Poll: ** The AMD VEGA Thread **

[humbug]

https://videocardz.com/71953/are-these-radeon-rx-vega-56-benchmarks

Look like HardwareUnboxed review of RX Vega 56 average performance on 26 games at 1080p is on par with stock GTX 1070.

RX Vega will not be a successful but a massive failure for RTG, no point to upgrade if you already has either Fury X, GTX 980 Ti, GTX 1070 or GTX 1080.

I think if you are on a Fury it is worth upgrading.

 

[Beren]

I think if you are on a Fury it is worth upgrading.

Yup, and definitely if you are more than one generation behind. Realistically if someone has a 1070/80 then they have upgraded in the last 12 months and they are unlikely to be in the market. If you are on a 970/980 or 390 and looking at your next upgrade this puts AMD realistically in the market at almost every level apart from the ultimate flagship.

 

[old gamer]

Yep I might go for a 56, I'm quite happy with the performance of my fury but feel it's lacking in the ram department

 

[FredFlint]

I'm thinking about skipping this gen, it’s just too much of a nightmare to get a card and now they cost silly money because of mining. Considering just getting a new Xbox when they come out as I play most games with an Xbox controller anyway.

 

[oldbanana]

First review ? http://www.hwbattle.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=hottopic&wr_id=7333&ckattempt=1

 

[greatash]

First review ? http://www.hwbattle.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=hottopic&wr_id=7333&ckattempt=1

looks bad. I was hoping V64 would be comfortably ahead of a stock 1080, not trading blows with a stock 1080

 

[z10m]

First review ? http://www.hwbattle.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=hottopic&wr_id=7333&ckattempt=1

Wait what.? 500W just for the GPU in turbo mode.??

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Wait what.? 500W just for the GPU in turbo mode.??

Vega is 2x 8pins right? That should be a maximum of 375 Watts (300 from the 2x 8pins and 75 from the PCIE?).
Guessing that is full system load.

 

[FredFlint]

PCI-E 3.0 can do > 75W, still think it must be full system usage through.

 

[straxusii]

First review ? http://www.hwbattle.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=hottopic&wr_id=7333&ckattempt=1

Wow what a grim state of affairs for AMD, 15 months later than a 1080 and can just about equal it, not good news for any of us.

 

[gronf]

I was/am hoping Vega would really be something special to increase my prospects for making the leap to 4K later this year or early next. Guess I'll go for 2K instead.

 

[z10m]

F

Vega is 2x 8pins right? That should be a maximum of 375 Watts (300 from the 2x 8pins and 75 from the PCIE?).
Guessing that is full system load.

Full system drawing 16W in idle.?

 

[straxusii]

Looks a bit better here http://wccftech.com/amd-rx-vega-56-...ark-leaked-faster-than-a-geforce-gtx-1080-fe/

 

[FredFlint]

If it is using that much power then it's ******, even if it was faster than a TI it would still be bad.

 

[TNA]

Poor Vega.

Such a let down. Worse part is they want $700/£700 for a card that cannot even come close to a 1080Ti.

 

[Lokken86]

Poor Vega.

Such a let down. Worse part is they want $700/£700 for a card that cannot even come close to a 1080Ti.

Lets give it a chance first. At 2 Oclock, then we can say its rubbish

 

[Robert]

Sure that review can't be right? At times it barely beats a fury x?

 

[tyler_jrb]

Vega is 2x 8pins right? That should be a maximum of 375 Watts (300 from the 2x 8pins and 75 from the PCIE?).
Guessing that is full system load.

Should be. However an 8 pin doesn't just cap out at 150w as its only a general rating. Dependant on certain factors of course as to exactly how much.

Cable quality, PSU/rails etc.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Lets give it a chance first. At 2 Oclock, then we can say its rubbish

Indeed.

 

[pagepack]

On the expected performance level only price will save Vega. Going to be a tough sell for AMD. Looks like my 290x will be heading into its 5th year. What value