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Poll: ** The AMD VEGA Thread **

On or off the hype train?

  • (off) Train has derailed

    Votes: 207 39.2%

  • (on) Overcrowding, standing room only

    Votes: 100 18.9%

  • (never ever got on) Chinese escalator

    Votes: 221 41.9%
  • Total voters
    528
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opethdisciple said:
It's also just a drop in replacement for my 970. Dual slot and 8 pin ready to go. Also reviews say the 1080 G1 draws as much power as an overclocked 970. Perfect!

Shouldn't have to modify my PSU either even if it is pretty old. (Over 5 years maybe more)

Also the monitor I want is a Gsync one (Dell S2716DG)
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TN? Urgh...

Tried to convince myself to go TN quite a few times, as it is cheaper and you get away from IPS glow, but then you have poor colours and if you move your head much everything shifts :(
 
1nsignia said:
I'm actually waiting for a 3rd party Vega 56 to replace my (don't laugh) HD 5770. Its too loud (and slow). Only recently upgraded to a Ryzen and need an AMD card so I can make use of the adaptive sync on my £90 FreeSync monitor (sale price - RRP was ~£135, but still cheaper than the GSync chip itself).
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Im on a 4870 right now after briefly using a 7950. So theres probably all sorts waiting on Vega and the v56 might even be a reasonable buy for its part of the market, that seems very possible.

My fan is a blower unit, I think AMD must like them as they last forever ? at 2000rpm I worked out this must have passed well over 1 billion rotations since I got it new.

The fans on the 7950 was a lightweight tri design and didnt work for the majority of the time I had it. I'm sure its superior cooling usually but not in reliability it would seem. Basically I'm just trying to find excuses why the reference design would be ok :p Also 11 phase power? on the reference one reviewer said nobody makes higher quality then AMD itself, does that help it last longer no idea

75W via motherboard
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Just using my not good memory here but I think one review of frontier said its drawing only 30w from the motherboard, due to previous incidents allegedly
 
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opethdisciple said:
It's also just a drop in replacement for my 970. Dual slot and 8 pin ready to go. Also reviews say the 1080 G1 draws as much power as an overclocked 970. Perfect!

Shouldn't have to modify my PSU either even if it is pretty old. (Over 5 years maybe more)

Also the monitor I want is a Gsync one (Dell S2716DG)
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perfect but your in the wrong thread
 
opethdisciple said:
It looks good and does get good reviews on the OcUK product page.
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Not saying it is bad or anything. Good for gaming, but not the best colours and image quality. Great for twitch gamers though :)

Here is a very good review:


But it ultimately made me change my mind from buying it in the past.

Anyway, back to Vega, not long left now :D


flea.rider said:
perfect but your in the wrong thread
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True true.
 
Not long to go now, i think Vega is going to get hammered in reviews for its power usage, even if it somehow is on par with 1080 ti its still consuming between 50 and 100 watts more depending on air or aio and that's something that just about every review is going to zero in on. They can negate that some with pricing but its still the elephant in the room and something amd badly need to work on.

It does have some tinges of being another 2900xt with it being rumoured not to be a top level contender and the obvious power usage being a strike against it. Roll on tomorrow to see what the reviewers think.
 
Gerard said:
Not long to go now, i think Vega is going to get hammered in reviews for its power usage, even if it somehow is on par with 1080 ti its still consuming between 50 and 100 watts more depending on air or aio and that's something that just about every review is going to zero in on. They can negate that some with pricing but its still the elephant in the room and something amd badly need to work on.

It does have some tinges of being another 2900xt with it being rumoured not to be a top level contender and the obvious power usage being a strike against it. Roll on tomorrow to see what the reviewers think.
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If the performance is there, especially good minimums, then I am not as bothered about power consumption much. Makes very little difference even in the long run unless you are retired and game 24/7 or something :)
 
Gerard said:
Not long to go now, i think Vega is going to get hammered in reviews for its power usage, even if it somehow is on par with 1080 ti its still consuming between 50 and 100 watts more depending on air or aio and that's something that just about every review is going to zero in on. They can negate that some with pricing but its still the elephant in the room and something amd badly need to work on.
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It's not as if AMD's have ever been conservative when it comes to draw, but they've always offset with price vs performance when they've tried to compete in the high end market

For Vega however it seems like price vs performance won't be offset if the guesstimates of the price are to be correct, it's going to be equal with a 1080, maybe close to a Ti for the same price as a Ti and with much more power draw. I just can't see Vega's being appealing for the majority of gamers if all the rumours we've seen are true. Only 22 hours to go now though
 
Yep minimum is a big deal and they definitely emphasised this. Raja always says a lot of good points I agree with especially but we just dont know yet if it was possible to deliver that now or this generation at all.
Not sure about v64 or v56 as Im only 1080p but if they have done something special I might skip any waiting in appreciation of that because I think its such a big deal to be able to especially raise min frame rates and thats going to add a ton in longevity for the card and I dont want to swap cards next year its a pain waiting for 'H1'. Max frame rates are often barely noticeable in comparison to frame hiccups but benchmarks overly rely on the highest fps scenes for ranking. Could be a misplaced hope. I like this twitter quote in hope all games might gain some benefit from vega, I dont know its relevant also to any min frame rate effect
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Spuddy said:
Can't remember if I've got a 600 or 650 watt PSU.

I'm not gonna be able to get even Vega 56 am I? :(
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You will be fine at stock with a good brand psu, the scary power figures are coming from attempts to test the limits and also not all psu ratings are equal so they over state requirements.
Theres a PSU calculator on coolermaster website. Add up your system and see how close you are or google psu calc

overclocked watercooled Vega and LOL GL running that on a 650 watt PSU :O
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People who overclock looking for absolute limits should already know to not cut corners on their long term equipment. Anyone watercooling is immediately in that higher bracket, thats a reasonable expectation imo
 
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Martini1991 said:
No, there's no reason why a freesync screen can't have that range.
When freesync was mentioned it had a larger range.
My LG for example has 50-144HZ. Why?
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G-Sync is capable of refresh rates that range from 30Hz to 144Hz while the FreeSync spec is capable of refresh rates that range from 9Hz to 240Hz. That doesn’t mean that you will find monitors with a refresh rate range of 9Hz-240Hz but it means that monitor makers can make monitors with any range in mind that falls between 9Hz-240Hz.
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http://wccftech.com/amd-freesync-nvidia-gsync-verdict/
 
Gerard said:
Not long to go now, i think Vega is going to get hammered in reviews for its power usage, even if it somehow is on par with 1080 ti its still consuming between 50 and 100 watts more depending on air or aio and that's something that just about every review is going to zero in on. They can negate that some with pricing but its still the elephant in the room and something amd badly need to work on.

It does have some tinges of being another 2900xt with it being rumoured not to be a top level contender and the obvious power usage being a strike against it. Roll on tomorrow to see what the reviewers think.
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I think if it is ti performance for similar money people will easily forgive the extra wattage.

I'd be more impressed though with the obscene sandbagging by AMD though ;)
 
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