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AMD drops price on Radeon RX Vega 56 to Battle GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
As the title says, AMD is lowering the price on their Radeon RX Vega 56 to Battle GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Starting today you'll see prices in the £249 / 285 EUR ranges for that still pretty dandy graphics card. You get three games as well.
These discounts could be regional, so I am not certain where on the globe it will take proper effect. Here's a press release:
Gamers looking for the best performance in today’s most popular AAA titles, from Apex Legends to Tom Clancy's The Division 2, need look no further than theAMD Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics card. Offering high-end performance and incredible features with an attractive price tag, the GPU is now available from £249 on eBuyer and OCUK.
Today’s top titles require increasing amounts of memory to deliver the performance, hyper-realistic settings and life-like characters gamers demand. With 8GB of HBM2 memory, the RX Vega 56 is purpose-built to power the most demanding titles. Harnessing the advanced AMD Vega GPU architecture, the RX Vega 56 also features:
- Rapid Packed Math doubles the rate of compute to allow for faster physics and compute calculations on RX Vega GPUs.
- Shader Intrinsics allow direct game-to-hardware access on RX Vega cards to extract more performance from the GPU.
- Radeon FreeSync display technology brings an end to choppy gameplay and broken frames with fluid, artifact-free performance at virtually any framerate, while FreeSync 2 HDR ensures low-latency, high-brightness pixels and a wide color gamut to High Dynamic Range (HDR) content for PC displays.
Further sweetening the deal, with AMD’s Raise the Game Fully Loaded bundle,
Gamers who purchase a Radeon RX Vega 56 or eligible Radeon RX Vega 56 powered PC will receive complimentary PC versions of Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry 5 and Tom Clancy's The Division 2, three of 2019’s most anticipated titles.
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#5642776 Posted on: 02/22/2019 01:37 PM
After the "info" about October came another one with talked about July. so I'm not sure.
if October rumor is true, it's a massive blow, AMD promised Navi on H2 of 2019.
October is in the second half of 2019....
After the "info" about October came another one with talked about July. so I'm not sure.
if October rumor is true, it's a massive blow, AMD promised Navi on H2 of 2019.
October is in the second half of 2019....
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#5642777 Posted on: 02/22/2019 01:37 PM
Wow 285 euro. In Romania even the cheapest used one is 330. New, if you can find the one is more like 450 euro sadly.
Wow 285 euro. In Romania even the cheapest used one is 330. New, if you can find the one is more like 450 euro sadly.
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#5642784 Posted on: 02/22/2019 01:54 PM
Navi was actually originally a 2018 product.... they delayed it a couple of time already...
October is in the second half of 2019....
Navi was actually originally a 2018 product.... they delayed it a couple of time already...
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#5642796 Posted on: 02/22/2019 02:26 PM
Not enough 7nm volume production in 2018, so it wasn't even up to AMD. It might still be a big issue for mainstream products. It would be kind of lousy to have only a few dozen cards per country (in selected countries exclusively) when launching affordable products for the masses.
Navi was actually originally a 2018 product.... they delayed it a couple of time already...
Not enough 7nm volume production in 2018, so it wasn't even up to AMD. It might still be a big issue for mainstream products. It would be kind of lousy to have only a few dozen cards per country (in selected countries exclusively) when launching affordable products for the masses.
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#5642797 Posted on: 02/22/2019 02:29 PM
Maybe I'm wrong, but it feels like the first time that AMD has to drop their prices because of Nvidia.
Anyways, competition is good, we see it here.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it feels like the first time that AMD has to drop their prices because of Nvidia.
Anyways, competition is good, we see it here.
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#5642812 Posted on: 02/22/2019 02:45 PM
5 words all negative We understood it you do not like the products of the AMD but as you see competition brings profit to the consumer let us hope better products in the future with greater profits for us.
Navi was actually originally a 2018 product.... they delayed it a couple of time already...
5 words all negative We understood it you do not like the products of the AMD but as you see competition brings profit to the consumer let us hope better products in the future with greater profits for us.
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#5642814 Posted on: 02/22/2019 02:48 PM
@HardwareCaps
I would rather Navi be late and perform the way we expect it to than to be rushed and disappointing. Sure, it is annoying to wait this long, but if your hopes are so low, what are you waiting for at this point?
@HardwareCaps
I would rather Navi be late and perform the way we expect it to than to be rushed and disappointing. Sure, it is annoying to wait this long, but if your hopes are so low, what are you waiting for at this point?
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#5642820 Posted on: 02/22/2019 02:56 PM
As the title says, AMD is lowering the price on their Radeon RX Vega 56 to Battle GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Starting today you'll see prices in the £249 / 285 EUR ranges for that still pretty dandy gr...
AMD drops price on Radeon RX Vega 56 to Battle GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Hello, I am writing for the first time (second
but I watch you here for several years doing great work I love the reviews and the seriousness that exists on the forums
I'm sorry for the handling of English
As the title says, AMD is lowering the price on their Radeon RX Vega 56 to Battle GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Starting today you'll see prices in the £249 / 285 EUR ranges for that still pretty dandy gr...
AMD drops price on Radeon RX Vega 56 to Battle GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Hello, I am writing for the first time (second
but I watch you here for several years doing great work I love the reviews and the seriousness that exists on the forumsI'm sorry for the handling of English
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#5642823 Posted on: 02/22/2019 03:01 PM
@HardwareCaps
I would rather Navi be late and perform the way we expect it to than to be rushed and disappointing. Sure, it is annoying to wait this long, but if your hopes are so low, what are you waiting for at this point?
I'm very much expecting Navi. This architecture is probably what we will see on the "PS5" & "XBOX 2"(next gen consoles) this could have massive implications to game requirements.
also i'll probably get a Navi GPU as soon as it comes out. I just feel like it should have been sooner. RTX is not selling, Nvidia is having issues now it's the ideal time to strike
@HardwareCaps
I would rather Navi be late and perform the way we expect it to than to be rushed and disappointing. Sure, it is annoying to wait this long, but if your hopes are so low, what are you waiting for at this point?
I'm very much expecting Navi. This architecture is probably what we will see on the "PS5" & "XBOX 2"(next gen consoles) this could have massive implications to game requirements.
also i'll probably get a Navi GPU as soon as it comes out. I just feel like it should have been sooner. RTX is not selling, Nvidia is having issues now it's the ideal time to strike
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#5642834 Posted on: 02/22/2019 03:08 PM
This architecture is probably what we will see on the "PS5" & "XBOX 2"(next gen consoles) this could have massive implications to game requirements.
also i'll probably get a Navi GPU as soon as it comes out. I just feel like it should have been sooner. RTX is not selling, Nvidia is having issues now it's the ideal time to strike
Well, I certainly don't disagree with any of that. But, it's not like Nvidia is going to suddenly be making a lot of sales any time soon; AMD has time. The Vega56 is likely going to be a nice competitor to the 1660Ti, so as long as it is priced well, that might just hamper Nvidia's sales enough until Navi gets to be released.
This architecture is probably what we will see on the "PS5" & "XBOX 2"(next gen consoles) this could have massive implications to game requirements.
also i'll probably get a Navi GPU as soon as it comes out. I just feel like it should have been sooner. RTX is not selling, Nvidia is having issues now it's the ideal time to strike
Well, I certainly don't disagree with any of that. But, it's not like Nvidia is going to suddenly be making a lot of sales any time soon; AMD has time. The Vega56 is likely going to be a nice competitor to the 1660Ti, so as long as it is priced well, that might just hamper Nvidia's sales enough until Navi gets to be released.
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#5642838 Posted on: 02/22/2019 03:11 PM
As I said here before, even if you sold me a Vega 64/56 for half the price I wouldn't jump on it immediately, noise and heat are big issues with the Vega cards.
the 1660Ti/1660 will be much much quieter and less power hungry.
Well, I certainly don't disagree with any of that. But, it's not like Nvidia is going to suddenly be making a lot of sales any time soon; AMD has time. The Vega56 is likely going to be a nice competitor to the 1660Ti, so as long as it is priced well, that might just hamper Nvidia's sales enough until Navi gets to be released.
As I said here before, even if you sold me a Vega 64/56 for half the price I wouldn't jump on it immediately, noise and heat are big issues with the Vega cards.
the 1660Ti/1660 will be much much quieter and less power hungry.
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#5642843 Posted on: 02/22/2019 03:16 PM
As I said here before, even if you sold me a Vega 64/56 for half the price I wouldn't jump on it immediately, noise and heat are big issues with the Vega cards.
the 1660Ti/1660 will be much much quieter and less power hungry.
There are a number of AIB cards that don't have heat or noise issues in Vega. Nitro+, Red Devil to name a couple. You're also forgetting Vega is very easy to undervolt to reduce power consumption which in turn reduces heat and any fan noise from not spinning so fast. Reference style Vega cards yeah, but that's nothing new from GCN based cards really.
As I said here before, even if you sold me a Vega 64/56 for half the price I wouldn't jump on it immediately, noise and heat are big issues with the Vega cards.
the 1660Ti/1660 will be much much quieter and less power hungry.
There are a number of AIB cards that don't have heat or noise issues in Vega. Nitro+, Red Devil to name a couple. You're also forgetting Vega is very easy to undervolt to reduce power consumption which in turn reduces heat and any fan noise from not spinning so fast. Reference style Vega cards yeah, but that's nothing new from GCN based cards really.
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#5642844 Posted on: 02/22/2019 03:19 PM
so now you have a 1660Ti which is very close to the V56 and consumes only 120W, stays very quiet and costs 280$. that's rough.
There are a number of AIB cards that don't have heat or noise issues in Vega. Nitro+, Red Devil to name a couple. You're also forgetting Vega is very easy to undervolt to reduce power consumption which in turn reduces heat and any fan noise from not spinning so fast. Reference style Vega cards yeah, but that's nothing new from GCN based cards really.
so now you have a 1660Ti which is very close to the V56 and consumes only 120W, stays very quiet and costs 280$. that's rough.
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#5642852 Posted on: 02/22/2019 03:27 PM
GTX 1070s are almost out of stock.
But will novidia drop prices on GTX1070?
GTX 1070s are almost out of stock.
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Last info said September or October for Navi.
They also need to get rid of Vega stock, so it's just normal.
After the "info" about October came another one with talked about July. so I'm not sure.
if October rumor is true, it's a massive blow, AMD promised Navi on H2 of 2019.