AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

nashathedog · 5 Jan 2017 at 12:19

Aa83 said:
I'd take that rumor with a pinch of salt, unless "upto 4x" is in one very specific application.

That's why I was asking for a source, I can't see that being possible yet, as you said maybe in one specific scenario, It'd be nice if it was but 4x is a lot. Maybe 3, that'd still be great.

orbitalwalsh · 5 Jan 2017 at 12:25

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/amd_vega_gpu_presentation_leaks/1

sorry, just found it posted above but via videocardz site

Scramz · 5 Jan 2017 at 12:29

Is this the first card in a long time where no performance leaks have been released. If so AMD have done well to hide it. It seems that way, which I am enjoying. I hope it is a big shock.

Orcvader · 5 Jan 2017 at 12:38

Nutella33 said:
Guess there will be live Youtube, twitch and AMD links as normal

~Edit~

http://videocardz.com/65406/exclusive-amd-vega-presentation

Presentation slides have been leaked!

So as well as HBM2 there's onboard cache? Looks like Vega won't be starved from memory bandwidth issues.

shankly1985 · 5 Jan 2017 at 12:54

VEGA looking like a beast going from them leak slides.

eddyr · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:13

Orcvader said:
So as well as HBM2 there's onboard cache? Looks like Vega won't be starved from memory bandwidth issues.

That looks like the HBM.

N19h7m4r3 · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:20

shankly1985 said:
VEGA looking like a beast going from them leak slides.

No hype train! Remember the so called "leaks" from WCCFTech, of the 480 reaching Fury+ levels, and OC'ing to 1500Mhz on early samples.

Believe no rumors, or leaks, wait for actual verified content.

hominid · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:20

Looks like Jensen got himself a new jacket

Anyway, it could be that Nvidia got wind of Vega and delayed the 1080Ti because the 1080ti can't compete with Vega..

I'm not saying that's why it is, just that it's always a possibility that AMD got it bang on this time and Nvidia, rather than releasing a card that will still lose against Vega, chose to give up this one.

Carta · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:20

Hope this is on par with 1070/1080. Had to purchase a new GPU as my 290x died and I have a free sync monitor. The 1070 runs everything well, but I would like to use the free sync on my screen

Gregster · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:26

hominid said:
Looks like Jensen got himself a new jacket

Anyway, it could be that Nvidia got wind of Vega and delayed the 1080Ti because the 1080ti can't compete with Vega..

I'm not saying that's why it is, just that it's always a possibility that AMD got it bang on this time and Nvidia, rather than releasing a card that will still lose against Vega, chose to give up this one.

Carta said:
Hope this is on par with 1070/1080. Had to purchase a new GPU as my 290x died and I have a free sync monitor. The 1070 runs everything well, but I would like to use the free sync on my screen

Anything that surpasses a GTX 1080 and comes in at the right price will really see AMD do well. Fingers crossed they have that card.

Finners · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:31

Slides look promising but jumped on a 1070 from a 290 for £300 the other day so selfishly hoping they don't better that price/performance ratio (I hate buyers remorse) but would be good for all if they do.

Top end cards are more than I'm willing to pay for a GPU.

Looks like lots of new tech for AMD in VEGA which is great.

shankly1985 · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:31

N19h7m4r3 said:
No hype train! Remember the so called "leaks" from WCCFTech, of the 480 reaching Fury+ levels, and OC'ing to 1500Mhz on early samples.

Believe no rumors, or leaks, wait for actual verified content.

Am not talking about performance

am talking about features I like the idea of on board cache

Finners · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:34

ve.ga down for anyone else?

EDIT*

working now

Mauller · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:35

From this slide, it looks as though vega may perform 4 operations per clocks instead of 2 as with older gcn.

This means that small vega could be 2048 cores @1.5ghz to get 12.5Tflops.

fs123 · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:36

Finners said:
ve.ga down for anyone else?

Yes it's down. Probably a DDOS attack by Nvidia

fs123 · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:38

Mauller said:
From this slide, it looks as though vega may perform 4 operations per clocks instead of 2 as with older gcn.

This means that small vega could be 2048 cores @1.5ghz to get 12.5Tflops.

This is probably why they are claiming 4x performance per watt. Amazing if they can deliver. Imagine a small Vega matching a 1080 or higher.

Nutella33 · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:40

Sounds like a change similar to when they moved on to GCN. Could be interesting.

Mauller · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:41

fs123 said:
This is probably why they are claiming 4x performance per watt. Amazing if they can deliver. Imagine a small Vega matching a 1080 or higher.

Yeah, i also believe them now using Tiled rasterisatin and HBM helps as well.

JediFragger · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:41

I'm getting pretty excited for Vega now, looks promising!! Pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaase be out for March/April, at least even little Vega!!!

Toss3 · 5 Jan 2017 at 13:42

Looks like Vega is going to be a monster of a GPU. Really hope game performance is up to par as well! Might actually end up being faster than pascal. :O