The AMD Radeon VII Review: An Unexpected Shot At The High-End
by Nate Oh on February 7, 2019 9:00 AM ESTPower, Temperature, and Noise
As always, we'll take a look at power, temperature, and noise of the Radeon VII. While it is customary to look at voltages and clockspeeds, given the SMU changes that was not possible this first time around.
The noise levels of the card look surprising at first blush. Ultimately, what's happening here is the consequence of a very aggressive fan curve, one that invests all potential acoustic improvements of an open-air triple fan card for cooling capability. Going this route makes the fan noise comparable to RX Vega 64's blower.
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just4U - Friday, February 8, 2019 - link
Your just looking for reasons to not like it.. It's a awesome card according to reviews. Is it a 2080ti killer? No. (..shrug) Maybe it might force some pricing down though so you can get one of those.. maybe. For me the 2080ti is 2x the price of the 1080s I own... and I'll not pay that for a video card unless I am in a business setting that requires it.Oxford Guy - Friday, February 8, 2019 - link
"It's a awesome card according to reviews."I read this review. Its noise-to-performance ratio is pathetic in comparison with the 2080 and the Fury X. Full stop.
If you're going to argue at least do something beyond trotting out the lamest dodge technique there is: the ad hominem fallacy.
eva02langley - Friday, February 8, 2019 - link
It doesn't "sux". It is just not disruptive enough for Nvidia fans to expect a price cut on RTX, which is pissing off mroe Nvidia fans than AMD ones it seems.The performances in games are okay, and the compute is really strong. If it is cheaper, it is a better buy. At the same price, I will go Nvidia.
However in Canada, the 2080 RTX is 50-100$ more expensive for blower style cards... with similar accoustics and worst temps.
Oxford Guy - Friday, February 8, 2019 - link
"If it is cheaper, it is a better buy. At the same price, I will go Nvidia. However in Canada, the 2080 RTX is 50-100$ more expensive for blower style cards... with similar accoustics and worst temps."Tu quoque = some blower models are loud, too.
$50-$100 is a very low price tag for one's hearing, comfort, and ability to enjoy audio whilst gaming and/or using the card for other intensive purposes.
Holliday75 - Friday, February 8, 2019 - link
I couldn't give two shits about noise. I wear headphones. I've never paid any attention to it on any product I buy.Oxford Guy - Friday, February 8, 2019 - link
1) Headphones don't negate all noise. Not even the combination of earplugs and headphones designed to absorb noise (and not produce audio) will get rid of noise. It still comes through. One can blast the audio at a higher volume and damage one's hearing to try to cover up noise but that is why the iPod/iPhone younger generations are facing epidemic levels of hearing damage.2) Headphones, as a requirement, are a limitation of the product's functionality.
Firstly, they become uncomfortable. Secondly, they tend to aggravate tinnitus for people with it. Thirdly, they are an extra expense. Fourthly, some have good speaker systems they want to make us of. Etc.
Why advocate limiting one's possibilities for basically the same price, when compared with other, more flexible, products? It's silly. You're gaining nothing and losing potential usefulness.
The only way the headphones point works much in your favor is if the same thing is required of Nvidia's GPU. Otherwise, it's merely you stating that you are a subset of the use cases for this GPU that isn't affected by the noise problem. A subset is not the entirety by any means.
Deaf folks don't have to worry about noise, too. Does that mean they should attempt to dismiss noise problems for everyone else?
LarsBars - Thursday, February 7, 2019 - link
I wish you guys would add Vega 64 liquid to the spec chart comparison: 1700MHz, 13.7 TFLOPs...Ryan Smith - Thursday, February 7, 2019 - link
Unfortunately that's not a card we have. AMD didn't widely sample that one.PeachNCream - Thursday, February 7, 2019 - link
Only $699? This is a midrange GPU in much the same way the $750 monitor was a midrange screen. By recent Anandtech standards, the price does not warrant any mention of high-end. Come on people, we need some consistency on the use of these terms!All teasing about the writing aside, it is nice to see a bit of competition. The Radeon VII is way out of my interest range as a product (it has 8x more VRAM than my daily use laptop has system RAM) but I hope it causes a Red and Green slapfest and brings prices down across all graphics cards. Maybe I'm being too optimistic though.
Korguz - Thursday, February 7, 2019 - link
peachncream... maybe not in your books.. but this is not a midrange card... maybe high end midrange :-)um seems all you have are notebooks... your not in the market for a discrete card ;-)
your laptop only has 2 gigs of ram ?? wow....