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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Available Starting Today
Two weeks ago you probably have read our Vega 56 and 64 reviews, what you perhaps missed is that the Vega 64 actually went on sale, the Vega 56 cards however did not. Until today that is.
Unfortunately you’ll likely be hard-pressed to find a Vega 56 today, industry shortages made sure of that. I just check the EU for availability, and there was none to be found (at the time of writing). If you can find one, chances are high that the price is artifically inflated due to the shortage. We’re also confident that AMD would like to sell the 64 instead. If you can spot a standalone card, they should be selling for 399 USD.
If you locate them at a far higher price, you might want to wait a bit more until there is good volume available. Also we’d recommend you guys to wait on the actual AIB card, that are bound to be more silent and offer better cooling. If you haven’t read it, you can check our reference review right here.
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AMD Radeon Vega 17.8.1 Beta 6 driver download - 08/14/2017 04:23 PM
You can now download Radeon Vega 17.8.1 Beta 6 driver download. Attention, this beta revision 6 driver is intended for RX Vega graphics card only. Download here....
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#5467317 Posted on: 08/28/2017 10:02 PM
lol $700 CDN. What a joke.
lol $700 CDN. What a joke.
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#5467325 Posted on: 08/28/2017 10:45 PM
I buy AMD ever since Nvidia refused to let SLI run on the 975 chipset, had a pair of 7800gt''s then. Went X1900 Crossfire, and have, and WILL never go Nviida again.... (I even tried Nvidias CRAPTASTIC Nforce chipset also, what a joke...)
I buy AMD ever since Nvidia refused to let SLI run on the 975 chipset, had a pair of 7800gt''s then. Went X1900 Crossfire, and have, and WILL never go Nviida again.... (I even tried Nvidias CRAPTASTIC Nforce chipset also, what a joke...)
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#5467381 Posted on: 08/29/2017 04:23 AM
As many members said already, why on earth would somebody in his right mind buy a Vega (except mining where I did not see any benchmark yet) when there are better products from Nvidia ?
Sincerely, please somebody answer factually, not with "drivers are better, the logo is nicer, or I use it to heat my home".
My reasoning:
1. I would like to use the Freesync portion of my Freesync monitor that I got a sweet deal on.
2. I am due for an upgrade.
3. Historically my AMD/Ati cards have performed well, though my nVidia cards have also done well generally.
4. I would like to keep it at least a two horse race (I have been around long enough to see many companies be dickish because they could be).
4. Having said that I will not be paying mining bubble prices so if they don't become MSRP reasonable maybe I won't be getting a Vega anyway. nVidia has the clear performance crown but usually the price to performance market is a lot muddier and I am always shopping in there. An aftermarket Vega 56 still looks like it may be a good fit but it will all come down to pricing.
As many members said already, why on earth would somebody in his right mind buy a Vega (except mining where I did not see any benchmark yet) when there are better products from Nvidia ?
Sincerely, please somebody answer factually, not with "drivers are better, the logo is nicer, or I use it to heat my home".
My reasoning:
1. I would like to use the Freesync portion of my Freesync monitor that I got a sweet deal on.
2. I am due for an upgrade.
3. Historically my AMD/Ati cards have performed well, though my nVidia cards have also done well generally.
4. I would like to keep it at least a two horse race (I have been around long enough to see many companies be dickish because they could be).
4. Having said that I will not be paying mining bubble prices so if they don't become MSRP reasonable maybe I won't be getting a Vega anyway. nVidia has the clear performance crown but usually the price to performance market is a lot muddier and I am always shopping in there. An aftermarket Vega 56 still looks like it may be a good fit but it will all come down to pricing.
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#5467383 Posted on: 08/29/2017 04:31 AM
I will give Vega this, and as much as I want to be one to be an early adopter of the product, given AMD's recent track record with support on Fury, Ryzen, right now performance is not the best it's going to be. That also being said, I'm afraid once these are more readily available market value is going to skyrocket on these... For right now, I see Vega as a gamble. I bought the 1700, but I feel like I don't use it for all one could use it for. I would have been better probably waiting for the 1600, or even the 1500. Vega is about the same way for me, I want it. Will I use it? Probably not, I honestly mostly game at 1080p which is fine for me. If anything, when something comes out at a fair price that is reasonably better than the 480 I have in my opinion be it from AMD or Nvidia, I'll buy it. Or if I get a killer deal.
I will give Vega this, and as much as I want to be one to be an early adopter of the product, given AMD's recent track record with support on Fury, Ryzen, right now performance is not the best it's going to be. That also being said, I'm afraid once these are more readily available market value is going to skyrocket on these... For right now, I see Vega as a gamble. I bought the 1700, but I feel like I don't use it for all one could use it for. I would have been better probably waiting for the 1600, or even the 1500. Vega is about the same way for me, I want it. Will I use it? Probably not, I honestly mostly game at 1080p which is fine for me. If anything, when something comes out at a fair price that is reasonably better than the 480 I have in my opinion be it from AMD or Nvidia, I'll buy it. Or if I get a killer deal.
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I would say first ones to say they have it? I mean honestly usually I do not tend to overclock cards, but some aftermarket cards come overclocked out the box or run cooler even.