AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

LoadsaMoney · 14 May 2017 at 18:54

Doogles said:
Just noticed you have two fury's, how well does Crossfire work? I tried it over 3 years ago and when it worked it was great.

It doesn't, its terrible, got my 2nd card disabled, and has been for over a year now, i only re-enable it, when i fancy going back through HL2 and the episodes (which ive got Fakefactory modded), and the Metro games, as it works in them.

TNA · 14 May 2017 at 19:27

Phixsator said:
I'm going to look forward too see WccfTech quote you on that in their next big leak

If only he played along. That would have definitely would have caught their eye. You would have got an article pop up saying according to our "sources"...

nashathedog said:
Well I'm glad he didn't I was about to start messaging him with offers of anything goes for a quick peek

It would have been a great had he played along. Would have got people panting searching ebay and sending messages. Lol

mahius · 14 May 2017 at 19:27

nashathedog said:
Well I'm glad he didn't I was about to start messaging him with offers of anything goes for a quick peek

Damn, too bad Kaap didn't keep it going. He could have made enough to buy an actual Vega GPU by now! XD

AlamoX · 14 May 2017 at 19:41

Doogles said:
Surely they can't be releasing a 4GB version? It would be suicide at 1440p!

if that seem obvious to you, don't you think AMD engineers would come to the same conclusion ?

JBuk · 14 May 2017 at 20:12

AlamoX said:
if that seem obvious to you, don't you think AMD engineers would come to the same conclusion ?

Surely the membership of ocuk know better than the engineers of various tech companies!

Phixsator · 14 May 2017 at 20:43

JBuk said:
Surely the membership of ocuk know better than the engineers of various tech companies!

of course we do. That is why we sit here arguing how it all works so these company engineers can come and steal our work and profit.. I thought it was obvious

Doogles · 14 May 2017 at 21:04

AlamoX said:
if that seem obvious to you, don't you think AMD engineers would come to the same conclusion ?

After having the reference cooler on the 290 no it wouldn't surprise me.

JBuk said:
Surely the membership of ocuk know better than the engineers of various tech companies!

I could have told them that the reference cooler was a bad idea after 5 minutes with it!

Angilion · 15 May 2017 at 00:55

AlamoX said:
if that seem obvious to you, don't you think AMD engineers would come to the same conclusion ?

What would the engineers have to do with it? Engineers don't sell products. What matters is what makes a profit, not how well it works. There would be a market for 4GB Vega cards even if they were severely bottlenecked by lack of memory above 1080p, as long as they were significantly cheaper than 8GB Vega cards. I think a more important question (from a profit point of view) would be to what extent that bottleneck (if it exists) would affect overall sales of Vega.

Shaz12 · 15 May 2017 at 06:01

Has this been posted already

http://digiworthy.com/2017/05/14/amd-rx-vega-lineup-fastest-vega-nova/

AMD’s Full RX Vega Lineup leaked: Fastest ‘VEGA Nova’ cheaper than GTX 1080 Ti at $599

mahius · 15 May 2017 at 06:49

Shaz12 said:
Has this been posted already

http://digiworthy.com/2017/05/14/amd-rx-vega-lineup-fastest-vega-nova/

AMD’s Full RX Vega Lineup leaked: Fastest ‘VEGA Nova’ cheaper than GTX 1080 Ti at $599

Oh this is hilarious. It's not even a leak, it's just speculation/rumours from some guy on reddit who merely claimed his info was legit. I remember the people posting jokes that WCCFTech would use that post as a source for their news, but I guess some other site beat them to it. I'd link the Reddit post, but I cba this early in the morning.

TNA · 15 May 2017 at 07:11

Shaz12 said:
Has this been posted already

http://digiworthy.com/2017/05/14/amd-rx-vega-lineup-fastest-vega-nova/

AMD’s Full RX Vega Lineup leaked: Fastest ‘VEGA Nova’ cheaper than GTX 1080 Ti at $599

Lol! People are so desperate for Vega news, they believe anything they read.

They would have believed me and Kaapstad had he played along yesterday, too funny

akarypid · 15 May 2017 at 07:57

I was looking at upcoming Volta stuff and it seems to me that AMD's biggest bet is the node shrink for 7nm.

Even assuming best-case scenario where Vega has an impeccable launch and comes in at >1080ti performance, Nvidia will push forward the consumer Volta cards a bit and by Q1 2018 will leapfrog AMD again.

Now, my feeling is that Volta would not be nearly as impressive were it to use 16nm. The half-node improvement at 12nm makes for a world of difference. If we don't get a 7nm Vega by Q3 2018, people will forget what it's like to have a high-end AMD GPU...

TNA · 15 May 2017 at 08:15

akarypid said:
I was looking at upcoming Volta stuff and it seems to me that AMD's biggest bet is the node shrink for 7nm.

Even assuming best-case scenario where Vega has an impeccable launch and comes in at >1080ti performance, Nvidia will push forward the consumer Volta cards a bit and by Q1 2018 will leapfrog AMD again.

Now, my feeling is that Volta would not be nearly as impressive were it to use 16nm. The half-node improvement at 12nm makes for a world of difference. If we don't get a 7nm Vega by Q3 2018, people will forget what it's like to have a high-end AMD GPU...

Won't be half as bad as what we have now. As long as their 7nm Navi is out in 2019 (most likely won't be 2018) then they will be fine. They will just have to reduce price on Vega.

If Vega comes out with poor price for performance then I may just wait until Volta hits which will no doubt affect the price of Vega and buy Vega then

Completed Prey which was the last big game I was interested in 2017, so I can be more patient if need be. Probably not though

orbitalwalsh · 15 May 2017 at 10:03

https://videocardz.com/69475/amd-radeon-vega-spotted-with-16gb-memory-and-1600-mhz-clock

soo 1600hz clock speed, as stated no idea what AMD product but higher then current Polaris 580 can hit

beany_bot · 15 May 2017 at 10:15

First post here was August 2016. And we still know nothing new. Lol.

HEADRAT · 15 May 2017 at 10:20

Shaz12 said:
Has this been posted already

http://digiworthy.com/2017/05/14/amd-rx-vega-lineup-fastest-vega-nova/

AMD’s Full RX Vega Lineup leaked: Fastest ‘VEGA Nova’ cheaper than GTX 1080 Ti at $599

old gamer · 15 May 2017 at 10:43

beany_bot said:
First post here was August 2016. And we still know nothing new. Lol.

I thought the same, about 12 more weeks and that will be a year of sod all

beany_bot · 15 May 2017 at 10:58

Do you think VEGA will run hot? I mean... AMD has a history of its new "boundary pushing" tech running like lava. Any ideas or thoughts as to Vega?

Mauller · 15 May 2017 at 11:02

orbitalwalsh said:
https://videocardz.com/69475/amd-radeon-vega-spotted-with-16gb-memory-and-1600-mhz-clock

soo 1600hz clock speed, as stated no idea what AMD product but higher then current Polaris 580 can hit

Considering the memory configuration, it is likely an Mi25 part. some people argue about boost but even GP100 has a boost capability if the workload is not heavy. HPC parts will still boost as long as they can remain within their thermal and power envelope.

nashathedog · 15 May 2017 at 11:02

mahius said:
Oh this is hilarious. It's not even a leak, it's just speculation/rumours from some guy on reddit who merely claimed his info was legit. I remember the people posting jokes that WCCFTech would use that post as a source for their news, but I guess some other site beat them to it. I'd link the Reddit post, but I cba this early in the morning.

They've opened the window for others sites like WCCF to do an article quoting that site as the source and adding a disclaimer, I think the info they claim is a leak is nothing more than a nerd writing down what is obvious to anyone with half a brain, AMD will release cards to compete with Nvidia's at similar prices, It's not Rocket science is it? :rolleyes: