INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
AMD gave us a sneak peek at its new Vega graphics card architecture way back at CES 2017
successful as cryptocurrency mining cards which made prices skyrocket until a few months ago
Fortunately, prices are at or near MSRP again, so AMD Vega prices are affordable again
AMD is winning the war for the most stable drivers on the market, so the Vega cards we already have are doing just fine.AMD then teamed up
packing some of the best laptops with powerful GPUs, like the spectacular Dell XPS 15 2-in-1.Later, in February, AMD launched the Ryzen 3
2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G APUs with discrete-class Vega graphics that will be a major help to anyone trying to build a great home-theater PC
(about AU$630)AMD Radeon RX Vega release dateAMD's affordable, consumer-oriented Radeon RX Vega 64 launched back in August 2017, with
three versions including a standard edition model, an aluminum-clad limited edition version and a liquid-cooled design with higher clock
Ryzen 3 2200G and the Ryzen 5 2400G APUs, with Vega graphics, on February 12, 2018.AMD Radeon RX Vega priceBack in August 2017, the AMD
Founders Edition.After the launch of the Vega 64 in the US, AMD offered two other editions of the card that could be bought exclusively as
discount on a Ryzen 7 processor and motherboard
The packs are unfortunately unavailable to purchase at time of writing, however.Unfortunately, those hardware discounts only kicked in if
users are buying the said monitor and CPU/motherboard combo at the same time as their Vega GPU
Thankfully, due to the cryptocurrency market cooling down, AMD Vega cards have fallen to a reasonable price
Radeon RX Vega specsFollowing its 2017 Capsaicin 2 livestream event, AMD revealed the exact specifications for its two new Vega GPUs, as
well as its underlying Vega 10 architecture.From the chart above, it's clear the most powerful of the bunch will be the liquid-cooled
version of the Radeon RX Vega 64
The more expensive water-cooled version will operate at higher base/boost clocks, despite sharing identical specs to its air-cooled twin.The
However, early benchmarks have cited performance that greatly outweighed that of its closest competition while running triple-A games at
should ultimately make it more power-efficient and robust in performance.Vega 10 is also noticeably skewed towards delivering on more
compute power than raw graphical strength like Nvidia's Pascal GPUs
This will likely mean Vega will be able to better handle the complex calculations of procedural surfaces, volumetric lighting and the
overall quality of the in-game graphics.This era of Vega GPUs also ditches GDDR5 memory altogether for a new format known as HBM2, or
AMD believes its efficient memory offers a 75% smaller footprint than GDDR5 while also being 3.5 times more power-efficient.AMD also claims
we'll be updating this page with the latest as it happens
In the meantime, be sure to update to the latest version of AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive for a generous helping of GPU control
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