Wednesday, August 2nd 2017
AMD Says Vega Delays Necessary to Increase Stock for Gamers
In an interview, AMD's Chris Hook justified Vega's delayed release due to a wish to increase available stock for gamers who want to purchase the new high-performance architecture by AMD. In an interview with HardOCP, Chris Hook had this to say:
"Part of the reason it's taken us a little longer to launch Vega - and I'll be honest about that - is that we wanted to make sure we were launching with good volume. (...) Obviously we've got to compensate for things like coin-miners, they're going to want to get their hands on these. We believe we're launching with a volume that will ensure that gamers can get their hands on them, and that's what's important to us."
It appears that AMD tried their best to increase production and stock volumes so as to mitigate price fluctuations upon Vega's entry to the market due to above normal demand from cryptocurrency miners. The jury is still out on whether Vega will be an option for mining due to its exquisite architecture, however. Still, this sounds as good a reason as any to delay Vega for as long as it has been already. Just a few more days until we see what AMD managed with this one, folks. Check the video after the break.
Source:
HardOCP YouTube Channel
"Part of the reason it's taken us a little longer to launch Vega - and I'll be honest about that - is that we wanted to make sure we were launching with good volume. (...) Obviously we've got to compensate for things like coin-miners, they're going to want to get their hands on these. We believe we're launching with a volume that will ensure that gamers can get their hands on them, and that's what's important to us."
It appears that AMD tried their best to increase production and stock volumes so as to mitigate price fluctuations upon Vega's entry to the market due to above normal demand from cryptocurrency miners. The jury is still out on whether Vega will be an option for mining due to its exquisite architecture, however. Still, this sounds as good a reason as any to delay Vega for as long as it has been already. Just a few more days until we see what AMD managed with this one, folks. Check the video after the break.
105 Comments on AMD Says Vega Delays Necessary to Increase Stock for Gamers
E.g. reference RX480 is 150W TBP, but under stress uses 165W+, and so on.
TGP should already include things like losses in VRMs etc., because it reflects the entire graphics subsystem (at least that's what I get from vague descriptions on AMD and NVidia websites). Maybe they do not count 5-7W from fans, and LEDs, but other than that everything should be accounted for.
So vega 56 at 165W TGP actually means the GPU itself is even lower. not bad as far as architecture efficiency, but can't ignore the HBM and board components that are necessary.
The only thing we have is some 3dmark stuff....if it is even legit (bug's point through the snark) and amds subjective testing in doom with freesync/gsync fps limited (also useless).
The only reason we're now discussing this is because AMD has done a feeble attempt at hiding 345W TDP a little bit behind some silly terminology. The bottom line is you pick the high number and scale your case cooling on that if you're wise, so practically, that's all that really matters here. And also in any comparison you'd pick the total typical power draw. I really could give a rat's ass what every little component on the board pulls.
- miners buy in bulk and want cheaper price for qty, meaning less profit
- miners will break the cards and return them when the currency crashes
- gamers will buy 1 card at higher price with more profit and less return chance
That nobody that heads their graphics division and their foreign design teams have failed, miserably.