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Vega 56 is significantly faster now and reaching 1080 levels
I've had a 1070 that I replaced with a 1080ti. I've also got a Vega 56. The Vega 56 is notably faster, once undervolted it's significantly faster.
Vega 56 especially if you under volt and overclock it
Vega 56 no competition, if you uv and oc you'll get stock vega64/1080+ performance.
I'd pay the bit extra for the Sapphire Pulse though, not a fan of the old blower reference cards although im sure it'll be fine at stock with the auto undervolt.
I was in same boat as OP , was looking to get Vega 56 but after reading through its thread went against it as it takes lots of playing about to get it perfect. Instead just got second hand evga gtx 1070ti with two year warranty left. Should be good till Navi comes out and than sell it if Navi is good as they say. Think if 56 nitro+ was available I would have gone for that.I've got a Vega 56 and a 1070.
The Vega 56 is sat in it's box while I use the 1070.
Although to be fair that's only because with the Vega 56 in my PC crashes every couple of minutes.
You're remembering it differently, because the undervolting discussion is about bringing temps down.Undervolt.....undervolt....undervolt......and here I was thinking that nobody cared about power consumption, or am I remembering that thread differently to the rest of the forum.
It's not only for lower power draw, but lower temps which means lower fan speed and higher core clocks.Undervolt.....undervolt....undervolt......and here I was thinking that nobody cared about power consumption, or am I remembering that thread differently to the rest of the forum.
You're remembering it differently, because the undervolting discussion is about bringing temps down.
And I say this in all honesty, Panos, hot and "inefficient" GPUs have held tipped the balance in my room temperature over the colder months, actually saving me a chunk of cash by not having to push the heaters a bit more.
I wonder if I could repurpose a Radeon VII as a close-quarters space heater? The monthly extra I'd save on electricity would cover the cost of the card in 6 months...