AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

TNA · 22 Feb 2017 at 14:34

AMD really are shaking things up in the CPU side of things and offering much better price for performance than Intel. Lets hope they do the same with Vega

Would be cool to build an all AMD system.

Gregster · 22 Feb 2017 at 15:00

Fair point about it being the 580 and not the 590... Man I want to see something leaked for the big Vega, more so to satisfy my curiosity

orbitalwalsh · 22 Feb 2017 at 15:03

Still sticking with my ETA of April

TNA · 22 Feb 2017 at 15:04

Gregster said:
Fair point about it being the 580 and not the 590... Man I want to see something leaked for the big Vega, more so to satisfy my curiosity

Me too. Maybe in about a month. Right now they want all eyes on Ryzen I would imagine.

LoadsaMoney · 22 Feb 2017 at 15:14

AMD RX 500 series line-up by May or June 2017

There is some new information floating around about AMD's next-gen line-up of graphics cards. A lot is being shuffled to introduce a new line-up before the summer starts. Vega 10 and Vega 11 chips will be prioritized above Polaris in the high-end segment, Polaris remains part of the RX 500 series.

According to the new rumors the new line-up is launched in May for AMD to create a full competitive lineup. So Vega 11 might see an advanced early introduction and would be positioned above Polaris 10. The product likely will get GDDR5X memory and would compete with GP104 aka the GeForce GTX 1070 and 1080. The much discussed flagship Vega 10 GPU based product obviously would be the leading the pack with its 12 TFLOPS (FP32) raw performance, and this will compete with Nvidia's Titan X Pascal and the likely to be released 1080 Ti.

Polaris 11 (RX 460) and Polaris 10 (RX 470 and 480) will remain to be a focus in the mainstream segment, the two really succesful GPUs will fit nicely there.

Tuesday, February 28th at 19:30 CEST AMD should disclose more details about Vegaon their second Capsaicin event, a live stream will be available. The Complete RX 500 series likely will become available in the May time-frame.

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-rx-500-series-line-up-by-may-or-june-2017.html

TNA · 22 Feb 2017 at 15:22

The much discussed flagship Vega 10 GPU based product obviously would be the leading the pack with its 12 TFLOPS (FP32) raw performance, and this will compete with Nvidia's Titan X Pascal and the likely to be released 1080 Ti

Ahem... What have I been saying for nearly a year now?

Don't want to get to happy yet, need to see the real deal and cost. But still, looking good

AthlonXP1800 · 22 Feb 2017 at 15:25

Videocardz has clearer pictures of AMD Vega graphic card and Vega got a logo!

https://videocardz.com/66267/amd-radeon-vega-graphics-card-and-logo-revealed

AthlonXP1800 · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:00

Vega 10 and Ryzen tested Star Wars Battlefront at 4K Ultra showed around 60fps average but Titan X Pascal got around 79fps so Vega 10 Star Wars Battlefront peformance sit in between GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti/Titan X Pascal.

queamin · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:00

We known it is 12 TFLOPS (FP32) but have they learnt to get all the performance per flop from the start so at launch it performs like a 12 TFLOPS (FP32) card and not like a 10 TFLOPS (FP32) and then we have to wait until they get more performance out of it.

Kaapstad · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:03

AthlonXP1800 said:
Videocardz has clearer pictures of AMD Vega graphic card and Vega got a logo!

https://videocardz.com/66267/amd-radeon-vega-graphics-card-and-logo-revealed

That is not the finished Vega card as it still has the extra PCB at the end for monitoring.

TheRealDeal · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:05

TheRealDeal said:
It does say 580 and Videocardz reckon there is a 590 as well. If this is true the 80 card could be very good.

Kaapstad said:
That is not the finished Vega card as it still has the extra PCB at the end for monitoring.

Not to mention it was on Fiji drivers.

Kaapstad · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:10

TheRealDeal said:
Not to mention it was on Fiji drivers.

Anyone notice that the card has 8+6 pin power connectors but the PCB has the option to use 8+8 pin power connectors. Could this mean that there is a more powerful card lurking in the wings.

TNA · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:12

Kaapstad said:
Anyone notice that the card has 8+6 pin power connectors but the PCB has the option to use 8+8 pin power connectors. Could this mean that there is a more powerful card lurking in the wings.

Dare I say a card that may match or beat the Titan XP?

Doom112 · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:18

Some forum members said that it would beat titan X ,however, this is the best AMD can give you this year ,which is to be on par with GTX 1080. However here is TI date announcement.
https://videocardz.com/66309/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-is-coming

Greebo · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:26

TNA said:
Ahem... What have I been saying for nearly a year now?

Don't want to get to happy yet, need to see the real deal and cost. But still, looking good

Competing is fine but ita all about the price. The exchange rate hasnt helped. Look at Samsung. All Samsung lenses and cameras are increasing by up to 22% come 1st March. Lots of other computer manufacturers are doing the same.

Gibbo has EVGA 1080/1070 cards on special offer and they are still £80 more than you could pre-order them when the 1080 came out and everybody was complaining. I can see a 1080ti being £800 and a Vega 10 if it matches a 1080ti being a similar price.

nashathedog · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:31

AthlonXP1800 said:
Vega 10 and Ryzen tested Star Wars Battlefront at 4K Ultra showed around 60fps average but Titan X Pascal got around 79fps so Vega 10 Star Wars Battlefront peformance sit in between GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti/Titan X Pascal.

There was a few big dips there but at least we now see it's using an 8 pin & 6 pin for power or did we already know that? I thought it was covered up last time.

Kaapstad · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:32

TNA said:
Dare I say a card that may match or beat the Titan XP?

It is always good to keep an open mind when it comes to product launches.

nashathedog · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:35

Kaapstad said:
Anyone notice that the card has 8+6 pin power connectors but the PCB has the option to use 8+8 pin power connectors. Could this mean that there is a more powerful card lurking in the wings.

I hope so this isn't looking that impressive so far

TNA · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:41

Greebo said:
Competing is fine but ita all about the price. The exchange rate hasnt helped. Look at Samsung. All Samsung lenses and cameras are increasing by up to 22% come 1st March. Lots of other computer manufacturers are doing the same.

Gibbo has EVGA 1080/1070 cards on special offer and they are still £80 more than you could pre-order them when the 1080 came out and everybody was complaining. I can see a 1080ti being £800 and a Vega 10 if it matches a 1080ti being a similar price.

It definitely is all about price for performance, for me anyway. Hopefully Vega will provide this.

Kaapstad · 22 Feb 2017 at 16:47

nashathedog said:
I hope so this isn't looking that impressive so far

Too much hype at the moment.

The card in the pic is an old engineering sample complete with monitoring board at the end.

Problem at the moment is people are adding 2 + 2 and getting 10

I think Vega will be impressive when reviewers match the actual performance to the right card.