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AMD RADEON VII graphics card has been declared end of life?
France based Cowcotland reports that the Radeon VII has been declared at the end of its life. And yeah if that is true, that would be fast and quick as the card launched early March this year. They guys noticed no availability.
Apparently, they've had confirmation that the card had been declared end of life almost a month ago by AMD. The RADEON VII is based on a Vega 20 7 nm GPU with 3840 SP and 16 GB of HBM2. The GPU has a 1400 Mhz base clock, the Boost at 1750 MHz and the memory at 1000 MHz / 4096 bits. The news seems a bit controversial. Then again, looking how close the Radeon RX 5700 XT sometimes is .. it would not surprise me either.
Behold.. the AMD Radeon VII
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#5690626 Posted on: 07/12/2019 04:13 PM
Doesn't surprise me, kind of seemed like a product designed to salvage some instinct cards. It's still based on Vega architecture and AMD will continue to support that with drivers, so I don't see the big deal really.
Doesn't surprise me, kind of seemed like a product designed to salvage some instinct cards. It's still based on Vega architecture and AMD will continue to support that with drivers, so I don't see the big deal really.
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#5690628 Posted on: 07/12/2019 04:14 PM
Let's hear it directly from AMD. More to it, let's see what the drivers update offers
Let's hear it directly from AMD. More to it, let's see what the drivers update offers
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#5690630 Posted on: 07/12/2019 04:21 PM
yep.. even huang said that r7 dead on arrival
yep.. even huang said that r7 dead on arrival
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#5690633 Posted on: 07/12/2019 04:24 PM
Exactly my thinking at the card's release. I don't see that much of an issue, or surprise here either.
Doesn't surprise me, kind of seemed like a product designed to salvage some instinct cards.
Exactly my thinking at the card's release. I don't see that much of an issue, or surprise here either.
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#5690640 Posted on: 07/12/2019 04:43 PM
That's some longevity for an video card.
As much as I like AMD, that's a faux-pas in my book.
Will keep this in mind, AMD.
Not a fan of planned obsolescence, and this move gave me pause.
That's some longevity for an video card.
As much as I like AMD, that's a faux-pas in my book.
Will keep this in mind, AMD.
Not a fan of planned obsolescence, and this move gave me pause.
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#5690642 Posted on: 07/12/2019 04:44 PM
It filled a gap until Navi. Still not a bad prosumer card.
It filled a gap until Navi. Still not a bad prosumer card.
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#5690650 Posted on: 07/12/2019 04:58 PM
They did say it was a stop gap for Navi drivers wise it's the same as the Fury so although they are end of life to buy, support for them will still continue.
They did say it was a stop gap for Navi drivers wise it's the same as the Fury so although they are end of life to buy, support for them will still continue.
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#5690651 Posted on: 07/12/2019 04:59 PM
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Not much different then the GTX 2060 lifetime, that is obsolete now too.
I am sure the VII will be more missed for its computational abilities then the GTX2060 for its Raytracing abilities.
Faster Navi cards are coming there is no reason for R7 to be around. Still, this even beats nvidia gpu lifetime records. 
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Not much different then the GTX 2060 lifetime, that is obsolete now too.
I am sure the VII will be more missed for its computational abilities then the GTX2060 for its Raytracing abilities.
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#5690657 Posted on: 07/12/2019 05:20 PM
Feel sorry for all those content creators and gamers who bought the card thinking they would have driver/manufacturer support for a couple of years.
Feel sorry for all those content creators and gamers who bought the card thinking they would have driver/manufacturer support for a couple of years.
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#5690663 Posted on: 07/12/2019 05:41 PM
AMD still supports the 290X, 6 years after.......
Feel sorry for all those content creators and gamers who bought the card thinking they would have driver/manufacturer support for a couple of years.
AMD still supports the 290X, 6 years after.......
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#5690672 Posted on: 07/12/2019 06:04 PM
end of production with end of support with drivers are 2 vastly different things , the Card will stop seeing support with new drivers pretty much when amd move GCN to legacy status
Feel sorry for all those content creators and gamers who bought the card thinking they would have driver/manufacturer support for a couple of years.
end of production with end of support with drivers are 2 vastly different things , the Card will stop seeing support with new drivers pretty much when amd move GCN to legacy status
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#5690674 Posted on: 07/12/2019 06:11 PM
How would those work, when the 5700 XT is already exceeding thermals? Factory liquid cooling again?
Faster Navi cards are coming there is no reason for R7 to be around. Still, this even beats nvidia gpu lifetime records.
How would those work, when the 5700 XT is already exceeding thermals? Factory liquid cooling again?
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#5690676 Posted on: 07/12/2019 06:11 PM
Considering how fast they moved TraScale to legacy after GCN came out I’d be careful.
They are having issues with the stock coolers. Any AIB cooler currently used will cool these just fine. The power consumption is not high on Navi out of the box so the stock coolers are vastly under performing.
end of production with end of support with drivers are 2 vastly different things , the Card will stop seeing support with new drivers pretty much when amd move GCN to legacy status
Considering how fast they moved TraScale to legacy after GCN came out I’d be careful.
How would those work, when the 5700 XT is already exceeding thermals? Factory liquid cooling again?
They are having issues with the stock coolers. Any AIB cooler currently used will cool these just fine. The power consumption is not high on Navi out of the box so the stock coolers are vastly under performing.
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#5690677 Posted on: 07/12/2019 06:13 PM
I'm pretty sure GCN is sticking around though? They made it sound like they are going to be developing GCN concurrently with RDNA.
I'm pretty sure GCN is sticking around though? They made it sound like they are going to be developing GCN concurrently with RDNA.
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Faster Navi cards are coming there is no reason for R7 to be around. Still, this even beats nvidia gpu lifetime records.