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[WYP]

And for what, a few clicks on Hexus

Additionally, we need RAM prices to come down again, not up.

Yeah, it would be nice to see RAM become more affordable.

The rumours didn't originate with Hexus, so they are not to blame. They did propagate false information, but I will give the writer the benefit of the doubt and say it was unintentional. Even so the article is still unchanged.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Yeah, it would be nice to see RAM become more affordable.

The rumours didn't originate with Hexus, so they are not to blame. They did propagate false information, but I will give the writer the benefit of the doubt and say it was unintentional. Even so the article is still unchanged.

Ah I thought they were the source, my mistake.

RAM prices, and for that matter GPU prices (which may remain high forever now that they've tasted the miner money) -- but I digress.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Answering Assassin's Creed Origin' lingering questions

 

[Dicehunter]

Yeah, it would be nice to see RAM become more affordable.

The rumours didn't originate with Hexus, so they are not to blame. They did propagate false information, but I will give the writer the benefit of the doubt and say it was unintentional. Even so the article is still unchanged.

I'd love to get some Corsair Vengeance Red LED memory 3200MHz - 2 x 8GB sticks but it costs £160, Stupidly over the top expensive for what it is, I could afford it but on principle I will not pay that price.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I'd love to get some Corsair Vengeance Red LED memory 3200MHz - 2 x 8GB sticks but it costs £160, Stupidly over the top expensive for what it is, I could afford it but on principle I will not pay that price.

Cost almost as much as entire new phone i need to buy...

 

[Dicehunter]

Cost almost as much as entire new phone i need to buy...

I couldn't justify paying over £20 for a phone, I have never seen the attraction of having a smartphone, I use my phone to contact clients and as an alarm, Nothing else.

This is my phone ^_^

On nights out I've noticed 3/4 of the pub or cafe is just people with their faces in their phones, I think it's become a serious social disorder now.

 

[AlienALX]

My phone is kinda big. 5.5". I want a 6" though because I do not have a tablet. Having said that my little Macbook kinda kicks any tablet's ass, so I don't really need anything.

I might switch back to my Blackberry Passport soon though. Really miss the key pad !

 

[AlienALX]

OMG. So let's say I am glad I dodged Vega.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l6Uc5kBrxY

Vega VS Fury X IPC (instructions per clock, so same MHZ tests)

Wow. Now tests like that are awesome. So Vega is basically Fury X with higher clocks.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Yep, and now they can restart the hyping up by saying "Navi is going to be the real card that will beat blah blah" - just like they did with Polaris and Vega. (falling asleep)

All joking aside, it's a sad reality, wish Vega was much better.

 

[AlienALX]

Yep, and now they can restart the hyping up by saying "Navi is going to be the real card that will beat blah blah" - just like they did with Polaris and Vega. (falling asleep)

All joking aside, it's a sad reality, wish Vega was much better.

Aye, it's crazy and a little poo at the same time.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Aye, it's crazy and a little poo at the same time.

History keeps repeating itself and we're all paying the price for it.

 

[AlienALX]

History keeps repeating itself and we're all paying the price for it.

AMD need to go back to the metal like they did with Ryzen. Yes it takes time, and yes it costs money, but at least you can compete *waves fist*.

So Vega is basically Honey I Shrunk The Fury X. With added HBM2 for extra costs.

I really hope it was cheap tbh.

 

[Vipermk2]

AMD’s Flagship Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 3.4 GHz 16 Core CPU Performance Leaked Again – Compared Against Intel’s Core i9-7900X 10 Core CPU, Full Threadripper Lineup Detailed

Follow the fetching hyperlink for WCCFTECH to see more info

 

[AlienALX]

That thing is a monster !

 

[NeverBackDown]

OMG. So let's say I am glad I dodged Vega.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l6Uc5kBrxY

Vega VS Fury X IPC (instructions per clock, so same MHZ tests)

Wow. Now tests like that are awesome. So Vega is basically Fury X with higher clocks.

You are getting pretty annoying with all the Vega hate.
You literally are bagging on them for a Pro card. That whole thing was clickbait. They are not even using official Vega drivers. No review has used them, so why do you keep bringing it up?

 

[AlienALX]

You are getting pretty annoying with all the Vega hate.
You literally are bagging on them for a Pro card. That whole thing was clickbait. They are not even using official Vega drivers. No review has used them, so why do you keep bringing it up?

The Nvidia Titan X (Pascal, non Geforce model) is a pro card too. However, when you bench it against the Vega it rips the Vega to bits. IMO a Vega core running games is not clickbait. I keep bringing it up because it's recent news/information. If you don't think it's relevant then why are you getting annoyed?

It's not Vega hate. It's just the facts. Facts AMD have kept from us for ages (have you wondered why?).

As for the drivers? so what drivers are they using then? last time I checked if you didn't install the correct driver then the card simply wouldn't show up as it should in Device Manager.

I explained before that there *must* be wrappers/drivers/OGL drivers etc in the drivers Vega is using. There absolutely must, because if there was not when you tried to load a game that used (for example) DX11 you would get an error.

My last card was a Fury X. Even though it was nowhere near as good as the 980Ti at the time (at launch it was poop) because I wanted to support AMD and stick the finger up at Nvidia. I'm not doing it this time, however. Fool me once etc.

BTW as for the politics? AMD shouldn't have hidden the performance and come out with classics such as "Compared to the 1080Ti the performance is very nice !". They've deliberately and purposely hidden the performance. Why? because it's going to be ZOMFG FANNYTASTIC? nah dude, they've hidden it because it's pants.

Spade a spade, and all that. If they didn't want people to buy Nvidia cards and Vega was that good I assure you they would have let it out. They dropped savage hints about Ryzen performance before it was even out.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

They used the one and only driver that exists - confirmed by PCPER who have two Vega cards. I recommend watching today's stream by them, they discuss Vega for a good halve hour at least. They are also unbiased in my opinion.

 

[Damien c]

You are getting pretty annoying with all the Vega hate.
You literally are bagging on them for a Pro card. That whole thing was clickbait. They are not even using official Vega drivers. No review has used them, so why do you keep bringing it up?

How about the card being tested in "Game Mode" which the drivers have a option for.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=yudueaG5_rE


To me the card is not going to compete with nVidia's top end GPU's but I never expected it to compete against them.


AMD when it comes to graphics now are pretty much great for mid range but not worth looking at for high end/enthusiast unless, you only play games in DX12 and only in the games where they have a lead.


I really wish AMD had card's to compete against the 1080Ti but currently they don't and I cannot, see how the more "Gaming" orientated card's are going to offer such a massive increase in performance over the FE card, that they are going to easily compete with the 1080 or 1080Ti.


I mean honestly nVidia are probably already sat ready to release either 1180 or 2080 which ever they end up calling it, which will offer probably a 5% improvement over a 1080Ti and cost just as much.

 

[Korreborg]

I mean honestly nVidia are probably already sat ready to release either 1180 or 2080 which ever they end up calling it, which will offer probably a 5% improvement over a 1080Ti and cost just as much.

I'm annoyed with Intel for their 5% performance jump. But IMO Nvidia is not like that. Look at 780ti vs 980ti vs 1080ti.
That's huge jumps. I bought a 4670k and a 780ti now I have bought a used 4790k and a 1080ti. It simply doesn't make sense to upgrade the hole computer. Even ryzen does not make sense to a gamer.

 

[AlienALX]

I'm annoyed with Intel for their 5% performance jump. But IMO Nvidia is not like that. Look at 780ti vs 980ti vs 1080ti.
That's huge jumps. I bought a 4670k and a 780ti now I have bought a used 4790k and a 1080ti. It simply doesn't make sense to upgrade the hole computer. Even ryzen does not make sense to a gamer.

Going back a little..

The Titan came out for £799. Why? because AMD had nothing. Then the 290 comes along for £450 or whatever it was and Nvidia released the 780. Then, because the 290x is faster than the 780 Nvidia released the 780Ti.

With the 980Ti they had no expectation of the performance of the Fury X. It was good on paper though. So yeah, Nvidia panic launched the 980Ti about two weeks before the Fury X with a decent price and decent performance. However, since then they have started to milk things.

They now know that Vega will not compete with the 1080Ti and their Titan card so they have jacked up the prices and they are remaining constantly high. The 1080 has been out for around a year now and costs more now than it did (or was supposed to cost) at launch. They've also come out last week and said that they will not be moving onto Volta for the time being. IE - "Look, Vega doesn't worry us at all so let's keep charging up to £600 for a tiny little 1080 die".

So yeah, things have changed since the 980Ti.