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Review: AMD Radeon VII (16GB)
Today is the day we may present you the benchmark review of the all new Radeon VII. VII as in fabricated on that 7nm node. The Radeon VII is a product that has been talked about for quite a while. With a die-shrink towards a 7nm fabricated package and 16GB of HBM2, the card is released in an aim to compete with the GeForce RTX 2080; will it be capable to do that?
Read the review right here.
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#5636594 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:04 PM
Awesome.
Edit.
Performance is mostly as expected.
Some numbers do seem a bit off, although the big picture suggests perhaps requiring driver improvements or even some kind of limitation in other hardware. Power usage, heat and noise are still not to the standard I would have liked to see, but improved compute performance is offered. Perhaps not right now, but the latter could potentially bring benefit to games.
Overall, a good graphics card, but I would expect some quick fixes from AMD Radeon if driver improvements are in fact the cause of the noted fluctuations in performance. Finally, as noted by @Hilbert Hagedoorn, current graphics card prices appear to be too high.
Awesome.
Edit.
Performance is mostly as expected.
Some numbers do seem a bit off, although the big picture suggests perhaps requiring driver improvements or even some kind of limitation in other hardware. Power usage, heat and noise are still not to the standard I would have liked to see, but improved compute performance is offered. Perhaps not right now, but the latter could potentially bring benefit to games.
Overall, a good graphics card, but I would expect some quick fixes from AMD Radeon if driver improvements are in fact the cause of the noted fluctuations in performance. Finally, as noted by @Hilbert Hagedoorn, current graphics card prices appear to be too high.
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#5636595 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:06 PM
Laughing after reading specs table. A lot of people will cry and none will admit that their early comments were biased without base.
... time to read more...
Edit: Card is good, price tag is justified. AMD will sell all they can make.
I am not about to buy it. Still waiting for Navi as I do for few years.
= = = =
@Hilbert Hagedoorn : Can you measure GPU clock and card's power consumption under following conditions?
- Idle GPU for all cases and 1080p screens
- > only one screen at 60Hz connected
- > 2 screens at 120Hz connected
- > 2 screens at 240Hz connected
Laughing after reading specs table. A lot of people will cry and none will admit that their early comments were biased without base.
... time to read more...
Edit: Card is good, price tag is justified. AMD will sell all they can make.
I am not about to buy it. Still waiting for Navi as I do for few years.
= = = =
@Hilbert Hagedoorn : Can you measure GPU clock and card's power consumption under following conditions?
- Idle GPU for all cases and 1080p screens
- > only one screen at 60Hz connected
- > 2 screens at 120Hz connected
- > 2 screens at 240Hz connected
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#5636597 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:12 PM
So FP64 is 1:4? How is that the specs got misreported on that twice lol?
Card looks great in DX12.
So FP64 is 1:4? How is that the specs got misreported on that twice lol?
Card looks great in DX12.
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#5636599 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:16 PM
Interesting card. Considering its a Vega56 7nm this performance uplift is amazing. I im sure AMD will push 64cu 7nm chip later this year, maybe even before Navi hits.
Interesting card. Considering its a Vega56 7nm this performance uplift is amazing. I im sure AMD will push 64cu 7nm chip later this year, maybe even before Navi hits.
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#5636600 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:16 PM
Best case is BF5 (surprise) where it is knocking on the door of the 2080ti and well ahead of the 2080.
Most cases its slower than the 2080 and actualy close to the 1080 in performance.
The light of hope is there but the drivers need to mature. (I'm still dumbfounded the AMD driver team can still launch a GCN based card with under-performing drivers).
The bad part is it spends a lot of time trading blows with a card that consumes 120W less power and the noise level at load.... I hope that's just a faulty fan and they aren't all that loud. Temps look great though (I would hope so with the sound produced).
Best case is BF5 (surprise) where it is knocking on the door of the 2080ti and well ahead of the 2080.
Most cases its slower than the 2080 and actualy close to the 1080 in performance.
The light of hope is there but the drivers need to mature. (I'm still dumbfounded the AMD driver team can still launch a GCN based card with under-performing drivers).
The bad part is it spends a lot of time trading blows with a card that consumes 120W less power and the noise level at load.... I hope that's just a faulty fan and they aren't all that loud. Temps look great though (I would hope so with the sound produced).
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#5636601 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:16 PM
That does sound like a rather neat gaming card too. I just think it's quite loud under load... might be a good candidate for non-reference coolers, if those come around.
That does sound like a rather neat gaming card too. I just think it's quite loud under load... might be a good candidate for non-reference coolers, if those come around.
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#5636605 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:19 PM
It's more like an unreleased Vega60 at 7nm.
Interesting card. Considering its a Vega56 7nm this performance uplift is amazing. I im sure AMD will push 64cu 7nm chip later this year, maybe even before Navi hits.
It's more like an unreleased Vega60 at 7nm.
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#5636607 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:22 PM
Interesting performance. I only cannot justify that price for gaming only.
It's clearly a gpu for someone who needs 16gb vram and that huge fp64 performance for a mere consumer gpu. That's all.
Interesting performance. I only cannot justify that price for gaming only.
It's clearly a gpu for someone who needs 16gb vram and that huge fp64 performance for a mere consumer gpu. That's all.
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#5636608 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:22 PM
Today is the day we may present you the benchmark review of the all new Radeon VII. VII as in fabricated on that 7nm node. The Radeon VII is a product that has been talked about for quite a while. With a die-shrink towards a 7nm fabricated package and 16GB of HBM2, the card is released in an aim to compete with the GeForce RTX 2080; will it be capable to do that?
Read the review right here.
Fantastic article as usual.
I think one of your phrases in the review summarize it very well:
Well, I feel this is a 499 USD product.
This GPU came too late and it's too expensive to compete on the gaming GPU market VS RTX 2080 performance.
At the same price there is no valid reason to buy this GPU instead of a RTX 2080 for gaming.
Today is the day we may present you the benchmark review of the all new Radeon VII. VII as in fabricated on that 7nm node. The Radeon VII is a product that has been talked about for quite a while. With a die-shrink towards a 7nm fabricated package and 16GB of HBM2, the card is released in an aim to compete with the GeForce RTX 2080; will it be capable to do that?
Read the review right here.
Fantastic article as usual.
I think one of your phrases in the review summarize it very well:
Well, I feel this is a 499 USD product.
This GPU came too late and it's too expensive to compete on the gaming GPU market VS RTX 2080 performance.
At the same price there is no valid reason to buy this GPU instead of a RTX 2080 for gaming.
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#5636609 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:23 PM
Well, we shall see in two years from now, what's faster: 2080, 1080TI or Radeon VII
Well, we shall see in two years from now, what's faster: 2080, 1080TI or Radeon VII
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#5636612 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:24 PM
really concerning..... 300 watts at 7nm is a big issue for AMD and these noise levels.....
I think this card is decent but I'd still go with RTX 2080.
really concerning..... 300 watts at 7nm is a big issue for AMD and these noise levels.....
I think this card is decent but I'd still go with RTX 2080.
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#5636614 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:26 PM
OMG That's a Beast !!!
THX H.H.
PS.
As i said, It will be Faster and consumes less tW.
BIOS Board power is set (like in V64) at 264tW.
Now UV and OC HBM2 (>1TB/s lol) and give -8% POW -> You end up with same FPS but 220-245tW
OMG That's a Beast !!!
THX H.H.
PS.
As i said, It will be Faster and consumes less tW.
BIOS Board power is set (like in V64) at 264tW.
Now UV and OC HBM2 (>1TB/s lol) and give -8% POW -> You end up with same FPS but 220-245tW
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#5636617 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:27 PM
@Hilbert Hagedoorn Please sir, if you kindly can benchmark Resident Evil II. It's important as a key selling title for that gpu.
@Hilbert Hagedoorn Please sir, if you kindly can benchmark Resident Evil II. It's important as a key selling title for that gpu.
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#5636620 Posted on: 02/07/2019 03:31 PM
Many reviewers said driver is not ready yet performance and overclocking will improve.
Many reviewers said driver is not ready yet performance and overclocking will improve.
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Thanks!