Vega rumoured for October inline with battlefield 1

[Castdeath97]

Vega the high end HBM2 offering from AMD was previously rumoured to come out on 2017, but recent rumours suggest that the release might be earlier.

 

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AMD's Vega GPU launch has been reportedly moved to October, bringing Vega's release one full quarter earlier than expected. 

 

This release date would be with battlefield 1 release

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Rumors suggest that this GPU is intended to launch within the same timeframe as Battlefield 1, bringing what should be the first HBM 2 powered GPU to the market. 

 

If these rumours shape out to be true then 2016 would be one very interesting year with HBM2 coming along with the die shrink.

 

source: http://www.overclock3d.net/articles/gpu_displays/amd_vega_gpu_launch_reportedly_moved_to_october/1

[Lurick]

Do you have any idea the madness you've just unleashed?!?!! Just when we started to stop the flood of GTX10xx topics there will now be waves upon waves of Vega topics until we all descend into madness. Women will roam the streets naked, children will feast upon each other, men will burst into flames at random, there will be no end to the chaos I tell you!

 

Beyond the above however, this could be pretty nice indeed.

[potoooooooo]

Huh, neat.

 

Could be how i end up "purchasing" Battlefield One

 

A new GPU is never a bad thing

[DocSwag]

It would be interesting if true. Especially if they bundle the two together.

I'm always a little wary on these rumors, especially when they originate from one post on a forum from someone that doesn't even cite any sources (this is one of those cases), but they sometimes do turn out true...

I'd take it with a grain of salt, but seems pretty interesting.

[Notional]

27 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Do you have any idea the madness you've just unleashed?!?!! Just when we started to stop the flood of GTX10xx topics there will now be waves upon waves of Vega topics until we all descend into madness. Women will roam the streets naked, children will feast upon each other, men will burst into flames at random, there will be no end to the chaos I tell you!

 

Beyond the above however, this could be pretty nice indeed.

Wooooh! Naked women AND Vega. Sign me up!

[VagabondWraith]

I would hate it personally. Because 2017 is gonna be a thud. I see no other reason for them to be forced to release a big die this early other than being blindsided by nVidia.

[That Norwegian Guy]

Squadron 42 episode 1 should also be out then, time for a new Never Settle promotion!

 

 

What better game to market a GPU. Really.

[PlayStation 2]

I wonder if Nvidia's just letting AMD bust their load.

[Fetzie]

9 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I wonder if Nvidia's just letting AMD bust their load.

While paper-launching their GTX 1080?

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, Fetzie said:

While paper-launching their GTX 1080?

To be fair, Nvidia's always started with the x70 and x80 cards first.

[Fetzie]

2 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

To be fair, Nvidia's always started with the x70 and x80 cards first.

At 700 and 450 dollars respectively though? That stinks of low yields.

[PlayStation 2]

Just now, Fetzie said:

At 700 and 450 dollars respectively though? That stinks of low yields.

But it's $599USD and $379USD.

It's always been that way for Nvidia's reference cards that they sell.

[Fetzie]

1 minute ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

But it's $599USD and $379USD.

It's always been that way for Nvidia's reference cards that they sell.

They're selling their reference card for 699 (i.e. what they redubbed the "founders' edition") on launch day.

[WereCat]

33 minutes ago, Fetzie said:

At 700 and 450 dollars respectively though? That stinks of low yields.

Now move to EU and add 20% VAT and small price premium which NVIDIA is asking in EU market.

[RagnarokDel]

5 hours ago, VagabondWraith said:

I would hate it personally. Because 2017 is gonna be a thud. I see no other reason for them to be forced to release a big die this early other than being blindsided by nVidia.

Vega was always scheduled for Q4 2016/Q1 2017.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Oh man this would be awesome news, since I was thinking of doing a gpu upgrade after the new wave of Christmas 2016 games comes out. Before it was pretty much Nvidia or bust, but if AMD can put out say a 350mm^2 chip with HMB2, then fuck the 1080 I was eyeing.

[SteveGrabowski0]

Damn if AMD can pull of a 400mm^2 14 nm chip they could really murder the 1080. I'm not expecting a 600mm^2 behemoth like Fury X so early (and I wouldn't want to pay $1000 for one even if they could do it) but damn this could be a great card. Now I'm really eager to see how much performance they can get out of Polaris at 232mm^2 so we might have an idea of how big a deal Vega could be.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Atleast amd is now early. For once.

[Master Disaster]

7 hours ago, Lurick said:

Do you have any idea the madness you've just unleashed?!?!! Just when we started to stop the flood of GTX10xx topics there will now be waves upon waves of Vega topics until we all descend into madness. Women will roam the streets naked, children will feast upon each other, men will burst into flames at random, there will be no end to the chaos I tell you!

 

Beyond the above however, this could be pretty nice indeed.

Where and when exactly do these woman wonder the street naked?

 

Anyway it would make sense, Dice traditionally have always geared there games towards AMD and AMD tech.

[Fetzie]

6 hours ago, WereCat said:

Now move to EU and add 20% VAT and small price premium which NVIDIA is asking in EU market.

Yeah, I wouldn't expect to be getting a gtx 1080 for under 850 euro,which is way too much for a card that isn't even the main flagship. Heck, that's more than a 980 ti cost at launch.

[ApolloFury]

2 hours ago, RagnarokDel said:

Vega was always scheduled for Q4 2016/Q1 2017.

In theory atleast. The 28nm GPU mentioned here is the R9 285 (September 2014), looks like Vega is around the same time frame.

[FakezZ]

54 minutes ago, ApolloFury said:

In theory atleast. The 28nm GPU mentioned here is the R9 285 (September 2014), looks like Vega is around the same time frame.

Now that makes me wonder about Navi. I mean in late 2016 they will implement HBM2 and around a year later Next gen Memory? WTF

[deviant88]

vega in fall its summer and polaris still isnt out stop going full retard

[Daegun]

10 minutes ago, deviant88 said:

vega in fall its summer and polaris still isnt out stop going full retard

Summer? I don't know where you live, but it's still spring in the northern hemisphere. More than a month away from summer too.

 

 

This seems far too early. People think the 1080 will have problems of low availability because of gddr5x, and it'll be even worse launching an hbm 2 card that early. I mean, that and yields are forcing nvidia to launch gp100 next january, why is AMD magically different unless Vega is a much smaller chip?

[raphidy]

46 minutes ago, Daegun said:

Summer? I don't know where you live, but it's still spring in the northern hemisphere. More than a month away from summer too.

 

 

This seems far too early. People think the 1080 will have problems of low availability because of gddr5x, and it'll be even worse launching an hbm 2 card that early. I mean, that and yields are forcing nvidia to launch gp100 next january, why is AMD magically different unless Vega is a much smaller chip?

Because fanboys and hype. Everything feels rushed by both companies.

 

If it's true that Vega comes this fall. Then what's next for 2017. Navi is 2018? Nvidia whatever TI in 2017 with no competition? We will see Vega dual gpu then?