07-20-2017 12:34 AM - last edited on 03-05-2024 09:57 PM by ROGBot
07-20-2017 02:16 AM
Speaker1264 wrote:
Don't know where to post this. It will probably be ignored anyway, but I would very much be interested in a Poseidon version of Vega. Unfortunately, the 1080 Ti Poseidon has 2 major drawbacks. For one it is too long, at 298mm. The reference 1080 Ti is only 267mm. I don't see why the Poseidon has to be so much longer. It's supposedly made for liquid cooled systems, but won't fit in many cases if you are using a front-mounted radiator, or interferes with the mounting of a reservoir. Seems like bad design in my opinion. My second gripe is only 2 display ports. What about the people who use 3 monitors? Also seems like bad design. If these two things were fixed for the Vega Poseidon then I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Hopefully someone can send this feedback to the engineers. Like I said, it probably won't matter, but I figured it was worth a shot.
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09-20-2017 10:34 AM
Korth wrote:
Vega-based cards have already been (sort of) available through (some) enterprise channels for months.
Consumer Vega cards are already out. AMD, MSI, Gigabyte, PowerColor, Sapphire, XFX. (And wtf, all of these - except AMD itself - apparently use identical coolers/shrouds made by the same manufacturer or made to conform to the same cosmetic specs? None of the usual brand variations in colour, theme, and style?)
ASUS conspicuously lacks any Vega offerings. They're usually among the first OEMs to launch reference (then non-reference) GPU products, AMD and NVIDIA alike. But they just didn't get onboard this time around. I suspect a lack of ASUS Vega now indicates a lack of ASUS Vega forever.
Vega-based RX56, RX64, and RX64 Liquid have benchmarked rather unfavourably vs top-end NVIDIA consumer cards. And they're dismally blown away by NVIDIA workstation cards. If AMD doesn't give us something better (like that SSG card!) then they'll just continue to languish far behind the GPU race. It's pretty sad when you can get more raw GPU performance *and* more GPU bang for the buck while paying NVIDIA's utterly ridiculous prices, lol.
09-20-2017 11:51 AM