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    MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    Power consumption is expected to max out at around 300W for the air cooled cards.
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    Re: MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    For goodness sake why do all the websites reporting this report only half the conversation on that forum??

    Quote Originally Posted by MSI person
    Specs Vega RX seen. Discounting what power is needed.
    We are working on it, that's a start so launch gets closer
    Quote Originally Posted by forum member
    That aint a positive sign.
    Quote Originally Posted by reply by MSI person
    Depends what kind of performance you sure get back
    https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum...54713#51654713

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    Re: MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    Don't forget the follow up comment (google translate)

    The Source
    Specs Vega RX seen. Discounting what power is needed.
    We are working on it, that's a start so launch gets closer

    laurens91
    that is not a good omen.

    The Source
    Depends what kind of performance you sure get back

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    Re: MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    Doesn't Nvidia rate the Titan Xp at 250W TDP not the 275W stated in the article.

    Either way the Vega RX is almost certainly going to draw more power, at least going on the 8+8 versus 6+8 for the Titan Xp, I'm more interested in what performance you get for that extra power though.

    EDIT: Looks like OCUK have pre-order listing for the Air Cooled (£1199.99) and Liquid Cooled (£1799.99) versions.
    Last edited by Corky34; 23-06-2017 at 12:14 PM.

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    Re: MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    300W isn't huge for an MSI GPU

    Going by the 50W delta between the MSI model and the 250W reference card

    Quote Originally Posted by Corky34 View Post
    Doesn't Nvidia rate the Titan Xp at 250W TDP not the 275W stated in the article.

    Either way the Vega RX is almost certainly going to draw more power, at least going on the 8+8 versus 6+8 for the Titan Xp, I'm more interested in what performance you get for that extra power though.

    EDIT: Looks like OCUK have pre-order listing for the Air Cooled (£1199.99) and Liquid Cooled (£1799.99) versions.
    Frontier edition is a fancy professional version, like an Nvidia quadro

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    Re: MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    I thought the professional versions from AMD normally used the Pro nomenclature, I'm not saying it's not BTW.

    Maybe I'm just getting confused with this article as the table lists the specs for the frontier edition, blonde moment probably.
    Last edited by Corky34; 23-06-2017 at 12:44 PM.

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    Re: MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    Quote Originally Posted by Corky34 View Post
    I thought the professional versions from AMD normally used the Pro nomenclature.
    Nothing lasts long before a re-brand these days
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    Re: MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    SO this means Nvidia Volta will wipe AMD Vega on the floor both in performance and efficiency?

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    Re: MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    Another thing: is Nvidia tensor cores a threat to AMD?

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    Re: MSI marketing director: AMD RX Vega "needs a damn lot of power"

    If it's giving 1080 Ti or higher performance, it's a non-issue. If it's only 1080 performance, then it's highly inefficient.

    My biggest concerns are price (for the lowest-end model available at launch) and the stock cooler. If it's anything like the Frontier edition cooler, we're in for a hot and loud time. If it's a decent cooler like the one on the RX 580, then there'll be no issue.

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