Second Hand Vega 64 LC Worth it?

[wololololo]

Just seen a second hand Vega 64 LC Silver for £400/$520 with a 2 year warranty. It is about £150/200 cheaper than any good aftermarket 1080TI in the UK.

I do have a Freesync 4K monitor and a 1000w Evga GQ power supply - so I can run it fine.

 

Simple question is.. is this worth it? It does look damn fine, like an old sony minidisk player - but thats not enough right?

[Fasauceome]

Don't compare it to the 1080 ti, compare it to the 1080. It's slightly worse than a 1080, and more power hungry, so getting a 1080 at the same price point would be a better deal.

[wololololo]

Just now, fasauceome said:

Don't compare it to the 1080 ti, compare it to the 1080. It's slightly worse than a 1080, and more power hungry, so getting a 1080 at the same price point would be a better deal.

Thanks. A 1080 is about more £70 with an average cooler. But will definitely think about it.

[Humbug]

Get the Vega64 since it's 70 pounds cheaper. The liquid cooled version is a bit faster than the GTX 1080 too. Also with the new Nvidia Turin GPUs being good at DX12 and Vulkan performance we are going to see a bigger push for those APIs. And the Vega 64 handles those better than the GTX 1080.

[wololololo]

Just now, Humbug said:

we are going to see a bigger push for those APIs. And the Vega 64 handles those better than the GTX 1080.

This is a really interesting development, and sort of hilarious.  Vega Finewine may actually come to fruition due to Nvidia's push towards DX12 and Vulcan. A month ago with the Vega prices/1080 prices + pre Turing I would have gone for the 1080 without a thought. Now its getting a little interesting and less obvious. I suspect the Vega may also keep its value due to its compute capabilities and equally worry that a 1080 may cliff edge in resale value because of its average use in other applications.

 

[Princess Luna]

If I could find a considerable cheap second hand Vega 64 LC I would certainly pick it to pair with one of those LG cheap 3440x1440p freesync ultrawides.

[Humbug]

Oh I missed the part that you have a freesync monitor, definitely buy a Vega then!

[jones177]

Hi

 

A Vega 64 compares with a GTX 1080.

 

My GTX 1080 failed as a 4k graphics card. I used 2 GTX 980 tis SLI instead. I replaced my 2 GTX 980 tis with one GTX 1080 ti. The GTX 1080 ti is great for 60fps gaming at 4k.

 

If you don't mind playing in the 40s & 50s at 4k or dropping settings, go with the Vega 64. Your Freesync monitor will counter most or the negatives with that card at 4k anyway.

 

15 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

If I could find a considerable cheap second hand Vega 64 LC I would certainly pick it to pair with one of those LG cheap 3440x1440p freesync ultrawides.

My GTX 1080 was perfect for 3440 x1440 60fps gaming. I expect the Vega 64 to be about the same. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[wololololo]

Cheers everyone, bought the Vega 64 LC. I have a 30 day return period anyway + 2 year warranty.

 

If anyone is in a similar situation wants any benchmarks or anything just ask.  

 

Running:

Ryzen 2600x

B350 Tomahawk,

3200mhz Kingston predator ram

Vega 64 LC,

1000w EVGA GQ.