WYP
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New video from Gamers Nexus showing undervolting the GPU improves performance. The Frontier Edition is getting strange by the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZkfYDWwo7s
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New video from Gamers Nexus showing undervolting the GPU improves performance. The Frontier Edition is getting strange by the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZkfYDWwo7s
NeverBackDown
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TheF34RChannel
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Undervolting helps... Brilliant lol
@NeverBackDown it's got a gaming mode switch. If they wanted it to be a pure professional card they wouldn't have put that on. Besides, you can game on a Titan and Quadro just fine...
@NeverBackDown it's got a gaming mode switch. If they wanted it to be a pure professional card they wouldn't have put that on. Besides, you can game on a Titan and Quadro just fine...
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
It could have uber gaming super fast mode. It's still a software switch. Which let's face it.. it's software. It will not be doing much of anything. Besides that fact, the drivers aren't even ready yet. It was a rushed launch because they couldn't deliver the consumer cards fast enough to meet the "1H of 2017" mark they mentioned about a dozen times.
You can game on a Titan because it's a gaming card.
You can game on a Quadro sure but it won't be a great experience. They aren't that fast. It's older tech until you get to the super expensive stuff that is out of reach for 99.99999999% of consumers. And since Nvidia has more presence, they got software to optimize for their cards. Not the other way around, which is AMD. So it's easier for Nvidia.
TheF34RChannel
New member
It is easier for Nvidia, and 99% cannot afford a Quadro - certainly not for gaming (that'd be insane anyway). Fact remains that what I said is factual. And drivers will improve Vega, they won't, however, prove magical. If only RX Vega was a solid competitor I would pay less for my Nvidia card.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
You said nothing factual at all. You merely brought up Nvidia's own products.
Drivers will improve. It's naive to not think so. I never claimed it would be magical, however to expect more efficient drivers to not improve performance is like saying better track tires won't improve your lap times. You don't even know how RX Vega performs yet, why get so far ahead of yourself like everybody else?
People also forget to realize this is a non gaming card running on another crappy reference cooler. Why did you expect so much? I mean on top of the bad drivers and buggy ones to boot, it's no wonder it's not running great.
Aftermarket cards cannot come soon enough for RX Vega. I just hope AMD have allowed them enough time to actually make them. Hopes are not high though. They've screwed that up with every product(even ryzen) since the R9 290 series launched.
TheF34RChannel
New member
I didn't expect much at all; in fact I precisely expected what it is and it left me unimpressed.
Ehm yes what I said is factual:
It's got a gaming switch.
You can game on its direct competitors: Titan / Quadro.
Not factual would have been: its got a pink cooler.
So you tell me what the gaming switch is for
Sorry if it seemed I put words in your mouth, not intended mate.
Ehm yes what I said is factual:
It's got a gaming switch.
You can game on its direct competitors: Titan / Quadro.
Not factual would have been: its got a pink cooler.
So you tell me what the gaming switch is for
Sorry if it seemed I put words in your mouth, not intended mate.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
That's quite true, Linus did a video showing a Quadro M6000 against a Titan X Maxwell, Both running Crysis 3 at the exact same settings and res, Both scored within 1FPS of eachother, Literally, 1FPS.
Korreborg
Member
Well i'm at another forum where the admins sometime move posts to a new thread if it makes sense. I have made a Vega dissusion tread to try and move it from the quick news 
https://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?p=953142#post953142
https://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?p=953142#post953142
AlienALX
Well-known member
See there is one difference, mechanically, that you will see in a server/workstation card that you won't see on the desktop. Sometimes things are over volted for maximum stability. I mean yeah, he is using stuff like Firestrike and games to check stability but trust me, if that card is folding or mining it's a different story. IE - when 100% of that GPU is being drawn upon then it would likely flop with lower volts. Noise and heat in server land is not an issue. Firstly you are not in the room with it and secondly most are AC. So ambient temps are a lot lower.
They should have tried some of the stuff this card was actually made for tbh. Though having said that if AMD can reduce the current draw (because let's face it ATM it's insane !) then maybe the desktop card will hold 1600mhz solid.
Korreborg.
The problem with the Quick News thread is not that we need a Vega discussion thread. The problem is we need a thread to either discuss quick news, or, we just stick to this one. It's not always Vega we argue, I mean talk about. It's the news coming in.
As I said recently, forums in general these days are not exactly on fire. Most have taken to Facebook or just plain can't even be bothered. So it's not like this thread has become overwhelmed by it.
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
I've seen this posted so many times from all over the world and it makes no sense to me.
"I want AMD to make better cards so I can buy Nvidia cards for cheaper."
Is it not clear how self-defeating that is? If everyone were to say that, and many are, no one would buy AMD GPU's. AMD would then not be able to remain competitive because they would either have no revenue or no market. In turn Nvidia cards would become less consumer-driven. You have to directly support AMD's Radeon sector if you want competition in the market. You can't just want AMD to succeed, you have to help them succeed. If all you can do is patiently wait for the actual RX Vega GPU to be released and fairly judging it then—instead of preemptively saying, "I didn't expect much at all; in fact I precisely expected what it is and it left me unimpressed"—then that's great. Many are tied to GSync so I'm not expecting them to buy Vega. But at least being patient and waiting for final assessment would help AMD remain competitive as it would encourage positive reinforcement and anticipation.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Corsair may be being sold 
if it is true then RIP Corsair, It will be milked dry and die a horrible death.
https://www.pcper.com/news/General-...ion-USD?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
if it is true then RIP Corsair, It will be milked dry and die a horrible death.https://www.pcper.com/news/General-...ion-USD?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Corsair may be being sold
https://www.pcper.com/news/General-...ion-USD?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Not sure if I am happy about that... I don't like em much anyway, but they have done a lot for the industry.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
If a company like Corsair can be bought out, Inevitably milked to death and then die a horrible death, It can and will happen to any company.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
That is the case with any company in the world excluding a select few. It's nothing new tbh.
They will sell if the price is right. The guys selling the company get nearly all the money anyway, that's all people care about.
WYP
News Guru
Corsair may be being sold
https://www.pcper.com/news/General-...ion-USD?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Corsair has been partially owned by a different investment firm since 2013, after the company ditched its IPO attempt (to enter the stock market)
Back then Francisco Partners Management LLC made a $75 million investment.
https://www.franciscopartners.com/n...o-francisco-partners-for-strategic-investment
We also have a thread on this matter, so a full discussion is better placed there.
https://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=81288
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