AMD introduced Radeon RX Card on Vega Architecture
AMD for a long tim has not had a horse to race in the so-called high-end range of expensive graphics cards. Although they were much affordable, their leading graphics card models could be compared with Nvidia's middle rank. This should, at least for a shorter time, be changed with the arrival of a new generation of cards on the so-called. Vega architecture. AMD announced Vega throughout the year 2017, but only yesterday it officially introduced the Radeon RX card line with which thinks to attack the "throne" on which is the Nvidia GTX 1000 series.
Two card models were introduced. That is, three - but two similar cards with two different cooling systems. The stronger model is Radeon RX Vega 64 at a predetermined 500 dollars price in air-cooling fan version. Water-cooled cards with a bit faster pace and higher power consumption will cost 200 dollars more. The Vega 64 in this price range is a bit more affordable than Nvidia's 1080 card, but again - probably until Nvidia throws out the next generation, which could happen this year.
The other model is the RX Vega 56 which is not drastically slower or weaker than 64 and is likely to be the optimal choice for most players who think to get a Vega card. In addition to the lower price (400 dollars), the 56th also brings significantly lower power usage.
AMD was quite selective when it came to promoting Vega card - it compared them directly with the 1080 card, not with the stronger Ti model of the same, and on the games that are predominantly based on the DX12 and Vulcan API. As you can see in a promotional video, most of the games mentioned came from Bethesda, and their games are specifically optimized for AMD hardware by agreement. The real effectiveness of the card and the potential advantage over Nvidia models will only be seen when they are put on the right track, since most games do not use the DX12/Vulcan API anyway. To build joy on card results in Prey, a game that is not at all demanding (or graphically attractive except for its visual style) is very clear, and also funny.
Vega cards will start selling from 14 August, and it looks like you should actually find them in the stores on that day. Namely, the probability is that Vega 64 and 56 will not be particularly attractive to crypt value "miners" who empty the stores searching for graphics cards - the power consumption of these cards is not in a cost-effective ratio for miners. Nevertheless, do not take this as a guarantee that no one will make mining rig with these cards.
It is interesting to note that AMD is planning to prepare different packages for those customers who are upgrading the entire computer. In addition to Vega cards, there are also 100 dollar discounts for the Ryzen processor or AM4 motherboard and a 200 dollar discount on selected Freesync monitors as well as two games - Prey and Wolfenstein 2.
Finally, AMD launches a new Threadripper series of up to 16 cores. For gaming the completely unnecessary, but who is interested - 1000 dollars.
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