Re:AMD Radeon VII: High-End 7nm Vega Video Card
by nsxwolf on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:27PM
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If it could somehow actually sell for the MSRP (which of course it won't), it is a better gaming card than the RTX 2080. The 2080 costs more, and it's flagship feature is something you'll almost certainly want to turn off for gaming since it kills your frame rate and doesn't provide anything most people will notice while playing a game. Screen space reflections and cubemaps are convincing enough when you're zipping around a game world.
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Re:AMD Radeon VII: High-End 7nm Vega Video Card
by vatueil on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:45PM
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$699 matches the MSRP for the RTX 2080: https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=427&sort=pri...
Re:AMD Radeon VII: High-End 7nm Vega Video Card
by nsxwolf on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:28PM
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But you aren't usually going to be finding them that cheap. That will probably be the case with the VII too, but we don't know yet.
Re:AMD Radeon VII: High-End 7nm Vega Video Card
by vatueil on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @04:54PM
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Well, that's why I linked to PCPartPicker, to show that RTX 2080 models at MSRP do exist. They may have been scarce at launch, but they can be purchased today less than 4 months later.
Since AMD will sell the Radeon VII directly at first, I think early adopters will probably face limited quantities rather than price markups (not counting unauthorized resellers). After that, we'll have to see how the situation with retailers and later on non-reference models shakes out.