AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

HeX · 21 May 2017 at 15:27

Don't know if this has been posted already, thread has moved on about 20pages since I last had chance to read it but:

Raja said:
We’ll be showing Radeon RX Vega off at Computex, but it won't be on store shelves that week. We know how eager you are to get your hands on Radeon RX Vega, and we’re working extremely hard to bring you a graphics card that you’ll be incredibly proud to own.

benjii · 21 May 2017 at 15:29

LoadsaMoney said:
Im sure Raja said the watercooled would be their reference, and a limited edition.

This is the relevant quote:

Is there a difference in performance/clock speed between the water and the air cooled version or is one just quieter/cooler? A: There will be a slight difference in clock speeds, and therefore performance as well.

I guess there's a few ways this statement could be interpreted. However, to me, it suggests that AMD are releasing both an air and water cooled version. If this were true, surely the air would be the reference and while the water would also be a reference design, it would likely remain untouched like the Fury X cooler.

LoadsaMoney · 21 May 2017 at 15:58

They are doing both, im sure they said before that the watercooled was only a limited/special edition, and was their ref, and their AIBs, would also be doing custom cooled.

benjii · 21 May 2017 at 16:02

I see. I wonder if we'll see any partners attempting custom AIO cooling solutions.

LoadsaMoney · 21 May 2017 at 16:05

I wouldn't get an AMDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE............... reference card

benjii · 21 May 2017 at 16:07

Weren't the Fury X coolers pretty good though? Bar the bit of pump whine.

labbby · 21 May 2017 at 16:10

benjii said:
Weren't the Fury X coolers pretty good though? Bar the bit of pump whine.

They are brilliant coolers. I have had 4 of them. Two when they first came out and another two a about 6 months later for a spare rig. I didn't have pump whine on any of them. Either i got lucky or it was over reported as a mass issue.

benjii · 21 May 2017 at 16:12

I'm sat here with a Fury and a 1440p freesync monitor, so unless Vega is incredibly disappointing I'll most likely be getting the flagship card. I'd be pretty happy with a decent, reference, AIO solution. The last time I waited from reference to aftermarket, 290 launch, it was killer.

game4it · 21 May 2017 at 17:01

Was there any talk of reference cards with just the blowers on them?
I don't want a AIO one as i will be putting a full block on it.

AllBodies · 21 May 2017 at 17:20

Rossuk89 said:
I'm a bit confused. Vega gaming edition is due to be showcased at Computex with a launch date later on in the year? does that mean towards the end of 2017?

Also isn't Volta supposed to be coming before the end of 2017 too?

It looks like gaming Volta is early 2018, rather than the end of this year.

The end of this year is the ~$18,000 supercomputer V100 Chip.

silversurfer · 21 May 2017 at 17:22

Lucky I run a million dollar CAD company and can buy one of those incidentally. not really

kration said:
That's my dilemma too. It's not just when Vega comes out, it's when it will be available for sale with a decent cooler. I've seen that it may be released with a 'better than a blower' twin fan cooler, but the dragged out uncertainty is starting to persuade me to go for a 1080ti. Another couple of weeks and I'll be tempted to go down the latter route...

Isnt a premium version already sighted and likely some of the first cards will have AIO. Even the box has RGB, its going to have AIO right or was that a fevered mirage of this thread and literally only the OP has actual info

https://youtu.be/jkVWn4sKvB8?t=545

Kaapstad · 21 May 2017 at 17:26

LoadsaMoney said:
Im sure Raja said the watercooled would be their reference, and a limited edition.

This is how they messed up so bad with the Fury X

It would have been better to have them air cooled with the option for AIB partners to fit their own cooling solutions.

This would have kept the cost down and avoided the problem some Fury Xs had with pump noise.

TNA · 21 May 2017 at 18:00

opethdisciple said:
People seem to dumping there 1080s recently in the MM.

Tempting... but I've waited this long for Vega might as well wait it out.

Funny you say that as I just put mine up for sale also

Would not call it dumping though, it is a great card but I just purchased a Fury Nano from AMDMatt to finally try Freesync out on my monitor

old gamer · 21 May 2017 at 18:13

Kaapstad said:
This is how they messed up so bad with the Fury X

It would have been better to have them air cooled with the option for AIB partners to fit their own cooling solutions.

This would have kept the cost down and avoided the problem some Fury Xs had with pump noise.

Yep I'm sure the cooler on my sapphire tri x fury would have cooled a Fury x no problem

N19h7m4r3 · 21 May 2017 at 18:22

Kaapstad said:
This is how they messed up so bad with the Fury X

old gamer said:
Yep I'm sure the cooler on my sapphire tri x fury would have cooled a Fury x no problem

Sure, but this time it's different, we clearly have a Reference Air, and AIO Frontier Edition. The Frontier is also purely for data science, and "pro" work.

So we'll have to see what top RX Vega comes with as a reference cooler. Personally I just want a reference air one, with AIB options.

labbby · 21 May 2017 at 18:23

A fury X pushed to the limits on vulkan or dx12 would have got crazy hot under air. If i run doom or bf1 on a single fury x at 4k they push well over 60c and that is with a push pull set up (cold air towards the rad) rather than the single fan set up it came with pushing hot air onto the rad.

shankly1985 · 21 May 2017 at 18:29

Ignore .

nashathedog · 21 May 2017 at 18:32

MikeB said:
Same issue, I am wanting to buy a 34 super wide monitor, the one I like is freesync, so need a card to pair with it, given total lack of firm news now starting to veer to nvidia

Make sure that whatever monitor you get supports LFC.

Shaz12 · 21 May 2017 at 18:33

TNA said:
No one mentioned medium. Medium settings these days is like 3rd or 4th setting in games. The point here is these days there is hardly any difference at all between the highest settings and one below. Main difference is your fps counter showing much smaller numbers. Lol.

Exactly. Just look at Crysis. There is a night and day difference between Very High and Low. Its like they are almost different games. Nowadays the difference is nowhere as big.

labbby · 21 May 2017 at 18:33

shankly1985 said:
60c isn't crazy hot lol that is very cool for a GPU.

under water it is.. I am going from what i found owning two 7990's, in the past, in quadfire and having them run at 90c each. I then put them under water. They would then run under 45c under water.. That is how i believe a fury X would hit really high temps especially on the new api's on air.

The whole point they only came out under water and the air versions had to be cut down also suggests they would get too hot.

Oh on looking at it you didn't read my first post correctly.