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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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V F said:
Where are the ATi guys today? Surely not with AMD?
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Nvidia?

I couldn't give a crap about the whole Freesync/Gsync thing. I just want a decent 4K@60Hz card without feeling robbed for the privilege. :(

It's not happening yet, is it.
 
B12B6 said:
But arent you thinking that complitely backwards? Nvidia is selling you 15months old tech. Not only that, but they are selling it at premium price and taking a hell of a lot more winnings per gpu vs AMD. So basicly they are just cashing you out. To me atleast, that would be insulting. ;)
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Not that nVidia are innocent here but its the whole mining thing, "Brexit" and related stuff holding nVidia GPU prices high rather than nVidia for the most part.
 
B12B6 said:
But arent you thinking that complitely backwards? Nvidia is selling you 15months old tech. Not only that, but they are selling it at premium price and taking a hell of a lot more winnings per gpu vs AMD. So basicly they are just cashing you out. To me atleast, that would be insulting. ;)
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Seems you just want to see what you want to see. Point is one could have had this performance ages ago for the same price, not to mention on a card that runs more efficient. Vega came very late and did not improve price for performance like it should have. End of the day people complained Nvidia is milking us so people waited; over a year later now waiting those people will be rewarded by getting milked by AMD. lol.


melmac said:
Are those prices listed the actual official prices?

AMD should be thinking long term here, suffer a loss on RX Vega to keep the existing Freesync owners and build up new customers. Imagine how different the talk would be right now if AMD pricing went as follows:-

Rx Vega 56 - $299
Rx Vega 64 Reference - $399
Rx Vega 64 Limited - $459
Rx Vega 64 Liquid - $549

That would have been a pretty good upgrade path for a lot of people on Polaris and lower GPU's. It would have tempted more people to buy Freesync monitors.

Surely AMD is reading reactions today and they have to know that Vega is going to be a fail. Pricing is the only thing that can make a difference right now.

It would much better for them to lose money but increase market share and build a base of customers for their next generation of cards. They have been doing so much right lately, good drivers and Ryzen has been successful. The Vega launch has ruined all that hard work.

Better to suffer the loss and keep the good reputation earned of late.
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Those are exactly the prices Vega should have been. It would have been praised by everyone that is not an Nvidia fanboy imo.

They probably have commitments and cannot afford to go break even and increase market share with Vega, but this will cost them to lose a lot of loyal customers imo.
 
melmac said:
Are those prices listed the actual official prices?

AMD should be thinking long term here, suffer a loss on RX Vega to keep the existing Freesync owners and build up new customers. Imagine how different the talk would be right now if AMD pricing went as follows:-

Rx Vega 56 - $299
Rx Vega 64 Reference - $399
Rx Vega 64 Limited - $459
Rx Vega 64 Liquid - $549

That would have been a pretty good upgrade path for a lot of people on Polaris and lower GPU's. It would have tempted more people to buy Freesync monitors.

Surely AMD is reading reactions today and they have to know that Vega is going to be a fail. Pricing is the only thing that can make a difference right now.

It would much better for them to lose money but increase market share and build a base of customers for their next generation of cards. They have been doing so much right lately, good drivers and Ryzen has been successful. The Vega launch has ruined all that hard work.

Better to suffer the loss and keep the good reputation earned of late.
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Believe me after launch they will have to lower them to those prices if they want to sell any lol One of the worst products lines i haver ever seen. Nothing is positive about this card and to think that they have actually made an ad with 'poor volta' message makes my skin crawl ewww talk about failure ..
 
Just read on Reddit that the bundles and therefore the liqued edition will not be available in the EU - only the US. Is that true?
 
"This Special Offer is void in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the People’s Republic of China, Burma, Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Sudan and Iran, or any country in which the distribution of games is prohibited by law or export restrictions or otherwise, or in which the games are not available or in which the Special Offer is prohibited by law."

Odd that, had no idea US would be hit by that.
 
Also, are those discounts going to be basically worthless like all things like that are? By that I mean do you have to purchase them from AMD directly or can you apply the discount at any participating retailer? Because if you only get the discount off the RRP set by AMD, you would probably be better off just waiting for a deal/special and buying the products elsewhere...
 
Fishbait said:
"This Special Offer is void in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the People’s Republic of China, Burma, Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Sudan and Iran, or any country in which the distribution of games is prohibited by law or export restrictions or otherwise, or in which the games are not available or in which the Special Offer is prohibited by law."

Odd that, had no idea US would be hit by that.
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What the hell? The bundle thing looks pretty confusing right now then!
 
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