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AMD Vega 10 GPU Name Accidentally Confirmed as Radeon RX 490 gets 8GB
Well, it's not like it was exactly a secret but thanks Bethesda for confirming it. Bethesda announced it will release a new HD Texture Pack for the PC version of Fallout 4. To prepare PC gamers for this upcoming pack, Bethesda revealed the system requirements for it, and guess what they listed?
And it appears that the big publisher has leaked the name and the amount of graphics memory (8GB) that AMD's upcoming Vega10 GPU will feature. According to Bethesda, these are the official requirements for Fallout 4’s upcoming High-Resolution Texture Pack.
Recommended PC Specs
- Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
- Intel Core i7-5820K or better
- GTX 1080 8GB/AMD Radeon RX 490 8GB
- 8GB+ Ram
Meanwhile in a new updated HBM2 specifications document released by SK Hynix they confirm HBM2 specs and availability of 4 gigabyte (32 Gbit) HBM2 stacks in Q1 2017. If you look at the photo below you can see two HMB2 stacks :) Radeon "Vega" thus indeed has 2x 4 GB HBM2 stacks, 8 GB of total memory.
If you dig a little deeper into the document you'll notice SK Hynix H5VR32ESM4H-H1K at 1.60 Gbps (per pin), with a cumulative bandwidth of 205 GB/s per stack. x2 is 410 GB/s of memory bandwidth, if AMD sticks to the reference clock on this memory
AMD VEGA10 Graphics Card Photos - 01/09/2017 01:11 PM
Over at CES AMD has been showing a thing or two gaming wise, the DOOM 4K demos for example. These all have been run on a VEGA10 graphics card, a photo now has surfaced....
AMD Vega 10 and Vega 20 Slides Revisited - 01/07/2017 10:17 AM
You can't say that AMD hasn't got little media attention the past few months. A new set of slides surfaced at the usual suspect, this round a set with VEGA 10 and VEGA 20 slides....
Preview: AMD VEGA GPU Architecture - 01/05/2017 04:46 PM
It is time to talk through a few mysteries from the AMD VEGA graphics processor architecture, join us in a preview architecture breakdown of what is to be expected with AMD VEGA graphics processors. R...
AMD Vega to likely get added to new Mac Pro - 12/08/2016 03:37 PM
Yesterday some info appeared in some forums, as it seems a beta version of MacOS Sierra 10.12.2 shows references to several new AMD video cards. Vega 10 is spotted inside the driver as well as Polari...
AMD Vega 10 - Vega 11 and Vega 20 GPUs Mentioned - 09/20/2016 03:24 PM
In an investors event AMDs CTO mentioned AMD Vega 10 - Vega 20 and Vega 11 GPUs. Not just that, some specs are shared as well....
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#5387000 Posted on: 01/31/2017 04:44 PM
Don't think it matters much, 1070 isn't far behind the 1080 anyway.
I'm surprised to see they're recommending a GTX 1080 to utilise the HD Texture pack. I've not really played Fallout 4 yet on my rig, but I did run the first few scenes just to see how it runs and it ran at really high fps on my GTX 1070 (at 1920x1080) - I can't imagine the texture pack doing anything besides needing more VRAM, so why do they put a recommendation of a GTX 1080?
Don't think it matters much, 1070 isn't far behind the 1080 anyway.
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#5387002 Posted on: 01/31/2017 04:46 PM
First of all, it's Gamebryo v.5.0 Screaming-in-the-Cage Edition specs. Most people don't consider that if AMD presents the 490 at the 1080 price range, then they won't have anything vs the 1070, which is arguably the most profitable and big market. The numeclature indicates that there isn't another product between the 490 and the 480, therefore the 490 should be priced at the GTX 1070 range.
First of all, it's Gamebryo v.5.0 Screaming-in-the-Cage Edition specs. Most people don't consider that if AMD presents the 490 at the 1080 price range, then they won't have anything vs the 1070, which is arguably the most profitable and big market. The numeclature indicates that there isn't another product between the 490 and the 480, therefore the 490 should be priced at the GTX 1070 range.
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#5387004 Posted on: 01/31/2017 04:49 PM
I can't see why AMD will charge $400 for this GPU. It's a whole new architecture from the ground up and years of research and development went into it. This GPU will be in the same price range as Nvidia's top GPUs eg: 1080 maybe 1080Ti.
I can't see why AMD will charge $400 for this GPU. It's a whole new architecture from the ground up and years of research and development went into it. This GPU will be in the same price range as Nvidia's top GPUs eg: 1080 maybe 1080Ti.
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#5387010 Posted on: 01/31/2017 05:05 PM
It will be priced according to it's relative performance. Since Nvidia has a larger userbase and more customer loyalty, it will likely still cost less than or the same as the 1080, assuming performance is similar enough. In the past several years, the only product AMD has ever had a substantial price increase over Nvidia was the Fury Nano, and that's because Nvidia didn't have anything as powerful for that form factor. Unless the 490 blows the 1080 out of the water (which I am willing to bet that it won't), it will not likely cost more.
Ground-up architectures don't necessarily mean higher prices. It may be expensive at first to have a new design but that's why the same designs are used for several years to come, with small tweaks in between generations. In other words, companies may go a little bit in the red when releasing a new product but they eventually make a substantial profit after some generational refreshes. Take Intel's history for example - almost every product they've released of the same performance bracket within the past 15 or so years has been priced roughly the same. There are a few exceptions but many of the exceptions either didn't last long (such as the pricing of the first Core2 Quad) or there was nothing remarkably different about the product to warrant the price difference (such as Kaby Lake).
AMD is already in debt and they will probably remain that way even if the first generations of both Zen and Polaris are a huge success. Assuming the success is sustainable after several generations, they will get out of that debt.
I can't see why AMD will charge $400 for this GPU. It's a whole new architecture from the ground up and years of research and development went into it. This GPU will be in the same price range as Nvidia's top GPUs eg: 1080 maybe 1080Ti.
It will be priced according to it's relative performance. Since Nvidia has a larger userbase and more customer loyalty, it will likely still cost less than or the same as the 1080, assuming performance is similar enough. In the past several years, the only product AMD has ever had a substantial price increase over Nvidia was the Fury Nano, and that's because Nvidia didn't have anything as powerful for that form factor. Unless the 490 blows the 1080 out of the water (which I am willing to bet that it won't), it will not likely cost more.
Ground-up architectures don't necessarily mean higher prices. It may be expensive at first to have a new design but that's why the same designs are used for several years to come, with small tweaks in between generations. In other words, companies may go a little bit in the red when releasing a new product but they eventually make a substantial profit after some generational refreshes. Take Intel's history for example - almost every product they've released of the same performance bracket within the past 15 or so years has been priced roughly the same. There are a few exceptions but many of the exceptions either didn't last long (such as the pricing of the first Core2 Quad) or there was nothing remarkably different about the product to warrant the price difference (such as Kaby Lake).
AMD is already in debt and they will probably remain that way even if the first generations of both Zen and Polaris are a huge success. Assuming the success is sustainable after several generations, they will get out of that debt.
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Why lol? Nvidia pays them profit for us blowing our money why else? Same with Intel.