Radeon RX Vega Benchmark Shows 3DMark 11 Performance just above GTX 1080
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Zeka
If the price is good, I don't see a problem with these numbers.
However, AMD might be tempted to price it higher than 1080ti because of the crazy demand (for mining).
Mining crowd is making things harder for people who just want to game
cryohellinc
Looks good, if price is reasonable this should create lots of demand. Question will drop down to:
a) supply
b) will it be a good miner card, if yes we have a problem
c) combination of above 2 may result in prices absurdly higher compared to what Nvidia has to offer, hence people will go for 1080.
other then that looks good, honestly we need competition. And this is pre-release, im curious to see if those will be stock clocks or this is under OC, and how well it will OC under water.
eddward
GPU score in 3DMark11 is not CPU bound. It's completely relevant for GPU comparison.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
You can be pigheaded about it and might like what I write or not, but it is CPU bound due to this title low 720p render resolution versus powerful GPU render capabilities.
robintson
Exactly there is a problem for AMD, they can't make GPU products for Mining only,because whoever buys a GPU for Mining has to use the equipment as long as possible, i.e till next generation of GPU's come out, after that time to sell the one or more years old GPU used for Mining will be much harder.
Why AMD would make A Mining Card and sell it as a Gaming card? They make GPU's for Gaming when IMHO mining is something that lasts for some time, but will not last for long time for sure, as the time will tell.
robintson
Now Vega compares with GTX 1080 , which has 180W TDP. I just hope that Vega's TDP and efficiency will be close to GTX 1080, otherwise AMD will be lost again with Vega, unfortunately.
BLEH!
Well I guess once the mining fad passes (again), you'll at least have a fairly decent gaming card XD
fantaskarsef
This. I thought it was supposed to go up against the Titan / 1080Ti, but we'll see how it ends up with optimized release drivers.
If it's priced right (slightly cheaper than the 1080 for instance), they could win back some market share from Nvidia. Looks like a good card, as long as it's sold at a price point that is below or equal the 1080 (which is around 550-600€ here).
H1TMANza
Can someone please answer me this, for the past year I have had a freesync monitor working well. If I switch to nvidia 1080ti , how bad will the "stutter" or screen tearing be on a 144hz monitor since freesync will not work ?
Fox2232
Disable Freesync, run it in 144Hz mode, that's what you'll get. My old 144Hz screen without FS is quite OK. When I limit fps in non-competitive games to 72, it shows no problems as card can deliver given fps at all times.
When fps flies all over place like in BF1 (insufficient CPU power), tearing is noticeable, but it is not as visible as on 60Hz screen.
That's due to double refresh. As in situation where tearing happens (presume 65fps), monitor does one additional refresh (this time full image) before GPU readies next frame which may or may not have vsync issue again.
Then you have actual vsync/Triple buffering. In case where GPU pulls 120+ fps, input lag becomes reasonably small and both technologies can bu used in competitive gameplay without serious harm to your reaction time.
(but that you have to test yourself)
AlmondMan
Disable freesync and see for yourself.
wantobe
I have a pleb 75Hz 1440 freesync monitor and I've been waiting for Vega card for over a year to power it, but in May I flipped out and bought 1080 after not releasing/announcing anything about Vega on Computex. So I've been using this Fast Sync, I play Witcher 3 and Battlefield 1 mostly, also tried Fallout, Heroes of the Storm, Prey, Team Fortress, MK and I did not notice any tearing at all, I have no clue how would it be with Freesync, but compared to V-Sync I see no difference in any of those games. ....on BF1 I had to crank down the supersampling to have a stable image quality to feel benefit of Fastsync compared to no sync.
BTW. Not really disappointing news, these benches would suit my needs perfectly but I doubt it will cost less than £450 (I paid for my Palit 1080 £420 in my local shop) so most likely I will have to keep what I have now and tear off the Freesync label on the monitor to leave it behind me.
labidas
R9 290s are being sold close to 300$ for mining.
Miners have to use their equipment for as long as it's profitable.
So why won't mining last? This isn't BitCoin mining that's going on you know.
where have you been living? Vega TDP is 300W.
Lost again? What? You make it sound as this is a deathmatch between GPU manufacturers, lol.
Look at the benchmarks. Vega FE is clearly for a niche market and the RX variant isn't out yet. We don't know the price nor performance. It's a 25TFlops card. It can surely deliver as it did in Doom and Sniper Elite benchmarks. And guess what, it doesn't have to be the best if it's priced right.
moeppel
AMD's TDP = maximum possible draw (6/8 PINs + Board Draw) - meaning the card's actual TDP is in fact unknown. If history is any indicator however, expect a ~250W behemoth which (hopefully) has some decent undervolting capabilities again.
Well, they are a year behind schedule, sorta.
One does not simply stop waiting for Vega though 🤓
FM57
Not even pitched against 1080ti ? And Volta coming ?
No Vega for me and sorry about it. I was expecting a kind of Ryzen in GPU
Loophole35
Hell 1080p fire strike is becoming CPU bound for me. I'm seeing 92% GPU load at parts of test 2. The combined test is always CPU bound. Extreme and Ultra are a different story.
SirDremor
LOL!
Just as predicted. Power hungry and poorly performing. And more than a year too late.
And HBM will surely not allow too conservative pricing.
jortego128
Other than the power efficiency, Vega is almost exactly Ryzen in a GPU. Fast, but not the fastest, and very, very price competitive. I predict the GTX 1080 competitor model will be no more than ~$450.
H1TMANza
Thank you "Master Guru"
Loophole35
Ryzen wins more that it loses over Intels equivalent. Vega so far does not. It's a bummer really.
