AMD Releases Fury of RX Vega Videos

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The first video is "Future proofed for VR" Is this the return of the eMachines' "Never Obselete"? So much marketing hype these days. Where's the benchmarks and reviews? There's too much marketing behind it at this point that I'm really starting to wonder.

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vegeta535 said:
Enough with the BS marketing. Get it into the reviewer's hands. You have a flop of a gpu. Drop the price to where it should be and focus on Navi.
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I fully agree. The videos themselves are full of marketing drivel. Describing the "experience" as "unprecedented" when playing a game is silly. Show the numbers and do the comparisons.
 
Dear God, why did they have to use Roy? I turned it off as soon as I saw his name.
 
Did anyone else catch that Kyle used "Fury" in the thread title? Intentional or not? :whistle:
 
ir0nw0lf said:
Did anyone else catch that Kyle used "Fury" in the thread title? Intentional or not? :whistle:
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Oh it was intentional. Nice word play between Flury and Fury.

Is he hinting at a marketing quagmire or performance quagmire that mimics the Fury release? As he doesn't have a RX yet, I'm guessing the marketing fluff.
 
ir0nw0lf said:
Knowing Sir King Poobah, I agree, intentional. Sneaky sneaky he is. (y)
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I knew he looked familiar! He now calls loyal order of water-cooling buffalo's into order.
 

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We all know what VR is, AMD. Show us what your product does to improve our experience with VR and leave the marketing crap behind.
 
I would love to have a pair of RX Vega 56 cards! :) That said, I already have a pair of Furies, non X variety, and although I have at least 150 or so games on my PC, I barely game anymore. $399 is definitely a good price for that Vega 56 card.

Edit: Oh, and benchmarks are cool but rarely tell the whole story. (*Cough* 8 Bit vs 10 Bit *Cough*)
 
AMD, king of hot air, videos containing hot air, paperlaunches, press events and overall hype and drivel.

It's August and no hardware. Kind of ironic they named one of the cards Limited Edition.
 
TimberVD said:
AMD, king of hot air, videos containing hot air, paperlaunches, press events and overall hype and drivel.

It's August and no hardware. Kind of ironic they named one of the cards Limited Edition.
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Actually it's July 31st, and everyone is saying August release. You should see them in channels very soon.
 
TimberVD said:
AMD, king of hot air, videos containing hot air, paperlaunches, press events and overall hype and drivel.

It's August and no hardware. Kind of ironic they named one of the cards Limited Edition.
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They have already said that release is August 14th and Threadripper is August 10th. This month would be a great time for a new from the ground up build. :)
 
RogueTadhg said:
The first video is "Future proofed for VR" Is this the return of the eMachines' "Never Obselete"? So much marketing hype these days. Where's the benchmarks and reviews? There's too much marketing behind it at this point that I'm really starting to wonder.

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That was a marketing thing where you could trade in your computer every year for a new model for a set amount of money.

The whole "future-proofing" term has been around for like what.. 20 years? I still see a lot people upgrading or building a computer from parts asking questions about "future-proofing" on forums when the whole idea is laughable, especially regarding a gaming system.
 
cyclone3d said:
That was a marketing thing where you could trade in your computer every year for a new model for a set amount of money.

The whole "future-proofing" term has been around for like what.. 20 years? I still see a lot people upgrading or building a computer from parts asking questions about "future-proofing" on forums when the whole idea is laughable, especially regarding a gaming system.
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Well if you invest in quality parts, you can keep a good system for 4+ years and still run AAA gaming with a lot of the bells and whistles turned up on a 1080p system. I imagine the same will be true in four years if you invest in a quality card with a 1440p system now.

I mean how much has CPU power increased in 4 years?
Has anyone really needed that much more than 8 gigs memory?

And your frame rate is dictated roughly by the amount of pixels pushed and texture memory. If your monitor last 4+ years, you are dealing with the same # of pixels.

Increased texture memory and overdraw (poly count) are what slow you down.
 
ManofGod said:
They have already said that release is August 14th and Threadripper is August 10th. This month would be a great time for a new from the ground up build. :)
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Thread ripper yes. Vega no. Best to wait for real next gen hardware with Volta then buying over price last year's hardware.
 
cyclone3d said:
That was a marketing thing where you could trade in your computer every year for a new model for a set amount of money.

The whole "future-proofing" term has been around for like what.. 20 years? I still see a lot people upgrading or building a computer from parts asking questions about "future-proofing" on forums when the whole idea is laughable, especially regarding a gaming system.
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Well, generally, in the past you could somewhat future-proof by buying the popular socket as that'd give you legs in the mobo area. In a few years, you'd just buy the latest processor and take a huge leap.

Now (not sure about AMD), they change sockets like they change socks. Every CPU generation has a different motherboard requirement it seems.

People still ask about it because they want the best bang for their buck and mileage out of their system. My last system lasted me about 5 years in production. So it's not like your system goes obsolete these days, they've long past having the applications push them with any significance. Just as before, if you do your homework, you can build a system capable of being relevant for many many years. That's what I'd call "future proofing".
 
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It seems like the more AMD's product is going to disappoint, the more hype and marketing they drive down peoples throats.

That was how I knew Ryzen was actually something solid.
 
Spidey329 said:
Well, generally, in the past you could somewhat future-proof by buying the popular socket as that'd give you legs in the mobo area. In a few years, you'd just buy the latest processor and take a huge leap.

Now (not sure about AMD), they change sockets like they change socks. Every CPU generation has a different motherboard requirement it seems.

People still ask about it because they want the best bang for their buck and mileage out of their system. My last system lasted me about 5 years in production. So it's not like your system goes obsolete these days, they've long past having the applications push them with any significance. Just as before, if you do your homework, you can build a system capable of being relevant for many many years. That's what I'd call "future proofing".
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Yes, I understand that. But the term "future-proof" is just silly. Just say you want to not have to build a completely new system for x number of years. I've never been able to go for more than about 1 year before I need to upgrade at least something in my main system. In that regard, there is really nothing you are going to be able to build for a good price that will be completely "future-proof".

My newest system is in my sig. I see 0 reason to upgrade anything major at all yet for what I use it for. The past few times I have built a new system has been when my motherboard has died and it was not worth it to buy a used motherboard for new motherboard prices.
 
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/amd-r...ial-benchmark-beating-nvidia-gtx1080-fe-doom/

AMD has also tested eight more games and concluded that the AMD Radeon RX Vega is almost as good as the GTX1080. The games that AMD tested are: Ashes of the Singularity, Battlefield 1, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Forza, Gears of War, Hitman, Sniper Elite 4 and Warhammer. Although the team did not reveal the individual benchmarks, it shared the following image via its press release.

As far as VR is concerned, I have the 1080ftw, so.. I've been playing max rendering for about a year now, and that TOTALLY eliminates any buyer remorse from the competitors outperforming even if only a YEAR later. Is technology really nearing it's limits? UI remember a time when every 6 months your tech is nearing being outclassed near 50%. Not the case these days. So, I think I will upgrade my vidcard once 4k VR is here in full effect and somehow the 1080FTW GTX isn't able to perform enough for the experience. Which is quite easy, if we need 90 fps/90hz VR @ 4k res. Watch this video and see where we are at today!
 
"You're going to be future-proofed for great VR, for some time to come."

... what?
 
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