Friday, August 11th 2017
AMD Asks Reviewers to Prioritize Vega 56 over Vega 64
It seems that AMD's RX Vega lineup won't be too far away from the norm, it seems. Street knowledge almost always says that it's the runner-up to the highest performing graphics card that is the more interesting in a price-performance ratio, and it seems that AMD knows this as well. Steve Burke from Gamer's Nexus has reported on AMD's NDA dates and the company's indications to reviewers on changing up the game leading up to reviews: they're asking that publications focus on the Vega 56 ahead of the halo Vega 64.
This might be somewhat bad news for those who wanted to see the Vega 64 compete in favorable terms with the GTX 1080; this decision by AMD is obviously geared towards making the best impact on the company's product line and image. The fact that AMD can offer a more compelling argument over the Vega 64 means that Vega 56 will probably have an easier battle in the $400 camp (if you can find it at those prices on launch, that is.)
Gamer's Nexus have offered a schedule of sorts for AMD's Vega NDA dates, which are:
Source:
Gamer's Nexus
This might be somewhat bad news for those who wanted to see the Vega 64 compete in favorable terms with the GTX 1080; this decision by AMD is obviously geared towards making the best impact on the company's product line and image. The fact that AMD can offer a more compelling argument over the Vega 64 means that Vega 56 will probably have an easier battle in the $400 camp (if you can find it at those prices on launch, that is.)
- Unboxing embargo lift on Saturday, August 12, 11AM EDT: AMD permits unboxing photos or videos only.
- Performance embargo lift for Vega 56 on August 14, 9AM EDT.
- RX Vega 64 already in hands of some reviewers, with unboxing embargo lift on Saturday, August 12, 11AM EDT.
- RX Vega 64 performance embargo lift on August 14, 9AM EDT.
- Update: Vega 56 launches on 8/28.
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All the mining amd gpu that were "launched " were made by third party. But I've never seen a single one in any store, same for the dedicated mining GPU that Nvidia actually made, you won't find them in any store. Apparently the resselers don't like the idea of not inflating gpu price, and don't want to order mining gpu.
It's an issue for both camp because the mining hardware make by nvidia was though for it from the ground up : optimized for mining application, and lower energy comsumption. By making them so much better than their gaming counter part, it would have helped to avoid this chaos.
But if all else fails, of course both companies won't hesitate to make money. But increasing production lines because of mining? That one ain't never gonna happen, because it destroys efficiency and both companies incur a greater penalty later down the line.
Starting new batches of GPUs will take ~5 months or so, if there were free production capacity. Additional production lines would have required billions of dollars in investments years ago…