AMD Radeon RX Vega GPUs have been making noise recently following benchmark leaks and the recent release of its relative, the Ryzen architecture. And this formidable chipmaker plans to take a massive hit at Nvidia's recently launched GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Set to be released this year, here's how much we know of the upcoming GPU.
The Radeon RX Vega GPUs are the Sunnyvale chipmaker's answer to those looking to jump ship, promising to deliver a graphics card that can compete seriously with the GTX 1080 Ti. This comes as no surprise as AMD seemed to have overhauled every single part of the chip.
Specs. We can't say for sure what the new AMD Radeon RX Vega GPUs contain or how they will perform live since the chipmaker has kept mum regarding official numbers. But we have rounded up specs that have been circulating around the web and those based on the leaks.
TechRadar notes that the high-end model "Vega 10" could have the following specs: 14nm GFX9 GPU, 64 NCUs, 4096 stream processors, 16GB HBM2, a 2048-bit memory bus, 512GB/s bandwidth, PCIe Gen 3 x16, 225W TDP. Also, a low-end model "Vega 11" is said to follow. But this hasn't been confirmed as of this writing.
Overall, these are a few advancements that we could expect from the highly anticipated AMD Radeon RX Vega GPUs. It will have a more refined task distribution for more efficient performance, less heat generation during high-end tasks, improved power efficiency in less challenging tasks, high potential for more efficient laptop chips, and increased memory with the use of HBM2 on high-end cards.
Release date. AMD has maintained the line: RX Vega GPUs "are expected to ship in the second quarter of 2017." This could mean that the launch date is around April to June 30.
But PCGamesN and TechRadar pointed out that the trustworthy WCCFTech claims AMD will launch the next-generation GPUs at a special event. This would lead many to believe that this is the Computex event.
If you can remember, AMD showed off the Polaris graphics architecture during a pre-Computex event in Macau. And that they might host another Computex event and unveil fully the AMD Radeon RX Vega GPUs in Taipei.
Pricing. Since the Ryzen architecture was unleashed into the wild, the pricing was fairly promising. So, the upcoming next-gen AMD GPUs could possibly be priced reasonably compared with the $700 setback if you get an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Also, the current AMD flagship Radeon RX 480 is priced at $169, while the Radeon R9 Fury X goes for $389.
Overall, there is much more to look forward to when the AMD Radeon RX Vega GPUs finally come out of hiding. But until then, we still do not know how they really stack up against Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in terms of pricing and specs. We have only touched the surface of it, although we will keep you updated with the most recent information on the next-gen GPUs from the Sunnyvale chipmaker.
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