Friday, November 24th 2017
XFX Launches Custom RX Vega 56 and Vega 64 Double Edition Graphics Cards
After teasing us with a somewhat bold design for their custom RX Vega graphics cards, XFX has officially taken the lid of their finalized design for their RX Vega graphics cards. These have been a long time coming, for sure; and the design is definitely bold enough to be divisive, promising to be a "hate it or love it" affair. XFX has taken their brand-recognition-fueled X and applied that design to the graphics cards' shroud, with a recess in the middle of the graphics cards that separates the two air cooling fans giving the card an X-shaped design. This design quirk has been put to other uses than just aesthetic considerations, though, with the card's 2x 8-pin power connectors being slotted smack in the middle of the graphics card, which might be good (or bad) according to your cases' routing ability, though it should, in theory, allow for somewhat decreased length of the graphics card. The backplate on the XFX custom cards also looks great (black, gray and red are almost impossible to get wrong).The finalized versions carry a two-slot cooling solution with 2x 8-pin power connectors - to be expected, but which somewhat constitutes a surprise for the more powerful RX Vega 64, since other early AIB partner designs have been deploying a trio of 8-pin connectors on that particular graphics card. As for connections, there's 3x DisplayPort and 1x HDMI connectors, with the top slot being fully dedicated to airflow. Availability for the XFX Double Edition graphics cards hasn't been disclosed at time of writing, but clocks for these are seemingly stock (1247 MHz base, 1546 MHz Boost for the RX Vega 64, and 1156 MHz base, 1471 MHz Boost for the Vega 56).
Source:
Videocardz
64 Comments on XFX Launches Custom RX Vega 56 and Vega 64 Double Edition Graphics Cards
But oh boy, that PowerColor Red Devil Vega is looking sexy, also I see that they do the same, they have some vents on the back for improved airflow.
Second...
"GeForce 700 series cards were first released in 2013, starting with the release of the GeForce GTX Titan on February 19, 2013"
Try harder next time pls
Here's a 2010 GPU for good measure, in case you still wanted to type up another smart reply - you feel me now?
the full cover/shroud type with dual fan sure may look big and blocky but at least the lines are clear/defined to try and make it unique and could allow the maker to incline the fans to aid in ejecting hot air or sucking in cool air (if they bothered) but to completely leave bare spots, cut the cover back to "upsell" their model of an expensive enthusiast class GPU makes me expect them to have a lower price of entry than the full covered/shroud types which we know will not happen.
So instead have a FUGLY card, as someone else said owl eyes, XFX should have done exactly that, give it fancy lighting, cover the one bare spot a bit better or something, I do not see this cooling the best TBH ^.^
If EK supports this card, coupled with only DP outputs. Then this is a single slot, itx dream! Well done.
That is all.