Tuesday, July 25th 2017
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AMD Radeon RX Vega Put Through 3DMark
Ahead of its July 27 unveiling at AMD's grand media event on the sidelines of SIGGRAPH, performance benchmarks of the elusive Radeon RX Vega consumer graphics card surfaced once again. Someone with access to an RX Vega sample, with its GPU clocked at 1630 MHz and memory at 945 MHz, put it through 3DMark. One can tell that it's RX Vega and not Pro Vega Frontier Edition, looking at its 8 GB video memory amount.
In three test runs, the RX Vega powered machine yielded a graphics score of 22,330 points, 22,291 points, and 20.949 points. This puts its performance either on-par or below that of the GeForce GTX 1080, but comfortably above the GTX 1070. The test-bench consisted of a Core i7-5960X processor, and graphics driver version 22.19.640.2.
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In three test runs, the RX Vega powered machine yielded a graphics score of 22,330 points, 22,291 points, and 20.949 points. This puts its performance either on-par or below that of the GeForce GTX 1080, but comfortably above the GTX 1070. The test-bench consisted of a Core i7-5960X processor, and graphics driver version 22.19.640.2.
175 Comments on AMD Radeon RX Vega Put Through 3DMark
2 years ago amd showed us vega actively running. In two years amd can't make a driver?
In 4 years will they finally have it nailed down as they move away from slightly modified gcn? I mean how long do they need. This market isn't for lagging behind.
Certainly optimizations are in store down the road, but, 30% change after release is unheard of. Several %... with you.
What the Vega Pro results tell me is THOSE drivers are optimized for the Pro card and not gaming. Those are also NOT the drivers which RX Vega will be using on release day. Only time will tell, but, I can't make that leap with you.. not logical.
I don't need to adjust my thinking cause it's my thinking. Getting all the information in one picture and it is reasonable from my perspective at least. That's what the delay may be about but not necessarily and i know a lot people on this form been saying this. I don't know if that's what it is. Nobody knows even You. all speculations. So please don't say noting is possible. Not all is drivers you know. It's like intel and it's 7700k vs 7800X. Same CPU and look at the performance. Only cache has changed and how it has affected IPC. I agree with you. Nothing has been decided yet. RX vega may be faster but not necessarily. We'll find out. I honestly hope it will be faster than 1080 by a noticeable margin. Let's hope.
Even if the price is £50 lower than that of an GTX1080 I think I'll still pass. Having a 375W TDP GPU in the box requires better PSU and better cooling for the other components and these translate to an overall higher price.
BTW. the 2 years mark I mentioned? I don't recall anyone buying PSU lower than 650 Watts. Anyone. Its like a standard 650W and up. not even sure if the power demands for a PC are getting lower within the time I guess they should but more performance equals more power.
As i went on to say, anyone with a 600w psu or less, will likely want an upgrade if they decide to use the 375w(stock) monster.
As for me... im a reviewer..the review rig with 1kw psu is of ZERO matter in this case. My daily driver with 750w.... i used to run a 500w card (295x2) and 5820k, both overclocked a couple years back. But this, i thought clearly, wasnt about me or him specifically but about general users/use. Come on, get your head out of the minutia and look from a more broad perspective...
I prefer to save my money on initial outgoing. Its why I ran(run) a 750W PSU with a 500W card and 140W CPU...and I overclocked both. I did see the fan spin up!!! That's it. Most people would have run out and bought AT LEAST a 900W PSU (AMD rec. 1KW). I don't believe in overbuying on the PSU unless you plan on adding another card in the future for SLI/CFx...
That being said, i don't like that 375W of the vega....too much. Now that i pay the power bill i can feel the extra bucks the gpu packs.
For example i got an 780 Ti. Stock needs at least 600 Watts PSU. Release date 2013 of course that's the stock OC'ed like mine would require way more. Please stop being like that and neglect everything people say just because you think different. I totally agree. Don't like it either but it's not surprising that people will buy stronger PSU's even if they are not power users nor anything. If you buy less then it's probably someone was getting your computer put together and didn't wanted you to strain your wallet extensively. The fact stays here it's been 650W minimum god knows for how long now. That's the other side of the coin. Minimum doesn't mean 50% of the PSU's power. Still that's a minimum. You don't need it yet you got it. So i guess you need it for some reason.
I'm glad you haven't seen lower PSU than 650 and you shared it. All I very clearly stated was "...anyone with a 600W PSU or less..." in TWO posts... Those people, the lot of them you see, with 650W+ won't have to upgrade as you said. Those that have less, will need to consider/do it. Its really easy, my point. Depends man... the 980 "requires" a 500W PSU. It can be said, as a fact, more people buy the 2nd card through midrange than the flagship, which require less power and PSU capacity as well... 2 years ago the 9 series was almost a year old (980). The 7 series you are referencing says 600W to the 770 as well. Below that, its 500W or less again.
Many are prepared with what they have, but many may not be.
yeah it does need that much. but doesn't change a thing. PSU is one of the important stuff in the computer.
Drivers translate API calls into ISA operations. A driver from a previous generation would work or not work. If a part of the ISA is changed, then the old driver wouldn't work bad, it would fail. You know very well it was never intended for gamers, but for game developers. Vega FE and RX Vega will do similarly in gaming. That's not something new. There have always been some compute benchmarks where GCN does well. The mistake is that you claim Vega sucks because the drivers are immature, which is ridiculous.
Wonder if you guys had a chance to read this.
wccftech.com/amds-raja-koduri-confirms-vega-10-gpu-is-484mm-large-rx-vega-gaming-cards-july-launch-confirmed/
In the article - AMD’s Jason Evangelho said that gamers should not draw conclusions of RX Vega gaming performance base on Vega FE card benchmark. tells a lot in my opinion.
Vega does not look like a viable upgrade so far, but if the crossfire performance is there, for the stated price I think id grab 2 of them, slap some custom waterblocks on and enjoy a bit more breathing room with an expanded memory usually enjoyed by the green side. Which is also a bit rediculous since technically between a 295X2 and R9290x I have 12Gb GDDR5 :slap: