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RX VEGA AIB Cards Information Needed?

Telecaster said:
Makes a £650 V64 even more pointless.
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What I was hoping was that AMD were building up their stock levels for AIBs, and that was keeping the prices of the reference cards a lot higher than they should be, and that the custom cards would end up been good value compared to the reference models. Guess the £650 price tag ruins that hope.
 
The irony of that is AMD has over engineered the stock card if anything, it'll handle vastly more volts but its not helping clocks so people are non plussed. The only negative with stock is the air fan design isnt close to silent if you require 100% gpu load, no design point is bad
 
hyperseven said:
no it wouldn't you can buy the stuff dirt cheap from alibaba
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Lol, yeah but make sure to use a credit card so you can claim the money back when it doesn't show up, because dirt cheap and expensive technical process aren't things that go hand in hand XD.


Razor Time said:
Damn look at that power draw, its more than 2 x 1080s in SLI.
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I have no idea how they manufactured that graph but I can tell you it's nonsense as thye show it using less power than the reference V64, which I can attest uses roughly the same power as an aftermarket GTX980ti (as other reviews show too).


RavenXXX2 said:
Vega AIB cards are pointless at the prices throwing about for them.
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Indeed, AIB partners probably saw the mining demand for V56 cards and decided they wanted some of that action XD
 
ubersonic said:
Lol, yeah but make sure to use a credit card so you can claim the money back when it doesn't show up, because dirt cheap and expensive technical process aren't things that go hand in hand XD.
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I've used Alibaba & Aliexpress for years with very few issues and never lost money. If you buy on there they hold the money in escrow until you advise you received the goods and they are as advertised. Only then does the seller get paid.
 
ubersonic said:
Lol, yeah but make sure to use a credit card so you can claim the money back when it doesn't show up, because dirt cheap and expensive technical process aren't things that go hand in hand XD.
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Oh, that expensive technical process that missed that the GPU package components are not on the same level and won't mate with the heatsink without a better interface solution, that expensive technical process :D

If GN hadn't done his teardown, would have this ever been discovered :eek:
 
hyperseven said:
Oh, that expensive technical process that missed that the GPU package components are not on the same level and won't mate with the heatsink without a better interface solution, that expensive technical process :D
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No I think you misread, I was talking about the technical process of machining a piece of copper <25x10mm and <0.004mm thick, all to solve a nonexistent problem.


hyperseven said:
If GN hadn't done his teardown, would have this ever been discovered :eek:
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Well probably not as the issue apparently only affected the prototype cards not the production models. GN even said that Powercolor had fixed the issue on the production models and included a teardown pic of one of them.
 
ubersonic said:
No I think you misread, I was talking about the technical process of machining a piece of copper <25x10mm and <0.004mm thick, all to solve a nonexistent problem.



Well probably not as the issue apparently only affected the prototype cards not the production models. GN even said that Powercolor had fixed the issue on the production models and included a teardown pic of one of them.
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I'm sure you mean they fixed the issue when it was brought to their attention :p

We'll see...

Wonder if your warranry is void if you remove the cooler? If so how can you prove its fixed :eek:
 
JediFragger said:
Your £400 deal for the Limited Edition card wasn't too bad then, plus the bonus that it doesn't look completely dog**** :D

FFS sort your reference designs out AMD, they're beyond crap.
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Thanks to Nashathedog, top bloke!! I think he made a mistake selling it though, should have just bought the water cooler for it. :)
 
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