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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Makaveli - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Sub...Air cooled Vega 64 for $839 CAD I don't think so.
When you can pay $659 CAD for the 1080?
I prefer AMD cards over NV but even I'm not dumb enough to do this.
$180 extra for the same performance and must higher heat output.
mapesdhs - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
That was exactly my point, real pricing is way out of whack for the Vega64 to make any sense atm. Can you check, is it possible to buy a 1080 Ti for the same price as the cheapest Vega64/Liquid? This is the case in the UK, where the 64/Liquid is basically 700 UKP, same as a Palit Jetstream 1080 Ti.Makaveli - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
@mapesdhsLiquid Vega 64 is $979 CAD
1080 TI air is in the $924-$984 CAD.
Liquid 1080 Ti's are in the $1,014-$1,099 range.
And the 1080 Ti will still be faster and using less power....
zodiacfml - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
AMD is truly an underdog. Fighting Nvidia and Intel at the same time but I could see that they are doing their best based on their designs. Their unique position is what made them successful in gaming consoles. Can't wait to see the performance of Raven Ridge parts.Frenetic Pony - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
Regarding FP16 game use, Devs are already using it because it's supported on the PS4 Pro. While the specific "Checkerboard" rendering used in Mass Effect Andromeda and Battlefield 1 are PS4 Pro only due to hardware oddities, it still uses FP16 optimizations. And since both PS4 and Xbox One have FP16 register capabilities it's an easy target for optimization there, and easy to bring over to PC.Frankly I'd expect it to be adopted fairly quickly. Register pressure alone is reason enough for high end games to call for explicit FP16 where applicable, and porting such to the PC is relatively easy.
BaroMetric - Monday, August 14, 2017 - link
Vega is already sold out and the bundles on newegg require you buy gpu, cpu, mobo etc. You can't just pay the extra hundred dollars you actually have to purchase the other components. Which is not what we were lead to believeAzix - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
need to include clock speed profiles. should be basic information reviewers include nowadays. put performance in context. This is nearly useless without it.Ryan Smith - Friday, August 18, 2017 - link
Ask and you shall receive. Check the power/temp/noise page.=)HollyDOL - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
It was all good... until I reached power consumption/noise part of the review.Outlander_04 - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - link
Now go and work out what that extra power will cost you if you game 2 hours a day for a year.The answer is NOTHING if you heat your house with a thermostat controlling temps,
And a very small amount if you don't.
Now go turn off a couple of lights. You know you want to.