Buildzoid put up a video talking about the card. Pretty good run down of the card and some speculation on why the price is where its at. As usual with Buildzoid he rambles at times, but he still does a good job providing a bit of a different take on the card compared to a lot of the tech press.
He make some great points here:
- I did not realize that a 512 bit config was even tougher on GDDR6 than it is with GDDR5.
- Instinct is already developed, so any sales of Vega 7 is just a bonus. Developing a GDDR6 version would cost alot.
One thing he may have gotten wrong, unless it was a rumor, is the fp64 performance. It looks like this will not be the same as Instinct and less than 1 TH/s, which is lower than the HD 7970. This is a bummer as it gave the Tahiti cards great resale value and alot of use for those that liked F@H and other programs.