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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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#5642943 Posted on: 02/22/2019 04:57 PM
I don't have those three games in bundle so I am interested, how you take them? All retailers give them? Can I buy a Vega 56 from anywhere and claim amd's bundle? How does this work? Thx.
I don't have those three games in bundle so I am interested, how you take them? All retailers give them? Can I buy a Vega 56 from anywhere and claim amd's bundle? How does this work? Thx.
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#5642948 Posted on: 02/22/2019 05:06 PM
Edit:ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 @ $399 pop just now:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16814126180
Edit:ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 @ $399 pop just now:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16814126180
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#5642978 Posted on: 02/22/2019 05:52 PM
AMD are idiots. Only applicable bundle to their partnered retailers. So I am forced to buy the most expensive cards available to my country to win the games? NVIDIA wins. Bye AMD.
I can find Vega under 340$ here but I must pay more than 440$ to win the bundle. Who are they trolling huh? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. I ain't go buying your lies red.
I don't have those three games in bundle so I am interested, how you take them? All retailers give them? Can I buy a Vega 56 from anywhere and claim amd's bundle? How does this work? Thx.
AMD are idiots. Only applicable bundle to their partnered retailers. So I am forced to buy the most expensive cards available to my country to win the games? NVIDIA wins. Bye AMD.
I can find Vega under 340$ here but I must pay more than 440$ to win the bundle. Who are they trolling huh? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. I ain't go buying your lies red.
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#5642990 Posted on: 02/22/2019 06:17 PM
AMD are idiots. Only applicable bundle to their partnered retailers. So I am forced to buy the most expensive cards available to my country to win the games? NVIDIA wins. Bye AMD.
I can find Vega under 340$ here but I must pay more than 440$ to win the bundle. Who are they trolling huh? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. I ain't go buying your lies red.
It is not something caused by AMD. AMD offers promotional stuff, shops decide if they apply it. Here we have even RX-570 4G $138 (ex.VAT) which has exactly same bundle. If you sell those games, card comes quite cheaply.
And in same shop, every single Vega 56 has that bundle too. (Cheapest currently $350 as price drop is still not here... understandable, will take a week.)
AMD are idiots. Only applicable bundle to their partnered retailers. So I am forced to buy the most expensive cards available to my country to win the games? NVIDIA wins. Bye AMD.
I can find Vega under 340$ here but I must pay more than 440$ to win the bundle. Who are they trolling huh? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. I ain't go buying your lies red.
It is not something caused by AMD. AMD offers promotional stuff, shops decide if they apply it. Here we have even RX-570 4G $138 (ex.VAT) which has exactly same bundle. If you sell those games, card comes quite cheaply.
And in same shop, every single Vega 56 has that bundle too. (Cheapest currently $350 as price drop is still not here... understandable, will take a week.)
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#5642991 Posted on: 02/22/2019 06:19 PM
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13973/nvidia-gtx-1660-ti-review-feat-evga-xc-gaming
Instead, AMD’s competitor for the GTX 1660 Ti looks like it will be the Radeon RX Vega 56. The company sent word last night that they are continuing to work with partners to offer lower promotional prices on the card, including a single model that was available for $279, but as of press time has since sold out. Notably, AMD is asserting that this is not a price drop, so there’s an unusual bit of fence sitting here; the company may be waiting to see what actual, retail GTX 1660 Ti card prices end up like. So I’m not wholly convinced we’re going to see too many $279 Vega 56 cards, but we’ll see. If nothing else, AMD’s Raise the Game Bundle is being offered, giving them an edge over NVIDIA in terms of pack-in games.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13973/nvidia-gtx-1660-ti-review-feat-evga-xc-gaming
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#5642998 Posted on: 02/22/2019 06:55 PM
Edit:ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 @ $399 pop just now:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16814126180
The msi boost rx 56 was 279 on newegg but sold out
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137263&ignorebbr=1
Edit:ASUS AREZ Strix Radeon RX Vega 56 @ $399 pop just now:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16814126180
The msi boost rx 56 was 279 on newegg but sold out
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137263&ignorebbr=1
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#5643011 Posted on: 02/22/2019 07:34 PM
I got to agree with this^....when you have to have 2 -8 pin power connectors just to match the performance of said 1660ti...?
we will see.
so now you have a 1660Ti which is very close to the V56 and consumes only 120W, stays very quiet and costs 280$. that's rough.
I got to agree with this^....when you have to have 2 -8 pin power connectors just to match the performance of said 1660ti...?
we will see.
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#5643066 Posted on: 02/22/2019 09:38 PM
I can tell you why I will never get a Vega GPU. 2 things: Noise and heat.
the Vega cards are well known to be extremely loud and produce quite a lot of heat. not something I would want even if the performance is solid.
No offense, but i´m curious about your idea of "extremely loud and produce quite a lot of heat."}
Not gonna start an argue, but as an owner of a Vega 56 reddragon with undervolt and OC, i might wonder if having 220 W of "suposed" consumption reported by HW and never going above 75°C 30°C room temp and not going above of 60% of the fan is "extremely loud and produce quite a lot of heat.".
I can tell you why I will never get a Vega GPU. 2 things: Noise and heat.
the Vega cards are well known to be extremely loud and produce quite a lot of heat. not something I would want even if the performance is solid.
No offense, but i´m curious about your idea of "extremely loud and produce quite a lot of heat."}
Not gonna start an argue, but as an owner of a Vega 56 reddragon with undervolt and OC, i might wonder if having 220 W of "suposed" consumption reported by HW and never going above 75°C 30°C room temp and not going above of 60% of the fan is "extremely loud and produce quite a lot of heat.".
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#5643075 Posted on: 02/22/2019 09:59 PM
Finally price wars due to heavy competition in the mid range , now it's the time for upgrade , go go go ...
Finally price wars due to heavy competition in the mid range , now it's the time for upgrade , go go go ...
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#5643119 Posted on: 02/22/2019 11:24 PM
It's cool but there's no avail, not in canada. The cheapest available here is 650$CAD while the 1660ti is 350$
It's cool but there's no avail, not in canada. The cheapest available here is 650$CAD while the 1660ti is 350$
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#5643156 Posted on: 02/23/2019 01:36 AM
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137263
$249 US dollars after $30 rebate + 3 Free games + free shipping =
Awesome !
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137263
$249 US dollars after $30 rebate + 3 Free games + free shipping =
Awesome !
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#5643159 Posted on: 02/23/2019 01:46 AM
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137263
$249 US dollars after $30 rebate + 3 Free games + free shipping = Awesome !
I almost ordered it.....except I've been burnt on Newegg mail in rebates in the past.....and I simply hate blower style coolers on graphics cards. Not in the least bit regretting my decision though.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137263
$249 US dollars after $30 rebate + 3 Free games + free shipping =
Awesome !I almost ordered it.....except I've been burnt on Newegg mail in rebates in the past.....and I simply hate blower style coolers on graphics cards. Not in the least bit regretting my decision though.
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#5643160 Posted on: 02/23/2019 01:48 AM
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137263
$249 US dollars after $30 rebate + 3 Free games + free shipping = Awesome !
Sold out with no rain check, not awesome! The cheapest available Vega 56 at newegg is $399.99
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137263
$249 US dollars after $30 rebate + 3 Free games + free shipping =
Awesome !Sold out with no rain check, not awesome! The cheapest available Vega 56 at newegg is $399.99
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#5643167 Posted on: 02/23/2019 02:17 AM
What exactly does that have to do with your previous statement or my response?
You claim AMD "promised" Navi would launch in H2'19.... Navi is expected to launch around October 2019. October is in H2'19.
If AMD fails to launch Navi this year, they might as well exit the discrete graphics market.
Navi was actually originally a 2018 product.... they delayed it a couple of time already...
What exactly does that have to do with your previous statement or my response?
You claim AMD "promised" Navi would launch in H2'19.... Navi is expected to launch around October 2019. October is in H2'19.
If AMD fails to launch Navi this year, they might as well exit the discrete graphics market.
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Not a day too soon, €599 (more than 6000 kr) was outrageous. I can't speak for all countries/regions, but Vega failed big time here and for once I would like to thank Nvidia for the competition.