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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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#5642750 Posted on: 02/22/2019 01:18 PM
For me in summary at the time the 970 was the nearly perfect card, apart from it's 3.5GB memory. No perfect card now, as people mention VEGA is a bit hot and power hungry, but has a good bundle and price. We will have to see what 1660 is like and price.
I was hoping for Navi to be the perfect card, not sure I can wait another 6 months. Maybe the 7nm nvidia mainstream will be best. I am just getting to be tired of waiting. The 970 has lasted well, still just about good enough at the 2560x1600 I use. It gets Crysis at 60fps ! :p Far Cry 5 suffers though a bit. It's had a good run though.
I am neutral when it comes to nvidia or amd, just looking for a product that suits me. I am not mega rich and only play 2/3 hours per week, so just an average buyer.
For me in summary at the time the 970 was the nearly perfect card, apart from it's 3.5GB memory. No perfect card now, as people mention VEGA is a bit hot and power hungry, but has a good bundle and price. We will have to see what 1660 is like and price.
I was hoping for Navi to be the perfect card, not sure I can wait another 6 months. Maybe the 7nm nvidia mainstream will be best. I am just getting to be tired of waiting. The 970 has lasted well, still just about good enough at the 2560x1600 I use. It gets Crysis at 60fps ! :p Far Cry 5 suffers though a bit. It's had a good run though.
I am neutral when it comes to nvidia or amd, just looking for a product that suits me. I am not mega rich and only play 2/3 hours per week, so just an average buyer.
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#5642752 Posted on: 02/22/2019 01:24 PM
Thats a geat deal indeed. Now rx590 also needs a drop in price to match a 1660 non ti.
Thats a geat deal indeed. Now rx590 also needs a drop in price to match a 1660 non ti.
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#5642760 Posted on: 02/22/2019 01:58 PM
Based upon my experience, the Vega 56 is neither hot nor loud, even with the Reference model. (I own one flashed with the Vega 64 bios.)
Based upon my experience, the Vega 56 is neither hot nor loud, even with the Reference model. (I own one flashed with the Vega 64 bios.)
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#5642764 Posted on: 02/22/2019 02:14 PM
Last info said September or October for Navi.
They also need to get rid of Vega stock, so it's just normal.
A very bad sign. if Navi was close they wouldn't have done that...
Last info said September or October for Navi.
They also need to get rid of Vega stock, so it's just normal.
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And destroy the price/performance of the card in the process!
To buy a Vega 56 + a custom water loop for it, it will be better buying a more performing card with the same money.