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AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

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AMD: Products based on Vega expected to ship in Q2 2017

AMD Vega coming in Q2 2017

Without any surprise, AMD confirmed (once again) that Vega is an ‘H1 2017’ product. In its annual 2016 financial results, we can find Q4 2016 highlights with the most important part starting here:

AMD introduced preliminary details of its forthcoming Vega GPU architecture designed to address the most data- and visually-intensive next-generation workloads. Key architecture advancements include a differentiated memory subsystem, next-generation geometry pipeline, new compute engine, and a new pixel engine. GPU products based on the Vega architecture are expected to ship in the second quarter of 2017.

So those who were still hoping for February or March Vega launch may feel disappointed, but it’s worth noting that AMD never confirmed that Vega could launch in the first quarter. It was rather, a wishful thinking considering how Polaris was teased and launched a few months later.

Vega could, therefore, launch in May or June with Radeon 500 series, which could also include some Polaris-based models. However what seems unclear is whether Vega will succeed Fury X or rather R9 390X as Radeon RX 590.

For Q1 2017 AMD is clearly devoting its marketing efforts to promote Ryzen architecture, which is expected to arrive in multiple forms late February.
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https://videocardz.com/65668/amd-products-based-on-vega-expected-to-ship-in-q2-2017
 
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In effect they'll be leaving money on the table from people doing new Ryzen builds and needing a GPU. AMD should do a loaner program where, if the Ryzen owner commits to buying Vega, AMD sends an interim GPU to use while they wait :p
 
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nashathedog said:
It feel like the wait is taking forever. Damn Nvidia are gonna be on the 1100 series by the time we get Vega, Plus I hope Q2 isn't a launch with a lack of stock.
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yep ive been putting a little aside each week to pay for vega but at this rate i will have enough for a whole new build
 
old gamer said:
yep ive been putting a little aside each week to pay for vega but at this rate i will have enough for a whole new build
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This is what I am doing anyway. By the end of May I should hopefully be able to fully spec a build using the latest and greatest from Intel/AMD/Nvidia.

Fingers crossed Vega is worth waiting for.
 
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nashathedog said:
I think it's a typo and was meant to read as the 390x, Why? Because it clearly states that we need at least 8 gb's of memory to run the HD texture pack. The Fiji chips haven't got enough memory so they're not up to the task meaning AMD users need to have either a 390, 390x , 8gb 480 or an 8gb 290 to run this texture pack. The reason it states the 390 instead of the 480 is because number wise the -90 sits higher than a -80 in the stack and while we know better (debatably) some promoter at Bethesda may not. I'm not saying a 390x matches a 1080 just that it's the closest AMD currently have with 8gb's of ram.
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No it not a typo. You need to look at image hard again and you see it is no way that is 390X because 390X is part of R9 300 series family back in 2015 but 390X is not from RX line.

Someone at Bethesda made a huge blunder wrote Vega RX 490 in texture pack patch note after AMD send unreleased RX 490 cards samples to Bethesda and other games developers probably during in January last month ahead of official launch in May or June so someone worked on Fallout 4 high resolution texture pack was tested RX 490 8GB thought it was been launched recently but didn't realised it was still not launched yet after received a panicked phone call from AMD.

Anyone must remembered Johan Andersson from DICE received unreleased GPUs from AMD months before official launch?

Found Johan Andersson old twitters posted pics months before official launch.

Photo of Hawaii graphic card (R9 290 or 290X) on 23 Sept 2013:

https://twitter.com/repi/status/381427050252234753

R9 290X launched on 24 Oct 2013, R9 290 launched on 5 Nov 2013.

Photo of a Radeon graphic card (R9 Fury X) on 22 May 2015:

https://twitter.com/repi/status/601739457960763392

R9 Fury X launched on 24 June 2015.

Photo of leaked liquid from unreleased GPU (R9 Fury X2/Radeon Pro Duo) on 26 Nov 2015:

https://twitter.com/repi/status/669829650634440704

R9 Fury X2 cancelled, Radeon Pro Duo launched on 26 April 2016.
 
IMO still far more likely to be a typo - as you can see from the tweets unreleased cards given to developers (which is generally a rare thing - case in point Dice was implementing Mantle) typically don't have a specific product designation - in the drivers they will often have an alphanumerical string as the device identifier rather than a normal GPU name.
 
DragonQ said:
What else did you expect? "H1 2017" was always going to mean Q2 2017 in this context, especially with Ryzen being Q1.
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What I find nuts is for the last 9 months AMD have left NVidia to rule with the Titan X, GTX 1080 and the 1070, I know the Fury can still compete decent enough against the 1070 but I just find it insane, Vega will probably be beaten as soon as it lands when NVidia unleash the 1080ti from the warehouses.
 
Doogles said:
What I find nuts is for the last 9 months AMD have left NVidia to rule with the Titan X, GTX 1080 and the 1070, I know the Fury can still compete decent enough against the 1070 but I just find it insane, Vega will probably be beaten as soon as it lands when NVidia unleash the 1080ti from the warehouses.
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I'm sure the 1080Ti is releasing before VEGA, so VEGA will be well beaten before it's even available lol! Doesn't mean it won't be a decent card, I'm sure it will hold its own, but I don't think it's going to be much more powerful than a 1080, nor is the price going to be anything to jump for delight over. I expect it to be priced in line with Nvidia, because the market has firmly demonstrated its willingness to pay through the nose for GPU's. It will be great to have another option of course and a card capable of driving Freesync monitors to the max, but anyone who thinks VEGA is going to be a bargain 1080 beater is living in fantasy dream land with unicorns and cotton candy clouds. :D
 
Doogles said:
What I find nuts is for the last 9 months AMD have left NVidia to rule with the Titan X, GTX 1080 and the 1070, I know the Fury can still compete decent enough against the 1070 but I just find it insane, Vega will probably be beaten as soon as it lands when NVidia unleash the 1080ti from the warehouses.
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As long as it’s better value than Nvidia – you know, like, less than £1,000 or whatever Nvidia prices cards at these days - it will sell and possibly bring down some Nvidia prices. Win Win. 90% of the speed for 70% of the price is a no-brainer for me.
 
Legend said:
I'm sure the 1080Ti is releasing before VEGA, so VEGA will be well beaten before it's even available lol! Doesn't mean it won't be a decent card, I'm sure it will hold its own, but I don't think it's going to be much more powerful than a 1080, nor is the price going to be anything to jump for delight over. I expect it to be priced in line with Nvidia, because the market has firmly demonstrated its willingness to pay through the nose for GPU's. It will be great to have another option of course and a card capable of driving Freesync monitors to the max, but anyone who thinks VEGA is going to be a bargain 1080 beater is living in fantasy dream land with unicorns and cotton candy clouds. :D
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Erm, we know Vegas well beaten before its available, we've known since last May, where yer been ? :p
 
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