AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 15 Mar 2017 at 15:14

Cyber-Mav said:
cool, im in dire need of a gpu upgrade now since playing just cause 3 is finally brought me back to the pc, but with a gfx card budget of £150 is there going to be any vega in my price range?

You can get an RX470 4GB for as low as £140,an RX480 4GB for a bit more and a RX480 8GB for around £180.

Gregster · 15 Mar 2017 at 15:17

queamin said:
Yes I know that jesus

Good to know Jesus has an interest in Vega :cool:

TNA · 15 Mar 2017 at 15:18

Cyber-Mav said:
global foundries is not AMD, AMD doesnt have any fabrication plants in their name anymore as i explained before. they split/sold of thier plants to avoid loosing them if they went bankrupt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants
no AMD name on those plants in the list.

Cyber-Mav said:
U do know global foundries is Amd's own fab right? Amd split their foundry assets into the seperate company in fear of bankruptcy so that they would not loose all of their fabrication plants. Sneeky move which im surprised most people dont remember.

Lol. These two comments clearly contradict each other. Global foundries is not AMDs own fab. They have no fabs.

Cyber-Mav · 15 Mar 2017 at 15:30

they used to be amd's own fabs but they split off. standard tactic in the business world. that way if one goes down they dont loose everything. its still in the family so to speak.

Cyber-Mav · 15 Mar 2017 at 15:31

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
You can get an RX470 4GB for as low as £140,an RX480 4GB for a bit more and a RX480 8GB for around £180.

was eyeing up the 8gig 480 but dunno if prices will be lower when the refresh comes out.

Crockett · 15 Mar 2017 at 15:59

Cyber-Mav said:
they used to be amd's own fabs but they split off. standard tactic in the business world. that way if one goes down they dont loose everything. its still in the family so to speak.

AMD sold their last stake in global foundries in 2012 so they are completely separate companies now.

AMD does have the Wafer Supply Agreement which guarantees a certain number of wafers and price for both so they are tied together with contracts but not ownership.

Cyber-Mav · 15 Mar 2017 at 16:05

true they are seen as separate now but more of friends with benefits relationship,

Howie87 · 15 Mar 2017 at 16:18

Cyber-Mav said:
was eyeing up the 8gig 480 but dunno if prices will be lower when the refresh comes out.

I just bought one for a Ryzen build I'm doing. The rebranded 580 should be out soon with marginally bumped clock speeds so I imagine the price will fall a little to clear out stock however the fact there will be no substantial changes means they might still hold their price.

TNA · 15 Mar 2017 at 16:19

Cyber-Mav said:
true they are seen as separate now but more of friends with benefits relationship,

But that is not what you said earlier. You went from "U do know global foundries is Amd's own fab right?" to "its still in the family so to speak" to now "they are seen as separate now but more of friends with benefits relationship".

What the ****...

LoadsaMoney · 15 Mar 2017 at 16:22

Gregster said:
Good to know Jesus has an interest in Vega

Well they need a miracle

TNA · 15 Mar 2017 at 16:25

LoadsaMoney said:
Well they need a miracle

And they shall have it!!

I hope

Cyber-Mav · 15 Mar 2017 at 16:36

TNA said:
But that is not what you said earlier. You went from "U do know global foundries is Amd's own fab right?" to "its still in the family so to speak" to now "they are seen as separate now but more of friends with benefits relationship".

What the ****...

it used to be AMD's fab, just sold/split off now. u think global foundries setup those fab plants from scratch on their own? no they didnt, they belonged to AMD before.

Kaiketsu · 15 Mar 2017 at 16:47

Guys, a GTX1080 (Gainward Phoenix GS) for about 560 USD, incl. VAT (Poland), do you think it's a good idea to buy it now, or would it be a smarter move to wait for VEGA? Such a shame that there's almost nothing known about Vega, such as pricing or benchmarks. Heck, nobody even knows whether Vega is a 1080's competitor, or 1080Ti's...

1080Ti is out of my reach financially, but 1080 for 560 USD is acceptable, what do you think?

TNA · 15 Mar 2017 at 16:54

Kaiketsu said:
Guys, a GTX1080 (Gainward Phoenix GS) for about 560 USD, incl. VAT (Poland), do you think it's a good idea to buy it now, or would it be a smarter move to wait for VEGA? Such a shame that there's almost nothing known about Vega, such as pricing or benchmarks. Heck, nobody even knows whether Vega is a 1080's competitor, or 1080Ti's...

1080Ti is out of my reach financially, but 1080 for 560 USD is acceptable, what do you think?

Smarter to wait in my opinion. 1080 prices going forward will be going in one direction and that is not up. Can always pick up a 1080 when the time comes if need be.

Cyber-Mav said:
it used to be AMD's fab, just sold/split off now. u think global foundries setup those fab plants from scratch on their own? no they didnt, they belonged to AMD before.

Why would I think that? If AMD sold their fab business it stands to reason they belonged to AMD before. I am not sure if I just do not understand what you are saying, or you are on a wind up

N19h7m4r3 · 15 Mar 2017 at 17:56

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
You can get an RX470 4GB for as low as £140,an RX480 4GB for a bit more and a RX480 8GB for around £180.

I might have to pick up one of these. My Fury X started artifacting like crazy recently; although it comes and goes... :/

Hope it lasts long enough to pick up a RX 580.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 15 Mar 2017 at 18:18

N19h7m4r3 said:
I might have to pick up one of these. My Fury X started artifacting like crazy recently; although it comes and goes... :/

Hope it lasts long enough to pick up a RX 580.

Sorry to hear that - time for an RMA?

I have a Powercolor Devil RX470 4GB - even at max settings in The Witcher 3 and Dragonage:Inquisition at qHD I could average above 30FPS in the scenes I tested.

I could do a proper review of it.

N19h7m4r3 · 15 Mar 2017 at 18:38

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Sorry to hear that - time for an RMA?

I have a Powercolor Devil RX470 4GB - even at max settings in The Witcher 3 and Dragonage:Inquisition at qHD I could average above 30FPS in the scenes I tested.

I could do a proper review of it.

If I RMA I'd want to get a GPU in the meantime to cover me, as I'll be RMA'ing to Germany. Sadly this all decided to happen at the worst time possible.

Video and details of it here.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/30608122/

BigBANGtheory · 15 Mar 2017 at 18:49

Are you getting system hangs? My R9 290x went from artifacts > systems hangs > GPU death in a matter of days

LoadsaMoney · 15 Mar 2017 at 19:22

Apparently now AMD are saying, if you want better performance out of Ryzen, overclock em.

melmac · 15 Mar 2017 at 20:40

LoadsaMoney said:
Apparently now AMD are saying, if you want better performance out of Ryzen, overclock em.

Can you go to the CPU section if you want to keep discussing Ryzen? Your constant trolling and baiting in this section is really getting annoying.