Allen
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Ohio USA
I did not read all the reviews. Just a few from sites I'm most familiar with.
Some reviews were objective, some were not in how they described things. Lots of anti-AMD ranting and raving in one I read (at least by my standards).
To me, "Competitive" means "wins some loses some" or is "too close" to tell one from the other in a "blind test" -- so, that's how I use the word. As has been posted many times in this thread, RX Vega seems "competitive" to me, based my reading of the reports (that I read).
Here are links to two reviews that seemed to objectively present their results.
They find that RX Vega models are "competitive" with their GTX1070 and GTX1080 counterparts -- in FPS, measured operational temperatures, correctly measured sound levels, price. But, RX Vega uses more power. They assume performance will improve over time -- as card-makers learn to use some of the more advanced hardware features and drivers are optimized.
