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AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1
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cant say I'm to keen on a 4gb card but I would be willing to see how this hbcc works out and if it does the job with 4gb then why not
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Depends on what HBCC brings.. Either way I'll be buying the highest end.
I want 8gb minimum. It just the right amount until my next upgrade. If hbcc can do its magic and help, then that is a bonus.
The benchmarks will answer that...
I'm not sure whether AMD can manage the memory in the driver (i.e. without developers needing to write special code for it). If they can, then the HBCC will make 4GB viable, but I doubt it.
I suspect that games with large data sets might perform poorly on this card until the game releases some patch that fixes this...
So you are buying the multi gpu on one card?
Why not?
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So you are buying the multi gpu on one card?
Nooo Haa
Leave that for LoadsaMoney
depands on the trade off, although deus demo showed that there would be negligible or no performance hit, then yes i would take a 4GB version, + im still at 144hz 1080p.
so waiting for reviews, really curious about the HBCC part.
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No need ROTTR will still do the job
Anyone know why the DX11 version runs faster, uses less memory, gives better performance and is bug free unlike the DX12 version.
Ouch, It's probably running better on DX11 because it originally relied on a-synchronous compute to run like it did on the X-box and by removing it for the PC versions DX12 they sort of cut it's heart out meaning it'll never run as well as it was meant too.
Absolutely not. It'd be like opening the door for Nvidia too get a clear shot at it through memory usage. Even if this cache system works as planned I'm pretty sure it won't be 100% perfect out the gate.
Ideally I'd prefer to spend a little more on 12 or 16 gb's, then I can sit back and not worry about it for the next 2 or 3 years.
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That shouldn't even be a thing, mid 2017. Regardless of cache or anything else, just put at least 8 gb on any new card. If you can't do that you might as well take up knitting and leave GPU business to others.
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Probably, but that wouldn't worry me as it probably has the tech to nullify any detriment to performance. I'd get it if that was the case, even at my res...
I'm really looking forward to the good sites giving it a thorough testing!!
If you work on the basis that none of us know anything whatsoever about these new Vega cards and how they work, it is probably best to wait for the reviews to see how they perform.
I am sure there will be some very good Vega cards when they arrive.
Agreed. Why would anyone use Dishonoured 2 as a PC benchmark? Heck, nobody does. But games like Doom still do get used as benchmarks, since their performance is reasonable and the higher FPS allows for more distinguishable differences in performance.
All the VRAM talk is taking me back a couple of years to the Fury launch. I sure hope Vega doesn't go the same way. Weren't some of the rumours suggesting that we'd finally be getting some Vega info this coming week?
It feels like waiting till the end of the month for Vega info a computex is too long... and it probably won't even have been worth the wait :s
Maybe it will, maybe it won't - You will definitely wait and that's about all we know for sure.
I find it utterly ridiculous that people can consider something that hasn't yet been shown if it works/doesn't work, and can make a decision based on nothing but forum speculation. HBCC could be amazing, and the reviews could show that there are no real failings, if such a 4GB card will exist, it could also show that it is utter pants and a pure marketing gimmick.
The problem is a lot of people will always be stuck in the more is better camp, regardless if it is to work or not, and hate to admit to it. There are also the type of people who complain that the card will only last 12 months, if this is the case, yet they are also the ones that upgrade at every possible release, so probably own the card for less than 12 months.
I only buy based on performance/£ so once the reviews are out, and all of the prices have settled on both sides of the fence then I will decide, even if one card has 'only' 4GB of RAM
It's just that it would mean they would have to rework the Vega SKU to work with 4GB of memory. Lets not forget when you have less stacks it changes the config of the card. This is why i'm kinda surprised people think there will be a 4GB sku. Potentially they could just have 8GB on the card and lock it out to only use 4GB. How they will do that i'm not sure but that would be cheaper and easier than reworking the GPU to handle a different memory load.Probably, but that wouldn't worry me as it probably has the tech to nullify any detriment to performance. I'd get it if that was the case, even at my res...
I'm really looking forward to the good sites giving it a thorough testing!!
Not to mention Vega is going to be aimed at 1440p+ gaming not 1080p so i really can't see them coming in with 4GB. HBCC allows for games which want to push the memory envelope to use more than 8GB of memory. Probably similar to how the 970 card worked 3.5Gb of fast memory and the driver handles how that memory is managed so nothing critical is put in the slower memory.
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