Vega 56 worth it at around £200?

[decto]

Sapphire pulse is now £249 at one competitor, though selling fast. May be some downward movement on prices with the Navi cut

 

[varkanoid]

The one Skeeter mentioned in his post above, Q3279VWFD8.

Pay attention boy! /Mr Bronson mode off.

It's a *little* rough going down to 75hz, but as long as you pretty much lock it to that with few dips then I've found it to be doable (a lot moreso than 60, which is just horrid now!).

You'll have to give it 24/48hrs though to get used to it.

Think I`ll try a bit of gaming on one of my sons PC's @ 75mhz to see how it is, although had a go on Fortnite and it seemed okay.

 

[SkeeterUK]

75hz on the monitor i thought was nice from being on 60hz monitors all the time plus if u use vsync in games it locks to that now instead of 60fps which is nice if u have the power.

 

[JediFragger]

Think I`ll try a bit of gaming on one of my sons PC's @ 75mhz to see how it is, although had a go on Fortnite and it seemed okay.

Yeah just give it a little time, at first it seems a touch jarring but I soon got used to it.

 

[Hades]

I'm still using a Dell 60hz monitor from 2007. I'm going to spooge myself when I finally get something modern

 

[JediFragger]

No **** @Hades !! Even 75hz will be a good upgrade for ya

 

[FoxEye]

No **** @Hades !! Even 75hz will be a good upgrade for ya

I'm on a 2012 Dell 60Hz eIPS.

My next upgrade is ... well, everything, but the monitor situation needs to be addressed

Sadly mostly these days I don't have time like I used to to fully research things.

I'm wondering if it's worth buying a monitor or a 27" TV instead.

Defo (100%) don't want TN. Never TN. I lean towards IPS over VA. Or at least I did back in 2012 when I last compared the market!

 

[JediFragger]

Go with a nice 1440p IPS 27in with at least 75hz and you’ll be fine imo. I wouldn’t go TV

 

[Hades]

I'm on a 2012 Dell 60Hz eIPS.

My next upgrade is ... well, everything, but the monitor situation needs to be addressed

Sadly mostly these days I don't have time like I used to to fully research things.

I'm wondering if it's worth buying a monitor or a 27" TV instead.

Defo (100%) don't want TN. Never TN. I lean towards IPS over VA. Or at least I did back in 2012 when I last compared the market!

I spent £1k on this monitor in 2007 as it was the first good 30" 2560x1600 and don't regret it. It has been so good over the years that my next upgrade will include a very good monitor. If you get a good one they will last many years and multiple builds. Like you I am upgrading everything. But I can't decide on 4K or ultrawide.

 

[SkeeterUK]

Well becareful of tv as a monitor as my bro has as jvc one and he has problems with resolutions in games till i finally figured it was wanting desktop and games set to 1080i not p. Took ages to figure that out as tried gpu scaling options overscan things and different resolutions then i thought of the i on tvs res then tried that and then it displayed things properly. Or was it 720i i dunno but think it was 1080i that it can use but it looks dog poo with clarity i.e text is blocky pixely blury etc on desktop, game text looked better i think tho. This was through hdmi as well.

So research tv if u must so it will look good and perform good if u get one and careful of fake 200hz marketing stuff which isnt real pc type 200hz display stuff.

 

[FoxEye]

Go with a nice 1440p IPS 27in with at least 75hz and you’ll be fine imo. I wouldn’t go TV

A quick Google tells me there are no 1440p TVs, lol. Silly me.

So if I went the TV route I'd be purely doing it for a bigger screen and better refresh rate.

I'm not so bothered about 1080p being a limitation, but 60Hz really is these days.

 

[FoxEye]

So research tv if u must so it will look good and perform good if u get one and careful of fake 200hz marketing stuff which isnt real pc type 200hz display stuff.

Yeah it's frame interpolation. And use of a scanning/strobing backlight. Or inserting black frames.

Read all about that years ago. Also the need for 4:4:4 chroma doobery whatsit thingy, which not all TVs can do with PC as source.

 

[Meridiusuk]

Hi all I bought a vega 56 and ordered a 3xDell U2719D 27" seems to be a good ips monitor but i will only be gaming one one not all three. is this a good monitor

 

[varkanoid]

I went back to 4k 60hz last year for a quick test and it was hideous.

 

[Darujhistan]

Phew, good news!! Don't touch Gigabyte or Asus for AMD cards, they just don't seem to know wtf they're doing when it comes to them!! (high end at least)

Good lord no, last 4 AMD cards, well last 4 cards, have been either PC or Sapphire. I went Sapphire 380, 480, then a PC 580 Red Devil, then this.

 

[JediFragger]

I went back to 4k 60hz last year for a quick test and it was hideous.

I did the same with a 4k 60hz Gsync screen hoping it would make a difference, it didn't. Horrible

 

[Mr Krugga]

Does anyone regret getting their Vega card for £200-250 before RX5700's launch?

 

[muon]

Does anyone regret getting their Vega card for £200-250 before RX5700's launch?

I think at £200 you should be happy. At £250 for Vega 56 it is just about okay. The £329 5700 convincingly beats the Vega 64.

 

[JediFragger]

£250 Verg56 seems about right, a solid card at a good price

 

[Darujhistan]

Does anyone regret getting their Vega card for £200-250 before RX5700's launch?

Nope. The RX5700 as is, lacks the finesse I want in a card, I'm not spending hundreds on a reference card with a blower fan. I've said elsewhere in 6 months Navi will be stonking cards, when they've matured, that's when I might buy one.