Wednesday, June 6th 2018
PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Hands-on
After the AMD event, we got a chance to go hands on with the PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano, the most compact desktop graphics card based on the "Vega10" silicon. This product is so special that it got an exclusive unveiling by AMD as a "one more thing." The card's PCB itself it slightly under 5 mm longer than that of the original R9 Nano, but the cooler adds another centimeter to its length. We can only imagine what SFF enthusiasts can do with this card under a specially-design full-coverage water-block.
It's also revealed that the card draws power from a combination of a 6-pin + 8-pin PCIe power connectors. The cooling solution consists of a dense aluminium fin-stack heatsink. A single 80 mm spinner ventilates this heatsink, and a plastic shroud covers it all up. Given that this card has specific "RX Vega 56" SKU marking and not an off-beat "RX Vega Nano" branding, we think this card will be as fast as a stock RX Vega 56, out of the box. Display outputs include three DisplayPort 1.4 and a HDMI 2.0. The MSRP for this card is set at USD $449.
It's also revealed that the card draws power from a combination of a 6-pin + 8-pin PCIe power connectors. The cooling solution consists of a dense aluminium fin-stack heatsink. A single 80 mm spinner ventilates this heatsink, and a plastic shroud covers it all up. Given that this card has specific "RX Vega 56" SKU marking and not an off-beat "RX Vega Nano" branding, we think this card will be as fast as a stock RX Vega 56, out of the box. Display outputs include three DisplayPort 1.4 and a HDMI 2.0. The MSRP for this card is set at USD $449.
20 Comments on PowerColor Radeon RX Vega 56 Nano Hands-on
Dude1: "Hey guys, I've had a great idea! You know how our Red Dragon Vega 56 card uses a short PCB? Well how about we replace the full length triple fan cooler with the one from the Fury Nano!"
Dude2: "Unless you downclock it to near RX580 performance it will throttle like crazy, the customers won't like it"
Dude1: "But by that point we will have their money"
Dude2: "Genius!"
The reviewer also compares it to reference RX Vega 56 ... It certainly looks like Nano is just RX Vega 56 with short PCB, like it was speculated before ...
Oh , and this way faster than a 580/1060.
Hm, not a full chip like in R9 Nano. Well, 56 isn't that much slower and it has much lower power consumption.
if its so..its good else...bad
If there was one to buy at that price I wouldn't have hesitated to slap down a CC on one. Ev3en before a review just get one in my hands and not even un-wrap it! If the reviews aren't super great I can just return it or if good and what I expect keep it... even better it's not going to remain at $450, just make like 25% selling it...
Everyone hates AMD and thinks Vega is an absolute failure , yet AMD announces increasing numbers of sales and people actually do game on their cards. And I should point out that Vega didn't even had the best ROI among all the cards , GTX 1060 and RX 480/580 formed the true bubble of cards sold to miners.