Speculation on Radeon VII

[attackattack0706]

Just curious about what everyone thinks about the Radeon VII graphics card set to launch in February. It has 4 less CU's than the Vega 64, but the 7nm process seems to have made up the difference plus 25%. Would it be worth upgrading if you owned a Vega 64 or Vega 56?

[Jurrunio]

hardly worth it at $700 (you could get Vega 56 for half that at some point)

[mxk]

Not if you own either of the vega cards.

[i_build_nanosuits]

+25% is like going from a GTX 1080 to a GTX 1080ti...it's a nice upgrade but the card is 700$ and your Vega will probably be worth 350$ max once the new cards launch...so IMHO not worth it for that kind of money.

 

She also said it uses the same amount of power...so gain nothing there either...no new tech, no ray tracing etc...

 

If you need more performance, it's probably cheaper and wiser to sell your vega card right now for 380$ or something and grab a used 1080ti instead

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-RX-Vega-64-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1080-Ti/3933vs3918

[attackattack0706]

True, but you wonder about the overclocking ability and the efficiency of 7nm, and if it performs 25% faster than Vega 64 as reported it wouldn't be a bad card, I still can't wrap my head around AMD's obsession with HBM memory, through DDR6 on the price goes down significantly   

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just now, attackattack0706 said:

True, but you wonder about the overclocking ability and the efficiency of 7nm, and if it performs 25% faster than Vega 64 as reported it wouldn't be a bad card, I still can't wrap my head around AMD's obsession with HBM memory, through DDR6 on the price goes down significantly   

...and 16GB of it...who needs that much memory anyways...it's indeed a strange choice.

[attackattack0706]

As a current owner of a rx 580 8gb(previously crossfire rx580), I kinda hope Vega prices drop to a point that they become more reasonable. Maybe I'll just wait on Navi, it's rumored to have GTX1080 level performance for around $250, probably closer to $300 in reality.  

[pstarlord]

I'm probably going to swap my Vega 56 for one, I'm not going to pre order or anything silly like that, but if it the reviewers get it, and give it their approval, then I'll probably get one.  Why?  Because I've been saving up for one for a few months and I've got the money.  Also, I got a killer deal on my Vega 56, so I'll be able to sell it at a minimal loss, and the three games included are all three games I planned on buying anyway.  Technically, I already got gifted Resident Evil 2 Remake, so I could probably even sell that download code as well.  So saving the $180ish on the game bundle, selling one of the down load codes, and selling my current card will net me a pretty inexpensive upgrade overall.  

 

Then, the saving will start again in prep for a CPU upgrade when the 3000 series CPU's come out.