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Poll: The Vega Review Thread.

What do we think about Vega?

  • What has AMD been doing for the past 1-2 years?

  • It consumes how many watts and is how loud!!!

  • It is not that bad.

  • Want to buy but put off by pricing and warranty.

  • I will be buying one for sure (I own a Freesync monitor so have little choice).

  • Better red than dead.

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"should be" = "I would like them to be"

Launch prices were just launch prices no matter how much fake drama was stirred over it.

It's been clear for a long time that AMD is not is a good position to undercut nvidia with vega.

*if anything they are happy with the price/performance that nvidia products have that they can sit next to.
 
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GoogalyMoogaly said:
In fairness Vega 64 is 13 months newer than the 1070 and about £120 more expensive.
If you compare the 1070 to a card that it's 13 months newer than, the 390X for example, the 1070 is probably ripping that apart too.
From a purely price point of view the 1080 is probably closer to the Vega 56.

1070 vs Vega 56 is apples and oranges.
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Agreed. Checking prices has the 56 competing with the 1080 and the 64 with the 1080Ti.
 
Hotwired said:
"should be" = "I would like them to be"

Launch prices were just launch prices no matter how much fake drama was stirred over it.

It's been clear for a long time that AMD is not is a good position to undercut nvidia with vega.

*if anything they are happy with the price/performance that nvidia products have that they can sit next to.
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Sales are confirmed slow. V56 costs the same as 1080 AIB. It's a completely inferior product.
 
Well if the things aren't selling and AIBs are reluctant to jump on the ship then it is only a matter of time until amd/etailers drop the gouging price back to their normal levels.
 
Nexus18 said:
Well if the things aren't selling and AIBs are reluctant to jump on the ship then it is only a matter of time until amd/etailers drop the gouging price back to their normal levels.
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From what I have read, AMD are making such low margins and the first batch was rebated by AMD per card (limited number), I can't really see a price drop coming. HBM is expensive.
 
At the extreme, they may have to cut the price and make a loss on each card and view it as simply a marketing/market retention exercise that maintains AMD's position for the next round. I would hazard a guess that in its current position, a few loyal AMD buyers are reconsidering their position.
 
Martini1991 said:
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Why so desperate to trot out stale AMD bashing on the 143rd page.

Spill the beans for the magical sales practice that solves all the problems for AMD.

Sell at a loss? Genius plan, can't possibly have any downsides to consider. Retailers will of course respect AMD taking the hit and voluntarily pass on the savings to customers.

Or how about they just wind down production and get on with the next product.
 
arby1 said:
At the extreme, they may have to cut the price and make a loss on each card and view it as simply a marketing/market retention exercise that maintains AMD's position for the next round.
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The question is... is it rational for them to think that they're going to be able to compete any better in the next round?
 
Martini1991 said:
At the moment a V56 is the same price as https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...graphics-card-c108v4-2sdn-p6dn-gx-062-in.html

I don't know how much longer I can hold off in the hope of buying Vega AIB at a reasonable price.

Pretty much willing to give up Freesync at this rate.
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Played about an hour of DoS2 last night with FreeSync not working (happens every few weeks, a reboot fixes it but couldn't be bothered) and it was very annoying. I couldn't give up on FreeSync even with the depressing Vega situation.
 
Hotwired said:
Why so desperate to trot out stale AMD bashing on the 143rd page.

Spill the beans for the magical sales practice that solves all the problems for AMD.

Sell at a loss? Genius plan, can't possibly have any downsides to consider. Retailers will of course respect AMD taking the hit and voluntarily pass on the savings to customers.

Or how about they just wind down production and get on with the next product.
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None of this changes the facts of the situation. It's terrible for consumers
 
Spyhop said:
The question is... is it rational for them to think that they're going to be able to compete any better in the next round?
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While I agree with you, almost no company will admit the future is anything but rosy, even when all evidence points to the opposite. There's always a chance that they turn it round massively, however most people would say that it's more likely that Volta will be the one to exceed expectations...
 
Martini1991 said:
I don't know how much longer I can hold off in the hope of buying Vega AIB at a reasonable price.
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You wont get one at a resonable price, as the AIB custom cards, will be more expensive than the reference card, and more expensive than a custom faster 1080 (as thats how much the reference cards are).
 
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Hotwired said:
But like I said this is the 143rd page and you're on repeat as if you think AMD has a win win solution on hand.
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At the moment they've got cards that are just sitting on shelves, which is their literal purpose because they're not viable products to buy at the price.

AMD aren't offering much to consumers.
 
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