Poll: ** The AMD VEGA Thread **

[ubersonic]

As nice of an OS as OSX is, Apple are a hardware company. Also they tried licensing in the '90's - Jobs knocked that on the head quick fast when he came back, doubt they'll ever go down that route again.

Why, he should hopefully stay gone this time

 

[ic1male]

Guess that one went over your head. Apple have done the retarded thing of naming their API the same as an existing Windows one (albeit one that hasn't been updated in years).

Certainly did. Never heard of a "Metal" for Windows. You're not thinking of "Mantle" are you?

 

[opethdisciple]

Imagine if Apple could convince DICE to make the next BF in Vulkan and it works in OSX! That would be huge for Apple.

P.s - I'm not an Apple fan boi.

 

[D.P.]

Certainly did. Never heard of a "Metal" for Windows. You're not thinking o hif "Mantle" are you?

Metal was a low level API from S3 from 2001 or so.

 

[ubersonic]

Certainly did. Never heard of a "Metal" for Windows. You're not thinking of "Mantle" are you?

UT supported and supports just about every API going.

 

[ic1male]

What an upstart. Here am I, barging in to this subforum and upsetting the regulars with my lack of knowledge. Feelsbadman.

 

[Curlyriff]

This has been asked of me a few times now and each time I've answered. Have a look around the web.

My criteria are: 1ms response, 27", 144hz Gsync/Freesync. £500-600.

Your find monitors from both camps that meet those criteria.

Out of interest why are you looking at £500 to £600 when you get get them for £300-£400 fine.

Below is a quick overview

1080p Freesync
iiyama - £300
Acer - £340
Samsung - £350

1440p Freesync
Acer - £360

1440p Gsync
AOC - 165Hz £420
ACER - 165Hz £500
Asus - 165Hz £630

So I would say it comes down to more if you want to pay extra for going from 144Hz to 165Hz at a minimum of £60 premium but either way they are much more available below your £500 outlined previous.

 

[opethdisciple]

Out of interest why are you looking at £500 to £600 when you get get them for £300-£400 fine.

Below is a quick overview

1080p Freesync
iiyama - £300
Acer - £340
Samsung - £350

1440p Freesync
Acer - £360

1440p Gsync
AOC - 165Hz £420
ACER - 165Hz £500
Asus - 165Hz £630

So I would say it comes down to more if you want to pay extra for going from 144Hz to 165Hz at a minimum of £60 premium but either way they are much more available below your £500 outlined previous.

No reason in particular. It was just what I thought was my budget.

 

[Fishbait]

Forbes & wccftech, so take with plenty of sodium...


Possible 2X Vega Card in the works by ASUS.

 

[tyler_jrb]

Forbes & wccftech, so take with plenty of sodium...


Possible 2X Vega Card in the works by ASUS.

So this could be the card that finally beats the Ti then. What are we looking at? 8-900w overclocked tdp

 

[ubersonic]

So this could be the card that finally beats the Ti then. What are we looking at? 8-900w overclocked tdp

Was reported a few pages bk.

The liquid-cooled RX Vega 64 has a TDP of 350W, so a dual GPU card would likely draw at least 600W

Worth noting the last ARES card ASUS made (ARES III) came with an EK waterblock as standard (it's predecessor had used a dual GPU AIO).

 

[d_brennen]

So this could be the card that finally beats the Ti then. What are we looking at? 8-900w overclocked tdp

Sad times, AMD resorting to dual GPU again to combat NV

 

[ubersonic]

Sad times, AMD resorting to dual GPU again to combat NV

Looks more like it's ASUS going into business for themselves again like with their dual R290X, their dual HD7970, their dual GTX680**

**Never launched because Nvidia threatened them (didn't want anything usurping the GTX690).

 

[erazor51]

Out of interest why are you looking at £500 to £600 when you get get them for £300-£400 fine.

Below is a quick overview

1080p Freesync
iiyama - £300
Acer - £340
Samsung - £350

1440p Freesync
Acer - £360

1440p Gsync
AOC - 165Hz £420
ACER - 165Hz £500
Asus - 165Hz £630

So I would say it comes down to more if you want to pay extra for going from 144Hz to 165Hz at a minimum of £60 premium but either way they are much more available below your £500 outlined previous.

My Eizo FS2735 27" 1440p FreeSync monitor cost me £773.60...

 

[Feoilban]

So this could be the card that finally beats the Ti then. What are we looking at? 8-900w overclocked tdp

Yup ..Thats the one that's gonna makes the lights flicker

 

[Pleiades]

UT supported and supports just about every API going.

I remember using MeTaL for UT when I had an S3 Savage4 card - IIRC

 

[Nablaoperator]

events

Forbes & wccftech, so take with plenty of sodium...


Possible 2X Vega Card in the works by ASUS.

Which has better thermals
- 2x cards
- 2x chips on a single card

 

[Kaapstad]

Which has better thermals
- 2x cards
- 2x chips on a single card

2 single cards with a couple of slots space between them. Reference cards are better for this.

 

[ubersonic]

Which has better thermals
- 2x cards
- 2x chips on a single card

Depends what you mean by thermals, the dual chip card doesn't double up as much on components as two cards and so adds less heat to the case due to lower power draw. But if you're watercooling anyway it's mainly space constraints of two cards you would be concerned with.

 

[jonjay]

Sad times, AMD resorting to dual GPU again to combat NV

Shouldnt matter as long as the price is right and it works well. What are the chances of that? lol..