AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

Bonjour · 5 Jan 2017 at 14:59

I like AMD. But that really was a bit of a dick move.

Yaayuh! · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:00

TwsT said:
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Hahahaha!

enigma27 · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:01

Scramz said:
Is this a different count down or just messed up?

http://wccftech.com/wip-watch-amds-radeon-rx-500-series-vega-preview/

lol click on the timer and go to the actual site..

its just a hosted timer that someone seems to have put AMD Vega Preview words over the top.

Sargatanas2511 · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:01

Bonjour said:
I like AMD. But that really was a bit of a dick move.

Why?

beany_bot · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:01

Bonjour said:
I like AMD. But that really was a bit of a dick move.

What was? Not doing a livestream when they said they woul......

....oh wait. They didnt.

Chill.

karik666 · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:02

But they made people think there would be a livestream for vega.

shankly1985 · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:02

Rroff said:
You can already utilise system RAM and HDD space as virtual GPU RAM - still the same problem that you are limited by the performance of the PCI-e bus (obviously there is the extension for using it more for streamed/resource heaps, etc. but that is a bit different).

Correct but now with the GPU having the cache and controller on the GPU the GPU no longer needs to wait and stop for processing more workloads. Resulting in higher performance.
Sounds very promising tbh
Not sure though if Devs need to make this work though or can AMD controller all this by Drivers for each game?

TwsT · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:03

benjii said:
You're right, it does.

how are they reading the fps in vulkan? do we have a new fraps? or does it show the fps but youc an't hook in and record it ?

beany_bot · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:03

karik666 said:
But they made people think there would be a livestream for vega.

No they didnt lol. WE did that.

beany_bot · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:03

TwsT said:
how are they reading the fps in vulkan?

Looks like the steam counter no?

benjii · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:03

beany_bot said:
What was? Not doing a livestream when they said they woul......

....oh wait. They didnt.

Chill.

They did, however, create a new website and a countdown timer for a few marketing videos. There was no way that could lead to anything other than disappointment. I do agree, though, people are making a mountain of a mole hill.

TwsT · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:04

beany_bot said:
Looks like the steam counter no?

yeah i forgot doom has one but you can't actually record it like with fraps to get a proper average.

shankly1985 · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:04

Bonjour said:
I like AMD. But that really was a bit of a dick move.

They didn't say they was Live Streaming though so your expectation was all built up be yourself.
I do agree though I would have liked some footage

TNA · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:05

shankly1985 said:
VEGA does allow the use of RAM and SSDs lol No longer are we limited to 4GB or 8GB for example we can now have 500GB virtual Vram!

How this all plays out we after wait and see !!

Yea, very interesting. The information all sounds very promising. Let's hope it translates into performance nicely. Bodes well for my prediction/expectation of Vega

shankly1985 · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:05

TwsT said:
how are they reading the fps in vulkan? do we have a new fraps? or does it show the fps but youc an't hook in and record it ?

Doom has built in FPS counter

five8five · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:06

TwsT said:
I know your joking but i'm reading the AMD discord atm and people really do obsess over this stuff.

"They are tryign to bait nvidia into releasing the 1080Ti"

No they aren't, The rivalry on hype videos exists because you lot believe it. (from both sides)

I swear sometimes people actually think AMD are At war with nvidia... It's business that's all.

So, your saying it's not real like the wrestling

beany_bot · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:11

I never expected a livestream seeings as how it's 6am in Vegas. I did however expect a big video with a lot of juicy specs and maybe even "vs nvidia" numbers.

That was obviously a disappointment not getting that.

Bonjour · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:12

shankly1985 said:
They didn't say they was Live Streaming though so your expectation was all built up be yourself.
I do agree though I would have liked some footage

Don't get me wrong. I'm not really fussed.

It was counter-productive marketing though, IMO.

nashathedog · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:13

Gregster said:
It is incredible to see some of the comments. I love me some banter but that is that but some of these guys are genuine fanatics!

If you come into the bathroom I'll show you my Lisa Su tatoo

nitram100 · 5 Jan 2017 at 15:15

AMD getting cocky lol..they seem confident.