AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

old gamer · 16 May 2017 at 19:46

PapaLazaru said:
Been running AMD cards since a 7600GT and never had a black screen. Never had a driver issue either.

nor me, I started using ati with 3870 crossfire and had pretty much every ati/amd card since and never had a black screen but I have heard of it

akarypid · 16 May 2017 at 19:47

TonyTurbo78 said:
I get black screens on my 390's every now and again also. I've tried half a dozen cables, maybe more, and even tried hdmi and dvi to rule out DP, so it definitely does exist in some cases.

I believe you, but not him.

kylew_is_back · 16 May 2017 at 19:48

akarypid said:
It was the cable...

I don't think a monitor or a cable can make the PC to hard lock, also the first year the HD 7950 worked flawlessly without any issues, the same is true for the 390, worked without any issues for the first 21 months.

TonyTurbo78 · 16 May 2017 at 19:51

akarypid said:
I believe you, but not him.

Fair enough, it's definitely a weird one, never experienced it on any other AMD card I've had, it's just something that happens on my 390s. I've been told it's something to do with high frequencies causing the sporadic black screen. Only flashes black very very briefly when gaming, but it still is pretty annoying.

Anyway, was hoping we'd see or hear something today, I guess the magic date definitely the 31st now then.

AlamoX · 16 May 2017 at 19:56

apparently intel's licensing of AMD graphic tech is a done deal, no idea if it's for graphic chips or simply IPs for in house intel graphic, this might explain the surge in AMDs stock, they are almost back to where they were.
and probably back down after the webcast

NZXT30 · 16 May 2017 at 19:56

akarypid said:
Shitposts are ok sometimes, when they have some quality, but this...

I get panic attacks when someone mentions black screens. I will not touch an amd gpu with a ten foot pole for at least half a decade. That's how bad my experience was regarding black screens. I don't know about the new amd cards but with 200 and 300 series it was a HUGE issue for tons of people.

The only way I can describe black screens is GPUs inflicting psychological warfare to the users. Unpredictable with no patterns, a million different magical solutions floating around and hard-to-impossible to replicate.

LoadsaMoney · 16 May 2017 at 19:59

I remember the 290s having a black screen problem, which no doubt the 390s had too, seen as they were the same cards.

docsonic · 16 May 2017 at 20:00

HD 5850, 7950, now rx480, never any black screens..

PapaLazaru · 16 May 2017 at 20:06

LoadsaMoney said:
I remember the 290s having a black screen problem, which no doubt the 390s had too, seen as they were the same cards.

My 5870, 6970, 270X, 280X, 290 & 390 have been rock solid. Had a few glitches with what think was a 7850 I had for a while, but I think it was BFBC2 rather than the GPU.

Anyway, I'm waiting to see what happens with Vega and if it offers me what I want, I'll stay with AMD. If it is not the best performace to price for what I want, I'll buy a 1070.

Always been about bang for buck with me and AMD have always offered more. Christ, my 390 just gets better and better with driver revisions.

akarypid · 16 May 2017 at 20:07

Guys, I never said I don't believe there's ever been an AMD card with black screen issues. Like I said, I believe TonyTurbo78. I also believe that for every single model ever made (whether AMD or Nvidia) there has been at least one or more people with black screen issues.

I just I don't believe that specific person and I think he's trolling. Can we get back to Vega please?

D1craig · 16 May 2017 at 20:12

kylew_is_back said:
to be honest never had driver issues with AMD either, but

Had a HD 7950 (4 years ago) and I was experieng black screen issues.
Now have a 390 and I am dealing with black screen issues.
btw both on a completely different systems (except for the monitor)

had around 10 nvidia gpus in the pass without any issues
please tell me why my next gpu should be AMD(vega) and not NVIDIA?

well from what you said you are due a bad nvidia gpu and due a good amd one... that not enough reason?

shankly1985 · 16 May 2017 at 20:12

The only time I had a black screen issue was when I pushed a overclock to far on a 7950.
Never had it happen on a 290x or 290 but I don't push for high overclocks either.

awaybreaktoday · 16 May 2017 at 20:25

So where is this new information?

opethdisciple · 16 May 2017 at 20:26

I dont think it starts until 9pm

kylew_is_back · 16 May 2017 at 20:28

NZXT30 said:
I get panic attacks when someone mentions black screens. I will not touch an amd gpu with a ten foot pole for at least half a decade. That's how bad my experience was regarding black screens. I don't know about the new amd cards but with 200 and 300 series it was a HUGE issue for tons of people.

The only way I can describe black screens is GPUs inflicting psychological warfare to the users. Unpredictable with no patterns, a million different magical solutions floating around and hard-to-impossible to replicate.

You couldn't have said it better, akarypid thinks that I am against AMD or something, but the truth is that I am just scared from AMD, however if AMD somehow convinced us that the VEGA will be 100% "black screen" free then I will get VEGA without a second thought.

Guys never forget that:
Stability and peace of mind come first, and price/performance ratio come second.
(maybe that is why nvidia have much bigger market share)

Wrinkly · 16 May 2017 at 20:36

Journey said:
If I were you I'd stick with Nvidia, they sound like the right fit.

So cruel.

LoadsaMoney · 16 May 2017 at 20:39

opethdisciple said:
I dont think it starts until 9pm

Its 11pm i think.

Nate75 · 16 May 2017 at 20:40

surely the unpredictability of the black screens added to the excitement

N19h7m4r3 · 16 May 2017 at 20:41

kylew_is_back said:
Stability and peace of mind come first, and price/performance ratio come second.
(maybe that is why nvidia have much bigger market share)

Must be why their forums were nearly on fire when the 980Ti launched and had non-stop issues for months. Especially in regards to Adobe software.

Had more crashes and lockups in those 4 months than I ever had in all my years of buying GPUs since the Creative 3D Blaster.

Personally I can't wait to decent AMD GPU again, especially since I'm transitioning over to DaVinci Resolve from Adobe PP.

LoadsaMoney said:
Its 11pm i think.

It's 1PM Pacific, which should be 9PM our time. Link for you.
http://webcastevents.com/events/amd/analystday/webcast.htm

kration · 16 May 2017 at 20:45

kylew_is_back said:
It doesn't matter how fast the vega is going to be if AMD cannot manage to fix the black screen issues that are a real problem with the AMD gpus, it seems only nvidia can provide quality gpus at the moment.

What is the 'black screen' problem?

Anything to do with 'input not supported?