January 9, 20197 yr It will be interesting to see if this really performs as noted: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13832/amd-radeon-vii-high-end-7nm-february-7th-for-699 Edited January 9, 20197 yr by pgde Gigabyte x670 Aorus Elite AX MB; AMD 7800X3D CPU; Deepcool LT520 AIO Cooler; 64 Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000; Win11 Pro; P3D V5.4; 1 Samsung 990 2Tb NVMe SSD: 1 Crucial 4Tb MX500 SATA SSD; 1 Samsung 860 1Tb SSD; Gigabyte Aorus Extreme 1080ti 11Gb VRAM; Toshiba 43" LED TV @ 4k; Honeycomb Bravo.
January 9, 20197 yr Competition is good, especially for us simmers. Although I am an avid NVIDIA fan, I'd love to see reasonable, and perhaps less expensive, choices down the road. Doug Miannay PC: i9-13900K (OC 6.1) | ASUS Maximus Z790 Hero | ASUS Strix RTX4080 (OC) | ASUS ROG Strix LC II 360 AIO | 32GB G.Skill DDR5 TridentZ RGB 6400Hz | Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 (OS/Apps) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Sim) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Games) | Fractal Design Define R7 Blackout Case | Win11 Pro x64
January 9, 20197 yr 22 minutes ago, dmiannay said: Competition is good, especially for us simmers. Although I am an avid NVIDIA fan, I'd love to see reasonable, and perhaps less expensive, choices down the road. Maybe I misread this but to me it sounds like this does nothing for price competition and in fact AMD seems to be doing nothing more than what the doo-doo birds did with the RTX 2080. Increase the performance 15 percent and double the price and as a bonus enough heat introduced into the computer case to make coffee. zzzzzz! just a lot noise. Sam Prepar3D V5.3/[email protected]/EVGA 3080 TI/1000W PSU/Windows 10/40" 4K Samsung@3840x2160/ASP3D/ASCA/ORBX/ ChasePlane/General Aviation/Honeycomb Alpha+Bravo/MFG Rudder Pedals/
January 9, 20197 yr Author Did you catch this comes with 16Gb of VRAM? And performance is virtually equivalent to a 2080 and about 5% cheaper than that? Gigabyte x670 Aorus Elite AX MB; AMD 7800X3D CPU; Deepcool LT520 AIO Cooler; 64 Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000; Win11 Pro; P3D V5.4; 1 Samsung 990 2Tb NVMe SSD: 1 Crucial 4Tb MX500 SATA SSD; 1 Samsung 860 1Tb SSD; Gigabyte Aorus Extreme 1080ti 11Gb VRAM; Toshiba 43" LED TV @ 4k; Honeycomb Bravo.
January 9, 20197 yr 10 minutes ago, pgde said: Did you catch this comes with 16Gb of VRAM? And performance is virtually equivalent to a 2080 and about 5% cheaper than that? The biggest issue I've had with AMD/Radeon GPUs though the years is neither performance nor price--it's compatibility. I've always been able to make nVidia cards work well with MSFS and P3D...and conversely the Radeon GPUs (and Catalyst) have always been a headache from a configuration and compatibility standpoint. Who knows, maybe this time things will actually will be different in that regard, but I'd strongly advise against being an early adopter unless you have lots of other 3D uses for the PC you're putting it in. My general experience is that the Radeon cards work OK for fairly current 3D games, but things quickly get pretty spotty for older and/or non-mainstream gaming titles. Caveat Emptor Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
January 9, 20197 yr 11 minutes ago, w6kd said: The biggest issue I've had with AMD/Radeon GPUs though the years is neither performance nor price--it's compatibility. I've always been able to make nVidia cards work well with MSFS and P3D...and conversely the Radeon GPUs (and Catalyst) have always been a headache from a configuration and compatibility standpoint. I agree, specifically regarding MSFS and P3D. I remember a time, probably late 90s, early 2000s when NVIDIA and AMD (formerly ATI) went back and forth from year to year trading the top spot. Then NVIDIA started holding the lead, which still remains, IMHO. Again, competition is good, especially for the consumer. Doug Miannay PC: i9-13900K (OC 6.1) | ASUS Maximus Z790 Hero | ASUS Strix RTX4080 (OC) | ASUS ROG Strix LC II 360 AIO | 32GB G.Skill DDR5 TridentZ RGB 6400Hz | Samsung 990 Pro 1TB M.2 (OS/Apps) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Sim) | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB M.2 (Games) | Fractal Design Define R7 Blackout Case | Win11 Pro x64
January 9, 20197 yr Users complain Nvidia drivers I remember the Catalyst suite Drivers nightmare. Raymond Fry.
January 10, 20197 yr Ray tracing is a gimmick unless you are playing at low resolution! I am not going back to 1080P for reflections. I rather have the extra VRAM for content creation and future proofing for a few years! I am already pushing 8GB on xplane. So if the 7nm vega can compete at the same price or lower and performance, it might be compelling! Looking fwd to reviews and Ryzen 3000 specs! AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, RTX 4080S, Ram - 32GB, 32" 4K Monitor, WIN 11. Eric Escobar
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