WYP
News Guru
In AMD's recent Vega teaser the company has taken shots at Nvidia's future Volta architecture, showcasing supreme confidence on the part of AMD.
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AMD Vega marketing takes shots at Nvidia's Volta architecture
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Dicehunter
Resident Newb
As an Nvidia owner I REALLY hope Vega kicks Nvidia in the pants, Repeatedly until a bloody stain appears, Nvidia really need to be taken down a peg and realize that charging more and more every year for incremental upgrades is getting ridiculous.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
I like this one tbh but I really don't think a next next gen card has much to worry about compared to a next gen card
But if it turns out to be that way.. then great job AMD/RTG. Finally back on track in that case.
But if it turns out to be that way.. then great job AMD/RTG. Finally back on track in that case.
Excalabur50
Well-known member
Interesting times ahead we hope!
The_Governour
New member
I have heard rumors about the 490 being around 600$ and I still think that would be a bit too expensive as 600$ would be in real life turned into 700+€ here.
If its 500-550€ then it would be a big win.
If its 500-550€ then it would be a big win.
Midz
New member
Very exciting times ahead from a regular consumers point of view IF AMD/Radeon can produce a GPU that beats or at least matches the performance of the 1080/1080ti at the same time keeping the price around the £500 mark..
Vega should beat the 1080 Ti hands down if those cards scale like they do historically.
Nvidias dominance, pricing and yearly incremental upgrades,from a regular consumers point of view (me) is becoming sickening and boring
I really do hope AMD can shake things up with both their forthcoming CPUs & GPUs coming this year
Things need to change
Vega should beat the 1080 Ti hands down if those cards scale like they do historically.
Nvidias dominance, pricing and yearly incremental upgrades,from a regular consumers point of view (me) is becoming sickening and boring
I really do hope AMD can shake things up with both their forthcoming CPUs & GPUs coming this year
Things need to change
Doomslayer
New member
What i find funny is that AMD have/done said things like this in the past and they have always fallen short.
If this blows up in AMD face i will be laughing.
I still don't understand why people really holding out hope that these are going to be cheap there not going to be CHEAP AMD needs to make money.
The GPU's aren't going to be that much cheaper than the Nvidia GPU's maybe no less that $150-$200
These CPU's aren't going to come in as cheap as people think there going to be.
IMO the only time when AMD should be taking pot shots like this is when there in FRONT of the market share not behind like they're now.
If this blows up in AMD face i will be laughing.
I still don't understand why people really holding out hope that these are going to be cheap there not going to be CHEAP AMD needs to make money.
The GPU's aren't going to be that much cheaper than the Nvidia GPU's maybe no less that $150-$200
These CPU's aren't going to come in as cheap as people think there going to be.
IMO the only time when AMD should be taking pot shots like this is when there in FRONT of the market share not behind like they're now.
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The_Governour
New member
They SHOULD be cheaper so they can get back buyers, look what happened to the fury x..... came out later, did NOT at the time match Nvidias 980ti and were more or less the same price. That did nothing for AMDs sales... people were greatly dissapointed.
Now... if the Fury X was quite a bit cheaper then more people would have jumped on as Nvidia is allways upping the prices.
And now in the present day, I dont think that the new VEGA cards will beat the1080 and even less a 1080ti..... so AMD better have a good pricing THIS TIME.
As most of us we want to see AMD back into the gpu war again.
NickOmega
Member
To be quite honest I don't mind if AMD falls a little short of nvidia/intel since they don't have even close to their R&D budget for starters, but they don't have to be the top performing releases. It's understandable to pick away at AMDs claims and their approach to advertising, but their marketing team isn't going to say "we'll do ok" and expect it to garner any interest.
What the market needs is just for there to be real options/competition at the higher end which hopefully Vega and Ryzen are going to provide, and they should come in at a lower price point than their equivalent from green/blue.
What the market needs is just for there to be real options/competition at the higher end which hopefully Vega and Ryzen are going to provide, and they should come in at a lower price point than their equivalent from green/blue.
eazyreis
New member
I agree with you, but AMD hasn´t released anything to compete with Nvidia top tier for a while, lets hope its now that they do it.
AlienALX
Well-known member
AMD won't "get back" buyers. Enthusiasts will always buy the fastest cards, but the mindshare is so strong with Nvidia that they won't convert Nvidia users to AMD cards.
They never have and they never will.
I managed to completely skip the 10 series. Well, my wallet did. I'm not paying that much money for a GPU they can swivel.
NickOmega
Member
Not sure I completely agree with this statement without a small amendment, being "that they can afford"..
In recent years AMD have been pretty much ignored by large sections of the enthusiast market even if they offered better value at a buyers particular price point, but if Vega delivers what AMD is claiming AND retails at a better price/performance ratio then people will start to take notice again.
We've seen enough people getting disillusioned with nvidia's practices in the last couple of years to suggest that if an equivalent performance alternative was available then some of those customers might be more likely to jump ship, especially if it came at a lower price.
AlienALX
Well-known member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN7i1bViOkU&t=4s
Have a watch of that. Even when ATI/AMD are winning they are losing.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Not really an accurate video tbh. You can't compare there financial reports, they both report very very differently. It's not an apples to apples comparison. Also does not take into account AMD have more battles than just the GPU gaming market.
What this does accurately show though, is even back then people seem to think Nvidia was better than they really are. Can't fix stupid i guess. This has carried over to the present. Which is only recently being somewhat downplayed due to DX12 and AMD drivers.
