AMD VEGA confirmed for 2017 H1

Sargatanas2511 · 29 May 2017 at 11:15

It is weird to me. Just because a company is a bigger seller doesn't mean they're the better/more reliable/more trustworthy brand *cough Apple cough*.

V F · 29 May 2017 at 11:26

Apple makes good stuff though.

beany_bot · 29 May 2017 at 11:27

kylew_is_back said:
I had some very bad experiences with AMD cards but still I will wait until computex for the vega news before getting a GTX 1080, AMD has to try really hard to convince me to get vega insteed of the GTX1080.

sure the vega is going to be faster than the GTX1080 and cheaper at the same time, however peace of mind is number one priority for me. (it is not a coincidence that nvidia cards outsell AMD cards, peace of mind is a big beal)

So you think Vega will be faster and cheaper than the Nvidia card you are looking at. Yet that's still not enough for you? I'm not sure what you want from them.

I would suggest for you then to just stick with Nvidia. Might as well buy the 1080 now.

beany_bot · 29 May 2017 at 11:28

TNA said:
I will watch it in the morning, anyone actually staying up until 4am to watch it?

I'll watch it at lunch time I think.

Journey · 29 May 2017 at 11:30

V F said:
Apple makes good stuff though.

I think you missed his point.

Journey · 29 May 2017 at 11:31

beany_bot said:
So you think Vega will be faster and cheaper than the Nvidia card you are looking at. Yet that's still not enough for you? I'm not sure what you want from them.

I would suggest for you then to just stick with Nvidia. Might as well buy the 1080 now.

He's back again, I think we told him the same thing 2000+ posts ago, when he came in whining about having loads of AMD cards fail.

Sargatanas2511 · 29 May 2017 at 11:33

Journey said:
He's back again, I think we told him the same thing 2000+ posts ago, when he came in whining about having loads of AMD cards fail.

100% of my Nvidia cards have failed within a week (2 cards) but yet I will consider them strongly if Vega doesn't deliver.

beany_bot · 29 May 2017 at 11:37

Sargatanas2511 said:
100% of my Nvidia cards have failed within a week (2 cards) but yet I will consider them strongly if Vega doesn't deliver.

I'm willing to bet Nvidia and AMD cards fail at the same rate. After all, other than EVGA and Sapphire (both very good) they are the same board partners.

N19h7m4r3 · 29 May 2017 at 11:42

beany_bot said:
I'm willing to bet Nvidia and AMD cards fail at the same rate. After all other than EVGA and Sapphire they are the same board partners.

Yeah, it all just happens. My Titan X Maxwell died within a few days, and so did my R9 390X. It happens sadly.

Worst GPU death for me wa an 8800GTS in a friend's PC when we had a LAN; the one CAP on it blew. Made us all jump!

While at the same time I've had an AMD 4670 and GTX 470 since their launches, and are perfectly fine. The GTX 470 went to a friend as her first desktop I put together from salvaged parts, and it's still ticking. While the 4670 is a reliable back up card for me, used it last year for over 3 months.

nashathedog · 29 May 2017 at 12:02

beany_bot said:
I'm willing to bet Nvidia and AMD cards fail at the same rate. After all, other than EVGA and Sapphire (both very good) they are the same board partners.

You missed a few like Zotac, XFX. HIS, KFA2, Palit & Powercolor,
I'm sure I missed a few too.

kylew_is_back · 29 May 2017 at 12:15

beany_bot said:
So you think Vega will be faster and cheaper than the Nvidia card you are looking at. Yet that's still not enough for you? I'm not sure what you want from them.

I would suggest for you then to just stick with Nvidia. Might as well buy the 1080 now.

I want a GPU that gives me peace of mind, without black screens and bs like these.

r7slayer said:
Yea it's called marketing. And AMD suck at it lol.

So you are saying that I am a victim of nvidia marketing?

Look at my signature I am using an AMD card, also my last 3 cards were also from AMD.
My experience with AMD cards are just horrible (black screens left and right) I had enough from AMD, on the other hand I had around 10 nvidia cards in the past and I didn't had any issues with them. So it is only logical to go with the GTX 1080 instead of vega, maybe when the time comes I will get NAVI, to give AMD another chance, but right now I am too scared to try another AMD card.

beany_bot · 29 May 2017 at 12:22

kylew_is_back said:
I want a GPU that give me peace of mind, without black screens and bs like these.

So you are saying that I am a victim of nvidia marketing?

Look at my signature I am using an AMD card, also my last 3 cards were also from AMD.
My experience with AMD cards are just horrible (black screens left and right) I had enough from AMD, on the other hand I had around 10 nvidia cards in the past and I didn't had any issues with them. So it is only logical to go with the GTX 1080 instead of vega, maybe when the time comes I will get NAVI, to give AMD another chance, but right now I am too scared to try another AMD card.

Im willing to bet there is no data to suggest AMD fail more often than Nvidia.

And it really Vega the question. You have openly said you will not be buying AMD again. So why are you in this thread?

Sargatanas2511 · 29 May 2017 at 12:24

Saying AMD cards give you "black screens" is not really helpful and if multiple cards have done it then I would suggest it's more likely another issue.

kylew_is_back · 29 May 2017 at 12:25

beany_bot said:
Im willing to bet there is no data to suggest AMD fail more often than Nvidia.

And it really Vega the question. You have openly said you will not be buying AMD again. So why are you in this thread?

It is common knowledge that black screens are a real problem with AMD cards

TNA · 29 May 2017 at 12:28

We are approaching 600 pages before Vega release as I predicted.

Now if only my other prediction comes true and big vega matches or beats titan xp for ~£500

Even if it does not, the end result is likely going to be closer to my prediction than what most people here who said 1070 performance. Lol

N19h7m4r3 · 29 May 2017 at 12:30

TNA said:
We are approaching 600 pages before Vega release as I predicted.

Now if only my other prediction comes true and big vega matches or beats titan xp for ~£500

Even if it does not, the end result is likely going to be closer to my prediction than what most people here who said 1070 performance. Lol

One person said it would have trouble beating the 1060 haha.

TNA · 29 May 2017 at 12:31

N19h7m4r3 said:
One person said it would have trouble beating the 1060 haha.

When asked how did you come to that conclusion did they say r&d? Lol

zophiel · 29 May 2017 at 12:32

kylew_is_back said:
It is common knowledge that black screens are a real problem with AMD cards

and i have had multiple amd / ati card and had zero issues at all.

shankly1985 · 29 May 2017 at 12:38

zophiel said:
and i have had multiple amd / ati card and had zero issues at all.

Same
Am willing to bet these guys that had black screen was pushing a GPU overclock that wasn't stable.
When I was just starting out trying overclocking I pushed the memory to high and that resulted in games black screening.

beany_bot · 29 May 2017 at 12:38

kylew_is_back said:
It is common knowledge that black screens are a real problem with AMD cards

Now you are just trolling.