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Poll: The Vega Review Thread.
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With this launch AMD are just coming across as very amateur, how long have they been in the business?
Soldato
This is going to be good....or maybe not?
It's not just this launch.
Associate
Well, there was a B Grade 1080 G1 Gaming on here for £419 yesterday so I bought that. It'll be a real shame to lose Freesync but I can't see a chance of AMD providing what I want to buy (an AIB Vega 64 for £450). On the plus side, Furys are still selling for decent money so it should be a fairly cheap upgrade.
Soldato
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mmm wonder if asus will come out with the Strix under the price of the plastic 64? Hats off to them to this time around
Caporegime
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Lol, boost price £599
I never thought this review thread would reach 44 pages.
Having said that I do like the look and style of the new Vega cards, something that AMD have improved a lot compared to older cards like the 290X.
Having said that I do like the look and style of the new Vega cards, something that AMD have improved a lot compared to older cards like the 290X.
I do know man. I do recall 290X coming out and beating the Titan costing a lot less and people before were thinking the Titan was something unbeatable.
I am sure AMD were expecting better performance from Vega. Going from 28nm to 14nm alone gave them many more transistors to play with, never mind HBM2 and all the time for a new architecture. Also 14nm should be a lot more mature now than when it was available over a year ago. Theoretically they should have been able to beat the 1080Ti with Vega, but it just did not happen.
Lol
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I will pay for that feature for sure.
Caporegime
Spot on!
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They will only launch that feature in a later driver update that will also magically also improve performance!
Always something with you isn't there. No they didn't say it would beat 1080Ti specifically but they did imply it numerous times.
As for the price... they told reviewers the retail price was £499. They never mentioned to them the limited 1 hour window. That is a BIG no no in publicity terms and a massive **** up.
Takes AMD days to make a simple statement. Why ? Are they getting the Trump administration to do it ?
I think my Team Green days are close.
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Would have thought they were here...
Caporegime
Always something with me? You need to step back a bit bud and chill out. I personally think AMD have done well with such a limited budget and Vega 64/56 is a decent upgrade for many users. It was available for £450 (Vega 64) and I was very tempted to grab one myself for reviewing but not a fan of custom cards, so pulled out. I have seen you are a little upset with this launch for some reason but there is alternatives, so no need to be so vocal
It was available at £450 from 2.00pm until 2.04pm I believe.
Soldato
Yes Indeed amongst other things cooling, power usage, performance, price.
Why not cool both models 64/56 with AIO to help keep noise and heat down as standard to off set the price, power usage has AMD got shares in EU+UK power companies. Them comes performance a V64 somewhere between a 1070-1080 / V56 = 1070 price wise the 1070/1080 better value for the money.
Not to impressed with Vega my 980Ti still performs well at 1440p so still not in a hurry to update.