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FineWine tech is definitely one of the big plus's. Never know, if I manage to get a Vega on the cheap side in the future, might end up with one still. I am happy that it is finally nearly out, just disappointed with what it is bringing to the table.Fair enough man. If you think the 1080 was noisy then wait til Vega64 hits with the exact same coolers
I still quite like the look of these cards though, and am looking forward to the benchies. With a little luck they'll have nice and strong future API performance
And of course the FineWine tech inside
Surely most of us expected 1080 performance at 1080 prices? I don't see the price as a good or bad thing personally and it gives those who own Freesync screens an option to up the details. I don't feel AMD have done a bad thing here but of course it could be better (cheaper and less power hungry).
In other news, GoT was excellent
It looks to be 1080 performance and 1080 prices. I expect price for price on custom cards also. I am not sure what people were expecting in truth and yer, power efficiency could be better but nobody will ever notice the extra leccy use. I don't see that AMD have done bad (except that stupid marketing vid with "Poor Volta") and I know from owning a 1080 that it is capable of playing 4K without issue. The way to look at it is screen ownage and what upgrade on GPU options are available. Freesync means there is now 570/80/Vega 64/Vega 56 and that is a good thing.Isn't that what we are getting?
The reference Vega 56 and 64 are priced at $400 and $500 respectively, so once you factor rip off Britain into it thats roughly £400 and £500. Looking on OCUK store the 1070 starts at £399 and the 1080 starts at £489* and those are the cards they are matched against according to TPU, so the price/performance looks pretty even.
*I'm not counting the 1080 with the no frills cooler as I own one and while it's great for water cooling I don't consider it a functional card out of the box.
Vega64
I actually think that the RX cooler on a 210w VEGA stands a good chance of still doing better than the 1080 reference cooler (considering how much better the RX cooler is on the 480 than the FE cooler is on the 1080).
Amazed people are happy to pay the same price for performance they could have had 15 months a go along with potentially double the 1080s power draw. GG AMD.
I understand where you are coming from and it is hard to not get sucked into hype but performance is where I was expecting and price is a little more than I hoped but HBM2 isn't cheap, so not surprised to see those prices in truth. Ohhh and if you are waiting for all 10 episodes of GoT, you will have a long wait, as this season there is only 7 episodesI expected better performance or lower price. I have Freesync and I do not fancy paying the prices they are asking for as they are way too late to the game and power hungry to demand such price. Had they released Vega at the start of year, pricing would have been decent. But not in Q3 2017 imo.
I will be waiting for all 10 episodes of GoT to come out like I usually do and binge watch it over the weekend with my partner
and introduce Freesync support.
The good news for people only looking to buy now and in the near future is Fresync and the fact that Vega will have support and driver improvements for years to come. Whereas 1070/80 will likely get no more driver improvements. So if buying now, Vega may even make more sense, but if you have been waiting for over a year for Vega, it is a major let down.
Soon with Volta coming and Vega will be a joke.
Who is now skipping Vega and waiting for Navi?
Amazed people are happy to pay the same price for performance they could have had 15 months a go along with potentially double the 1080s power draw. GG AMD.
Yeah it's strange. Literally the only advantage I can think of is FreeSync support.Amazed people are happy to pay the same price for performance they could have had 15 months a go along with potentially double the 1080s power draw. GG AMD.
Ahh didn't see you were talking specifically about Vega64.
I guess the cooler for that will be about equal to the 1080's then, I.E annoying and bad.
Yer, pushing as much as 450W ish will need some serious cooling to keep cool.Yup, except they've gotta get rid of a LOAD of extra heat!! Good times
On the plus side the RX coolers are significantly better at doing that than the current GTX FE coolers, but doubling the TDP (RX480 to Vega64) is quite an ask for them haha.Yup, except they've gotta get rid of a LOAD of extra heat!! Good times
What... only 7. What the hellI understand where you are coming from and it is hard to not get sucked into hype but performance is where I was expecting and price is a little more than I hoped but HBM2 isn't cheap, so not surprised to see those prices in truth. Ohhh and if you are waiting for all 10 episodes of GoT, you will have a long wait, as this season there is only 7 episodes
So what are you going to do nashathedog? Buy late to the game power hungry Vega or soon to replaced Pascal?I can't see Navi being in 2018 if it's taking RTG this long to get RX Vega out the door, That said I'm sure they'll get a Frontier replacement with everything gaming disabled out soon after.
I can't see Navi being in 2018 if it's taking RTG this long to get RX Vega out the door, That said I'm sure they'll get a Frontier replacement with everything gaming disabled out soon after.