AMD Vega Discussion Thread

[HTC]

Well, it's kind of a rule that "brand" dictates several rules down the line. For example, you expect certain very specific qualities when your brand preference is for example "ASUS's Strix". Or Sapphire's "Nitro". It's why people have tendency to stick to one brand, because brand basically assures you'll get certain performance, noise and aesthetics that you do like and you're prepared to pay certain price for it. You may have certain brand preferences and if it happens that one is just too expensive for some reason or they made a specific design switch (like for example how most switched to wider graphic card coolers), you may switch between brands if there is some other option.

I don't have to specifically state what qualities I need, I can just say, if I'd be picking a graphic card it would either be Strix, Aorus, Gaming X or Nitro. Because they basically have overall qualities I always look at with graphic cards.

Personally, i look for a card that's within my budget, has enough performance for my needs (regardless of the manufacturer), is quiet and consumes low power: i tend to underclock it anyway so it should consume even less power. I don't care what brand it is (just not ASUS) and i don't care how it looks either, but that's me!

 

[RejZoR]

I mean, if you take for example StriX card you're assured it's gonna run quiet, cool and generally overclock well. That's branding 101.

 

[HTC]

I mean, if you take for example StriX card you're assured it's gonna run quiet, cool and generally overclock well. That's branding 101.

I think you miss read: i said "not ASUS". Unless ofc your reply was not directed @ me.

 

[Eric3988]

I mean, if NV CP had NVIDIA Experience design, I'd actually be fine with it. Minus the registration thing. Though, NVIDIA Experience, other than it's video recording part, doesn't really offer anything useful to me. Those auto game optimizations are silly. Is it really that hard to tweak game settings yourself? How can some software know what's your visual preference compromise in games? For example, NVIDIA Experience may trim down shadows and textures in order to gain performance where I'd sacrifice everything else other than these exact two things. So, I just never rely on this stuff because in the end I'd glance over settings anyway to see what the thing fiddled with and if I like it.

The GE panel would make the regular control panel much better but I guess they prefer the vintage look ><

 

[ShurikN]

V-Sync, if you play older games (which i do) adjusting of FSAA and AF etc. And with Wattman, things have basically reversed. In the past NVIDIA was the one which had overclocking tool built-in. Then AMD had it and with Wattman, you don't even have to think about MSI Afterburner because built-in tool is so powerful. And I've used Crimson panel on cousin's laptop. It's so pretty and really nice to use. AMD really turned a new page with a lot of things, especially on the software side.

Also, you can only activate fastsync form the CP.
As it stands GF experience has no actual usage.

 

[Vya Domus]

Seeing how some quite expensive variants of the 1060 are reaching temps of 70C with massive heatsinks and 3 fans while aftermarket coolers are better and quieter makes me wonder if the brand or version bears any relevance anymore. It sure did once , but nowadays with these cards been so limited by drivers and BIOS it seems like a total waste of money to remain loyal to specific brand or series of cards. Just buy whatever is within your budget.

 

[P4-630]

Well if AMD gets better in the power draw/performance (more efficient) ratio my next card could be AMD graphics once again with perhaps an AMD CPU.

 

[RejZoR]

Seeing how some quite expensive variants of the 1060 are reaching temps of 70C with massive heatsinks and 3 fans while aftermarket coolers are better and quieter makes me wonder if the brand or version bears any relevance anymore. It sure did once , but nowadays with these cards been so limited by drivers and BIOS it seems like a total waste of money to remain loyal to specific brand or series of cards. Just buy whatever is within your budget.

70°C ? That's nothing. I'd rather stretch that up to 85°C and make it quieter...

 

[RejZoR]

I think you miss read: i said "not ASUS". Unless ofc your reply was not directed @ me.

I mean, if you take for example StriX card you're assured it's gonna run quiet, cool and generally overclock well. That's branding 101.

 

[HTC]

Because @RejZoR didn't quote me when replying, i was unsure if you were addressing me but your latest reply cleared that up.

 

[cdawall]

70°C ? That's nothing. I'd rather stretch that up to 85°C and make it quieter...

My card doesn't hit that high and makes less noise than my pump.

 

[RejZoR]

Strix... Try that with reference "Founders Edition" cooler. I'll wait.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

SOo new rumors are assuming that the Vega Founders Edition or whatever they will name the flagship spec will lay claim as top dawg beating current iterations by 10% atleast until volta.

 

[r9]

I always look at the price/performance I never cared if it was AMD, Intel on NVIDIA.
But the truth is more than not I ended up with AMD CPU and GPU.
And there are some deals that you just can't pass like i7 960, Gigabyte X58 and Water cooler all for $50-$60 on Craigslist .

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

I always look at the price/performance I never cared if it was AMD, Intel on NVIDIA.
But the truth is more than not I ended up with AMD CPU and GPU.
And there are some deals that you just can't pass like i7 960, Gigabyte X58 and Water cooler all for $50-$60 on Craigslist .

What a deal!

 

[r9]

What a deal!

 

[uuuaaaaaa]

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Is that an GA-X58A-OC?

 

[r9]

Is that an GA-X58A-OC?

I don't have it anymore, but I believe that was the one.

 

[r9]

I don't have it anymore, but I believe that was the one.

Originally was posted as $35 for motherboard with unknown processor on it.
When I called he said he already arrange for somebody to pick it up.
I offered more $50 or $60 can't remember, not more than $60 and he said yes.
And when I went to pick it up he was like take the water cooling too I don't needed.
I guess he was to lazy to take it of or something, cuz everything was already put together.
Keeping an eye on craigslist can pay off sometimes .

 

[Nuckles56]

Originally was posted as $35 for motherboard with unknown processor on it.
When I called he said he already arrange for somebody to pick it up.
I offered more $50 or $60 can't remember, not more than $60 and he said yes.
And when I went to pick it up he was like take the water cooling too I don't needed.
I guess he was to lazy to take it of or something, cuz everything was already put together.
Keeping an eye on craigslist can pay off sometimes .

The same goes for gumtree in out countries, I managed to get a i7 2600k, z77 board, 16GB RAM and a h100 all for $350 AU

 

[Deleted member 50521]

RX Vega end of July. AMD trolled so hard on Vega, demo Prey with two Vega. Kinda reminds me of Polaris launch. When you can't beat them with one GPU just use two! They are toning down Vega from flagship lv to mid range lv now.

 

[kruk]

RX Vega end of July. AMD trolled so hard on Vega, demo Prey with two Vega. Kinda reminds me of Polaris launch. When you can't beat them with one GPU just use two! They are toning down Vega from flagship lv to mid range lv now.

Raja Koduri already said more than a year ago that the future is multi-gpu: https://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics...past-CrossFire-smaller-GPU-dies-HBM2-and-more

Navi could already have multiple GPUs on a interposer connected by infinity fabric and being fed by the HBCC. You laugh at AMD now, but when nVidia is also going to use this approach, you are probably going to clap how innovative they are ...

 

[rtwjunkie]

Raja Koduri already said more than a year ago that the future is multi-gpu

Yeah.....that's proving to be not so true. Perhaps someone should tell the games industry about that.

 

[P4-630]

I didn't read all posts but when can you actually buy Vega?

 

[rtwjunkie]

I didn't read all posts but when can you actually buy Vega?

What, it's only 13 pages, .

Seriously, I believe it is end of July. The finish line keeps moving.