The AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 & RX Vega 56 Review: Vega Burning Bright
by Ryan Smith & Nate Oh on August 14, 2017 9:00 AM ESTTotal War: Warhammer
The last game in our lineup is Total War: Warhammer, a DX11 game that received official DX12 support a couple months after launch. While DX12 is still marked as beta, Warhammer was to some extent developed with DX12 in mind, with preview builds showcasing DX12 performance.
The built-in benchmark was used with Ultra settings without alterations.
While the DX12 render path was used for AMD cards, there appear to be some oddities with 1080p performance. As mentioned earlier, we'd like to use the best performing API for a given card; in this case, while there was improved performance at higher resolutions, we noticed a potential regression in 1080p performance. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we weren't able to investigate further; like Dawn of War III, it's possible Warhammer at 1080p was CPU-bound as well..
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coolhardware - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
I think that is actually why they went with that headline.As vladx's comment, AnandTech is not a joke. They put a lot of hard work into what they do and they have been doing it for decades. Anand's early work helped me build my first PC and they have continued to do a good job after his departure to Apple.
I for one am very appreciative of all Anandtech's efforts :-)
vladx - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
"I think that is actually why they went with that headline."Nice spin, only a fool would buy into that sort of bullshit reasoning.
coolhardware - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
Then I am a fool.Have a nice day :-)
sor - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
That was actually the very first thing that came to mind when I saw the article "burning... I see what you did there".Oxford Guy - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
You're not the only one.Ryan Smith - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
I almost didn't go with that headline specifically because I was afraid too many people wouldn't get it.It's a shining moment for AMD in terms of architectural advancement. It's also a rather hot card in terms of heat dissipated.
vladx - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
Like I said it's a really nice spin, if anything Polaris was the architecture that was shining brightly not Vega which is a clear regression compared to Fiji. So I'm sorry Mr. Smith, but I refuse to take you and any AT writer for that big of a fools and it's clear from other reviews as well that everyone is trying their best to polish the turd called VEGA.Beany2013 - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
Narrator:In reality, VladX was incredibly hurt that he didn't get the joke, as so many others managed to, and had made himself look like a fool.
vladx - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
A joke at AMD's expense is nothing to laugh about, so color me extra doubtful.FourEyedGeek - Tuesday, August 22, 2017 - link
Why be so immature?