Allen
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AMD Confirms Vega Launching This Quarter, Shows 8K Video Editing Demo
..it’s coming this quarter [May 30 to June 1 most rumored]..
Vega Architecture Key Features
– 4x Power Efficiency – 2x Peak Throughput/Performance Per Clock – High Bandwidth Cache – 2x Bandwidth per pin – 8x Capacity Per stack (2nd Generation High Bandwidth Memory) – 512TB Virtual Address Space – Next Generation Compute Engine – Next Generation Pixel Engine – Next Generation Compute Unit optimized for higher clock speeds – Rapid Packed Math – Draw Stream Binning Rasterizer – Primitive Shaders
..Just a couple of months back we found out that 80% of AMD’s driver team was actively optimizing for Vega. Earlier today we learned that AMD has already delivered full OpenGL support for Vega in Linux...
Really not new news in that a launch in about 6 weeks has been rumored for some time now. Just that they have a more definite rumor
Nice to see they've been working on getting the drivers right.
Vega is more than a GPU. Its a "compute unit" also. I expect it to be competitive with Nvidia's best or second best FPS wise. But, a little more advanced in totality of features (some of which don't matter to gamers). Now, what will it cost