone send him one before all the toys are on the floor..

That guy hasn't a ******* clue.

gpuerrilla · 24 Feb 2019 at 15:40

What's he whining about?

muon · 24 Feb 2019 at 15:49

Well it's only on pre-order here. Same as out of stock.

Gerard · 24 Feb 2019 at 16:17

muon said:
Well it's only on pre-order here. Same as out of stock.

That's nothing new though, cards on a price drop are usually pre-order with stock arriving shortly after.

muon · 24 Feb 2019 at 16:21

Gerard said:
That's nothing new though, cards on a price drop are usually pre-order with stock arriving shortly after.

So it's out of stock. Which was his complaint. It's like paper launches which equally deserve ridicule if they are presented as competition to an in stock product.

I've experienced pre-orders even at ocuk which hadn't been replenished after a couple of weeks.

Gerard · 24 Feb 2019 at 16:22

muon said:
So it's out of stock. Which was his complaint.

I've experienced pre-orders even at ocuk which hadn't been replenished after weeks.

His complaint was also about it being only at a single retailer, which was bs.

muon · 24 Feb 2019 at 16:25

Gerard said:
His complaint was also about it being only at a single retailer, which was bs.

Why do you think the UK would register for a channel primarily aimed at the US market? You ever see £ prices mentioned? Even then the UK price in $ terms wouldn't be the price mentioned in all the US channels.

Even in the UK, it is one place, where it is out of stock.

This is better than nothing, but nothing like 1660ti availability.

JediFragger · 24 Feb 2019 at 16:30

doody said:
1440p

Then I'd say 15-20% at stock vs stock and 25-30% when undervolted/tweaked. Maybe go for a 64 for a bigger jump?