AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Could you explain how 1080 performance at the same price will be good?
The 1080 is a year old. There are TONS of different 1080's for sale, lets se how many cards AMD can produce. And the 1080 does not use HBM2, so if they offer it at the same price, it will probably hit AMD on the profit margin.
It is ONLY for people who ONLY want AMD. (But as i mentioned earlier, mining will probably save AMD)
I don't remember saying 1080 performance at the same price is good, but if I did that's not exactly what I mean. I said, "The biggest market is the 1070 and 1080 sector. If they can sneak their way into that market, good." That means that if a Vega GPU comes in it at $450-500 and handily beats a non-reference 1080 in DX12 and matches it in DX11, that's good. That's more performance for the same price. That would be better than the Fury was against the 980. The Fury at launch was more expensive than the 980 and was only beating it in a few titles because DX12 was not as integrated as it is now. If AMD can get the card out for $500 at the performance I just suggested, that would be an improvement. That's good, at least to me. Is it great? No. It's six months too late for that, amongst other things.
You appear awfully confident about only AMD fans buying Vega. It might be true, but it might not be.