MSI: Radeon RX Vega needs a lot of power
Click here to post a comment for MSI: Radeon RX Vega needs a lot of power on our message forum
PrMinisterGR
Last time I checked, the RX580 was using a max of 22% more power, and depending on the load it was actually less than that.
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph11278/86529.png
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph11278/86530.png
Less than ideal, but not 40%.
fry178
@Only Intruder
The same for you. Where's your proof that it is like you said?
Based on the facts that the last couple of amd gpu releases were slower than Nv, while consuming more power, i assume its gonna be the same.
Because if the cards are "so fast", why not have the card perform at Nv level, and thus reduce power consumption?
This to me means the card is only able to compete with pascal when cranked up to level 11, hence the huge amount of power needed.
Paulo Narciso
sammarbella
Denial
malitze
Loophole35
PrMinisterGR
schmidtbag
Hasn't it already been established by AMD themselves that its performance sits between the 1080 and 1080Ti? Why is everyone expecting and hoping it will beat the Ti?
As for power consumption, I've noticed AMD GPUs heat up tremendously when you tell them to do relatively simple tasks (like Furmark) at full force, but their wattage becomes adequate when they're doing something more complex (like Unigine Valley). I get the impression AMD's GPU pipelines are much shorter than Nvidia's, but they have more of them. This is why they're good for mining, and why they can build up heat so quickly doing the same task.
Clouseau
Ok, if this really requires a significant increase in the power envelope, would it be fare to say that this is AMD's answer to help get the cards into gamer's hands instead of miner's. Otherwise it is game as usual...AMD/ATI were always known to run hotter than the competition; nothing new there. Only exception was Fermi tried to take that crown away. Title is still held by AMD though. What were the old adages:
DX based games - ATI
OpenGL based games - Nvidia
More accurate colors - ATI
Close enough colors - Nvidia
Game Performance - Nvidia
Close enough game performance - AMD
More Heat - ATI/AMD
Less Heat - Nvidia
Now the whole picture is just a mixed bag but the last four have been more consistent.
Loophole35
Truder
Quicks
__hollywood|meo
Quicks
Noisiv
https://m.3dcenter.org/artikel/launch-analyse-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-ti/launch-analyse-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-seite-2
try 230W of ingame power consumption for ref. model,
a figure obtained by averaging results across 5 different websites
alanm
Noisiv
PrMinisterGR
I wonder if the power consumption is that great due to a weird voltage cut off the chip has, or it's a general trend with Vega.
I remember that most Furies could be undervolted for significant thermal and power gains, but overclocking and overvolting them would send consumption through the roof. Perhaps Vega is similar and the lower-clocked/voltage cards actually do compete well with NVIDIA in perf/watt (see the Nano vs the GTX 980), but the big boys which will most likely go over the optimal voltage/clock thresholds need a lot of work to get there.
I would say it's that way just by the fact that AMD seems to provide a Vega model with a single fan on it, and no huge (initial) differences between it and the watercooled model.
jortego128