AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

Mtom · 7 Apr 2017 at 17:31

Well we need to wait for the reviews to see how their memory controller works. Personally i think the HBCC is the most interesting feature in Vega.
If it works as it should and you don't notice that you have a 8GB card and not a 16GB then its nice.
As far as i know its an out of the box feature, as it is hardware controlled, so in DX11 it will just work, in DX12 the devs need to enable it.

TNA · 7 Apr 2017 at 17:36

What we do know for sure is, it is Gibbo is "very impressed" and he does not strike me as someone who is easily impressed. Actually I will take that back, I just remembered he was impressed by some youtuber chick called nerdphilia when hardly anyone else was. lol

cainer · 7 Apr 2017 at 17:41

TNA said:
What we do know for sure is, it is Gibbo is "very impressed" and he does not strike me as someone who is easily impressed. Actually I will take that back, I just remembered he was impressed by some youtuber chick called nerdphilia when hardly anyone else was. lol

He's also the guy that wants to sell it to you

Jono8 · 7 Apr 2017 at 18:07

I don't think I would buy a 4gb card regardless of any promised special tech that makes 4 into 8. Especially if such a thing needs software support as well.

It would have to be 8gb minimum or nothing for me, but I am fairly confident they will have an 8gb version.

I can't believe they would have gone 2 years and not been able to increase the amount of HBM memory onboard from the Fury.

N19h7m4r3 · 7 Apr 2017 at 18:08

cainer said:
He's also the guy that wants to sell it to you

He was also the one that tried to reign in that insane Polaris Hype Train that was breaking speed barriers here.

N19h7m4r3 · 7 Apr 2017 at 18:11

Jono8 said:
It would have to be 8gb minimum or nothing for me, but I am fairly confident they will have an 8gb version.

I can't believe they would have gone 2 years and not been able to increase the amount of HBM memory onboard from the Fury.

They have though. They're offering 4 and 8GB models, with support up to 16GB of HBM2.

HBM2 comes in 4GB and 8GB per die. Vega's photo showed 2 HBM modules, so that's likely the high-end version.

I do hope that the 4GB version is small Vega though, as in their Polaris bracket replacement.

TNA · 7 Apr 2017 at 18:12

cainer said:
He's also the guy that wants to sell it to you

I know I know

But:

N19h7m4r3 said:
He was also the one that tried to reign in that insane Polaris Hype Train that was breaking speed barriers here.

Plus we are all having a bit of fun here. End of the day it will be what it will be. We will judge whether we will buy or not by reviews and price for performance

Jono8 said:
I don't think I would buy a 4gb card regardless of any promised special tech that makes 4 into 8. Especially if such a thing needs software support as well.

It would have to be 8gb minimum or nothing for me, but I am fairly confident they will have an 8gb version.

I can't believe they would have gone 2 years and not been able to increase the amount of HBM memory onboard from the Fury.

I agree. Even with high bandwidth cache working well on the 4gb version, I want 8gb minimum to be on the safe side

silversurfer · 7 Apr 2017 at 18:17

Depending on the res used, 4gb on big vega is not much of a negative for this year and even next, sell it then. As an option to lower what might be a pretty high price, I hope they do include it even if the cache stuff is hype only.

old data: http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/90/much-vram-need-1080p-1440p-4k-aa-enabled/index.html

nashathedog · 7 Apr 2017 at 18:27

opethdisciple said:
I personally think this high bandwidth cache is to counter the fact that HBM2 is expensive. Meaning they can offer a more affordable 4G card and not suffer from too much of a memory penalty.

Issue with that tho is it might* need the game to support it.

I'd rather pay the extra and avoid any chance of having a memory shortage in the future.
You can safely bet your left bolok on Nvidia trying to trip the caching tech up in any games they help develop once it's out in the world.
Even if your names Hitler you can make that bet feeling safe in the knowledge you will still get to have kids in the future.

akarypid · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:18

Gibbo said:
I Am in Rome!
AMD are in Rome!

Put the two together and what I have seen I am very impressed by!

Nuff said!

TNA said:
So... With Gibbo being "very impressed" with what he saw and Nvidia releasing a full fat Titan XP (panic mode), I get the feeling Vega is going to live up to my prediction after all.

\o/ YaY!

I really do not think Nvidia would have released another Titan if not for what they have probably figured out about Vega. Also look at how they priced the 1080.

Looking forward to Vega + Freesync 2 monitor combo

TNA said:
What we do know for sure is, it is Gibbo is "very impressed" and he does not strike me as someone who is easily impressed. Actually I will take that back, I just remembered he was impressed by some youtuber chick called nerdphilia when hardly anyone else was. lol

Has anyone considered that Gibbo is "very impressed" in a negative way? As in "I've known AMD to **** things up, but I never thought they'd ever manage to get things THIS wrong".

nashathedog · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:21

akarypid said:
Has anyone considered that Gibbo is "very impressed" in a negative way? As in "I've known AMD to **** things up, but I never thought they'd ever manage to get things THIS wrong".

There's always more possible meanings let's just hope that isn't the one this time around

Scougar · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:21

LMFAO

Panos · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:29

D.P. said:
If one of the Vega cards has a performance similar to the 1070 then it will also have a price similar

Thats the performance of an overclocked FuryX......

Nope, AMD goes much higher with Vega

old gamer · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:31

Gibbo said:
I Am in Rome!
AMD are in Rome!

Put the two together and what I have seen I am very impressed by!

Nuff said!

Damn last time I was teased this much was in a lap dance bar

Wrinkly · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:36

akarypid said:
Has anyone considered that Gibbo is "very impressed" in a negative way? As in "I've known AMD to **** things up, but I never thought they'd ever manage to get things THIS wrong".

That would make sense in a world where he wanted more customers buying the 1080Ti.

silversurfer · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:44

akarypid said:
Has anyone considered that Gibbo is "very impressed" in a negative way? As in "I've known AMD to **** things up, but I never thought they'd ever manage to get things THIS wrong".

Wondering how they could be that impressive, atomic levels of power consumption perhaps. Heat levels exceeding a 4 bar fire. Super RGB with Plasma tubes covering the card for impressive bling

performance similar to the 1070

It'll be over 2x 580 or everyone is way off base in thinking Vega is their top tier card. So 1080 > is really a reasonable estimate hence Nvidia positioning makes sense. That just leaves price and the unique features and widgets, how important is vulkan and impossible unknowns as the games it'll really matter with arent released yet. Nvidia I guess wins on performance per watt?

AlamoX · 7 Apr 2017 at 19:49

tommybhoy · 7 Apr 2017 at 20:00

TNA said:
What we do know for sure is, it is Gibbo is "very impressed" and he does not strike me as someone who is easily impressed.

The Italian in me knowing how strikingly beautiful the people of Rome truly are, then he's obviously referring to the locals.

LtMatt · 7 Apr 2017 at 20:17

tommybhoy said:
The Italian in me knowing how strikingly beautiful the people of Rome truly are, then he's obviously referring to the locals.

Disagree.

tommybhoy said:
GCN Architecture-Volcanic Islands Eau Naturelle

Primed to enable astonishing performance and breathtaking image quality, making it a top choice for gamers who expect the best.

AlamoX · 7 Apr 2017 at 20:19

AMDMatt said:
Disagree.

Source, for those wanting to Relive the moment just before i started work for AMD.

Gibbo is looking guud