"Once the reviews come out you will get the truth."
I don't want to sound angry, but that kind of passive aggressive, condescending chatter irritates me and serves no purpose. Of course we'll know the truth. But are you suggesting you have some inside scoop and know the "overall" numbers of Vega while the rest of us have to wait in silence?
And how can it be AMD's fault alone that you bought a Titan? Is it impatience or is it something else? Why can't you just say, 'A Titan XP came up at a reasonable price and it catered for my needs so I bought one.' Instead of, 'AMD were too slow and forced me into buying the competitor who I love to hate.'
OK firstly you do sound angry. And because of that you are being passive aggressive. That is how forums work when you get mad, because the option to be aggressive isn't there. I just press the power button on the laptop and walk away. So any aggression on the internet is passive aggressiveness.
I have no inside scoop on Vega. Sorry. Nothing at all, my mate in Taiwan has been silent. When I say we will know the truth I mean just that. Not trying to pick peanuts out of the poo AMD have been feeding us but the real facts and figures. Lest not we forget that it already eats 100w or more than a 1080, probably more once overclocked, so it's not looking good. That is what I see, not what any one has told me.
As for my calculations? I'm not geeky enough, sorry. I could be, I could learn anything I want but GPU cores 101 is not really a subject that interests me. I am far more interested in the final result, rather than the guessing and calculations. Most of what I knew about Vega was there for all to see - OCUK forums. It is one of the busiest computer forums I frequent. As such you generally tend to get a lot of brainiacs hanging around doing the maths with a complete understanding of how it all works. That was who called Vega performance "Around 1070 performance" based on info that leaked out of AMD and the supposed clocks etc.
Going back to getting the truth? that is how this industry works. They will say anything they can to make you want it (see AMD throwing parties and giving stuff to people with their name on to big it up etc) but the truth always comes out in the end. Once those cards are handed over to reviewers that's it. AMD can try and poke reviewers into linear reviews (like Intel and Nvidia do with their review guides) but at the end of the day the beans are always spilled and the horse always bolts. And you get the truth. No more BS, no more fancy names for a new vertical sync, no more "meshes" bollocks just the raw, hard performance facts. And the temps, and the power use and everything else AMD have done their level best to hide.
And *that* is why I went Nvidia again. I hate Nvidia trust me I *really* do, but the crap AMD have pulled with Vega has been almost unforgivable.
When I mention the 1080Ti? that is what AMD are putting into people's heads right now. They are running their big Vega card right next to a 1080Ti with some muppet saying he can't tell the difference. As soon as those cards touch reviewer's hands AMD won't have their rep standing over them. It will be truth time.
So no, it isn't impatience, it's payback for a company trying to play me for an idiot. Because that is exactly what they have been doing.