IMO, if you want a system to last a long time and be somewhat value conscious you don't actually want to buy a very high end GPU and never upgrade. Buy a 1070 or 1080 and enjoy it (or the equivalent Vega product if they are around), sometime next year there will be Volta and perhaps even Vega20 etc. However good teh fastest Vega will be you can bet that the 1080 successor will be just as fast and much cheaper, similar the next Vega 20 GPU in the mid-range will beat the fastest Vega 10.
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Poll: ** The AMD VEGA Thread **
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What, the rest is fact. AMD have official given the power figures.
AMD have not given anyone an FE card to review, that is an indisputable fact.
Vega FE is both marketed at professionals but doesn't have certified drivers -that comes straight form AMD's official marketing.
Why the need to disregard facts.
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Can we not do this all over again guys? Leave it 5 pages ago and move on. It seems that the guy benching Vega FE keeps getting his posts removed on Reddit, this is very strange.
Ooohhh, now you really are making me giggle. Much Cheaper you say.....can't see it myself. Not the way the Green Team have been hoofing up the prices lately.
I have said this a few times now about what AMD/RTG are doing....."Slowly, Slowly Catchee Monkey"
Same guy who posted the pics has posted a 3dmark run: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12987144?_ga=2.232791959.883445742.1498655120-1193447733.1498655120
Ooohhh, now you really are making me giggle. Much Cheaper you say.....can't see it myself. Not the way the Green Team have been hoofing up the prices lately.
I have said this a few times now about what AMD/RTG are doing....."Slowly, Slowly Catchee Monkey"
The 1080 is cheaper than the FuryX and 980ti, this has always been the case. Next generation mid-range cards come out cheaper and faster than last generation high end card. That is a cold hard fact, something you seem to have a very hard time dealing with.
Are you seriously suggest AMD and Nvidia next generation mid-range cards will be more expensive than the current high end? Is the 2080 going to cost $800? On what planet?
Slightly higher than a 1080. I wonder if this was the FE running in gaming mode or Faux "professional" mode. Apparently the drivers can be switched.
EDIT:, just seen this is in game mode
https://disqus.com/by/klaudiuszkaczmarzyk/comments/
Still, with early drivers it liekly doesn't mean much.
I fear AMD are shooting themselves in the foot here. Since they didn't give any FE cards out to reviewers under strict controls with official statements, we are all going to get a load of benchmarks form people who bought their own card. If the drivers really do have some serious work required then there will be a mountains of terrible benchmarks released and people might write Vega off even although come release day things might be very different.
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The majority of 1080 cards were over £600 on launch with the FE being £620. I don't think that's cheaper and you are saying mid range as well which i agree it is there mid range chip but the pricing was certainly not.
My mistake, I was under the impression that the 1080 was $699 and the Fury X was $649 at launch.......Oh....they were?
The RRP was $600, the 980ti and FuryX had an RRP of $650. The 1080 was faster and cheaper. Of course BREXIT happened and the pound collapsed that didn't help, but the point still stands.
All i am saying is the 2080 will be cheaper than faster than the 1080ti. THe exact same will happen with Vega We know there will be a Vega GPU that is both Cheaper and faster than the FuryX. And when Vega 20 or NAvi comes there will be a GPU cheaper and faster than the fastets Vega10.
Look, Cromulent wanted advice on a GPU and was worried about Vega timing. All I have said is don't buy the most expensive GPU you can afford and don;t upgrade for 5 years, ti doesn't make sense. Buy a cheaper GPU and upgrade more often. You will get better performance for less money.
My mistake, I was under the impression that the 1080 was $699 and the Fury X was $649 at launch.......Oh....they were?
The 1080 was $599.
I agree, the rpice difference was not as big as previous generations but you coudl for exampel by a 1070 that is faster than a FuryX for much less moeny.
All I;m saying is technology improves so buying the fastest card is not economical.
The chap with the Frontier Edition is running a 550W PSU. Could be power throttling as he states the frequency is all over the place.
Running a 300+w card with a 550w GPU could definitely be a problem. But this is an issue that AMD have created for themselves. since no official reviewer with a system of appropriate specs is releasing reviews, everyone will instead be following guys like this. If the drivers are also not mature enough then we can expect to see lots of disapinting benchmarks.
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I paid about £840 each for 2x Titan X Maxwells.
When the GTX 1080 was released it was slightly quicker and cost 30% less.
When the GTX 1080 was released it was slightly quicker and cost 30% less.
At launch the only card you could get was an FE and it was $699 (On air) Fury X was $649 (On Water). Go figure.
OK fair enough I admit that I was at wrong due to the FE prices. The 1080 was still faster, and the 1070 was faster and cheaper.
Do you expect a lower end Vega to be faster and cheaper than a FuryX?
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