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AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

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r7slayer said:
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.

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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I'm under the impression a 4gb Vega card had been confirmed? Am i wrong then? I thought we'd been told there's a 4gb and 8 gb version coming but I may of been reading a WCCF slow news day article as unfortunately someone keeps posting WCCF links here :rolleyes:
 
nashathedog said:
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I'm under the impression a 4gb Vega card had been confirmed? Am i wrong then? I thought we'd been told there's a 4gb and 8 gb version coming but I may of been reading a WCCF slow news day article as unfortunately someone keeps posting WCCF links here :rolleyes:
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we don't know WHO you are talking about. Must be someone with loads of money, maybe ...
 
r7slayer said:
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.

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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AMD pretty much said it, besides the number of stack is 2 to keep the bandwidth of 512, each stack can be 2-4-8GB, nothing technically challenging for each choice, other than cost i guess, and maybe power draw, AMD can have 16GB card with these 2stacks.
 
TNA said:
Would be nice if we get at least a paper launch on 31st. At least there will be reviews and we will finally know what's what.
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Dr. Lisa Su stated during the Earnings Call Q&A that Vega products are still on track to ship before end of Q2. So 31st May for Launch, and shipping within the next month.

Hopefully we get a proper event with information.
 
Had my Vega engineering sample for a few days now, im shocked at the benchmark results and ingame FPS :o
screen grab of the results here...

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nashathedog said:
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I'm under the impression a 4gb Vega card had been confirmed? Am i wrong then? I thought we'd been told there's a 4gb and 8 gb version coming but I may of been reading a WCCF slow news day article as unfortunately someone keeps posting WCCF links here :rolleyes:
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You're not wrong. Various tech sites have reported AMD told them Vega comes in 4GB and 8GB configurations.

Example:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...4gb-cards-will-match-nvidias-11gb-gtx-1080-ti

AMD claims imminent Radeon RX Vega 4GB cards will match Nvidia's 11GB GTX 1080 Ti

AMD HAS TEASED more information about its forthcoming Vega-based graphics cards, revealing that they will come with either 4GB or 8GB memory and hinting that a launch is imminent.

Both versions will use the second-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM2), which in addition to offering improved memory bandwidth will also provide greater power efficiency - something AMD cards have been lacking as of late.

Scott Herkelman, vice president and general manager of Radeon gaming at AMD, suggested that 4GB of HBM2 Vega graphics card memory could potentially have similar memory bandwidth to Nvidia's 11GB GTX 1080 Ti, although we'll believe that when we see the independent benchmarks.
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Kaapstad said:
For the record big Vega is about 14% faster than my Titan Xp in the same PC.
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OMG, Kaapstad has a Vega gpu!!! It seems he was the one who manages to bag that engineering sample that hit eBay a few days ago that went for silly money's.

I should have guessed it was Kaapstad, when it comes to gpu's the guy spares no expense!
 
TNA said:
OMG, Kaapstad has a Vega gpu!!! It seems he was the one who manages to bag that engineering sample that hit eBay a few days ago that went for silly money's.

I should have guessed it was Kaapstad, when it comes to gpu's the guy spares no expense!
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I wish but I was just joking.:D
 
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