Heini wrote:
Interesting, yes. Having a Vega FE with a Raijintek Morpheus II Core and two Noctua 120's I can assure you that the temps are ok but not great with the exception that the Raijintek Morpheus II Core makes for a 3.5 slot card. As for performance I have a Titan Xp that laps the field in fps with a 1080Ti close in tow and that leaves the AMD's offering a distant third. Consider the prices before choosing your next GPU! PLEASE, this is NOT a slight at ASUS as AMD leaves their aib's little room to move other than adding better cooling and/or lights in comparison to the AMD reference cards.
It's not what they're saying that I find interesting. More so where this "information" is coming from.
I'll be a little more comprehensive on my point of view. ASUS, in August, announced the ROG Strix RX Vega and if I'm not mistaken it was the first AIB Vega card to be tested. The results, although not disastrous in my opinion were poor given the Strix's inability to outperform its reference counterpart. Guru3d and JayzTwoCents provided some feedback on performance and I remember guru being asked to take down their review as a result. ASUS simultaneously dispatched the clock speeds from their site. Clearly there was a problem. ASUS indicated it was the BIOS.
Now, present day, PowerColor released their Red Devil and suddenly the Strix was making headlines again, with hints of imminent release but no dates OR clock speeds on their site? When tested by GamersNexus the PC card performed better than the Strix, and better still following AMD's latest driver update. The Strix had no such performance escalation. Why? AMD's fault? ASUS's fault? No one knows. No one willing to admit.
Now the 56 getting praise from another site despite no thorough specification data......Interesting!!! If you do a search the 56 is a much better option compared to the 64. It's quite capable and the power draw is significantly reduced when pitted against its own sibling. But I'm extremely skeptical about news pertaining to the Strix because since August there was nothing but drivel from ASUS regarding release and performance. It would be nice to get an update regarding the source of the problem. But as it stands, ASUS is slated to release a custom Vega card that is sub par to AMD's reference card. PowerColor doesn't have that problem. Not with the 64, anyway.
I know retailers in Canada will have the Strix, XFX and Sapphire versions. But not sure about PowerColor. A custom Vega 56 is sure to be better than the 1070 and possibly the 1070 Ti, hence this is the card I want to purchase for my daughter's build. This was also her wish, AMD, Vega...and Strix. But I had to show her the Red Devil because thus far it's the better of the two custom options. Luckily she likes the subdued, modest styling of the PC card. However, my problem is that it may not be available in Canada and I'll have to pay yet ANOTHER premium (HBM 2, anyone?) to have it shipped here.
So, in conclusion, I just want some closure from ASUS regarding their progress with Vega. I understand it's not that simple but AMD already made a mockery of the Vega release. Now ASUS seems to be building upon that failure. PowerColor did it right. It was late, but they took what they had, made it a little better and then released it once it was tweaked as well as could be. ASUS did the opposite by announcing a product they couldn't tune well enough, inducing us with false hopes. AMD is p[partially to blame, yes...but so is ASUS.
And speaking of ASUS and the ROG Strix brand, they better get that tragedy called the B350-F sorted quick, fast and in a hurry.
I'd like to deploy my troops in her country.
