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[TTR] AMD's early Vega graphics card takes a turn in San Francisco

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AMD-Radeon-Vega-Graphics-Card-4.jpg

https://videocardz.com/66267/amd-radeon-vega-graphics-card-and-logo-revealed
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We've had ample opportunity to play with Vega-powered hardware before now, but we've never been able to see the card that was pushing those pixels. The fact that AMD is cooling a presumably large, HBM-equipped graphics chip with nothing more than a beefy blower cooler may bode well for Vega's performance per watt. We'll just have to wait and see.
http://techreport.com/news/31488/amd-early-vega-graphics-card-takes-a-turn-in-san-francisco

8+6 means no more drawing > 75W from mobo?

please let noticeable coil whine not be a widespread issue
 
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i think it's fine...it's just a sneak peak not an official announced product.

what did you wanna see, the model number of the HBM2 modules?
 
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Linus showed us this ages ago?
 
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That's a mighty chunk out of the side of it. Built in Cable tidy ?
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Could be testing stuff that wont be in the final product? No clue really, but it looks a bit too long.
USB is for diagnostics
 
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Board layout (even outside the diagnostic section) could change as well, so I wouldn't consider any power connectors to be set in stone. PCB shown does have room for 8+8 PCI-E power though.
 
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^THAT

however i think we can see:

no DVI!

waterbock + single slot bracket
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no DVI!
Same layout as the reference RX480/70 parts.
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Looks like it's equipped with HBM, because the usual pins from GDDR5/X aren't on the rear.
Yeah, almost certainly HBM...though the PCB is so thick I couldn't categorically rule out GDDR.
 
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no DVI!

Same layout as the reference RX480/70 parts.
as was the furyX and nano before. just glad they are continuing discontinuing.
 
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oops..I knew Linus gave a hands-on demo of games running, i didn't realize he saw like 90% of the same thing in the flesh.
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People need to stop reiterating nonsense they don't fully understand. The power specifications are designed to run out of spec, it wasn't nor isn't an issue
^my limited understanding was out of spec from cables is OK, but not ideal out of the PCIe connection
 
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oops..I knew Linus gave a hands-on demo of games running, i didn't realize he saw like 90% of the same thing in the flesh.
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People need to stop reiterating nonsense they don't fully understand. The power specifications are designed to run out of spec, it wasn't nor isn't an issue
^my limited understanding was out of spec from cables is OK, but not ideal out of the PCIe connection
Indeed, and then you rely on the thickness of the copper traces in the motherboard. Still, this doesn't automatically that you will encounter issues if you run it out of spec.
 
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People need to stop reiterating nonsense they don't fully understand. The power specifications are designed to run out of spec, it wasn't nor isn't an issue
I fully understand.
Since the core is supplied by the 6 pin and the memory by PCI-e it would not make any sense using a ground to sense if the 6 pin is plugged in...
 
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Did anyone notice in the Austin Evans video where the 1800x on LN2 was leaked, he also showed a (presumably) vega GPU? He mentioned it in the unedited version of his video.
 
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People need to stop reiterating nonsense they don't fully understand. The power specifications are designed to run out of spec, it wasn't nor isn't an issue
I fully understand.
Since the core is supplied by the 6 pin and the memory by PCI-e it would not make any sense using a ground to sense if the 6 pin is plugged in...
because the sense pin being grounded IS the specification


i thought we went through all of this when the 480 was release.
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No-one has mentioned it, but it looks like there are solder points for a 8 x 2 power connector option???
Could that be from early testing, or more powerhouse testing to come? maybe different Sku's using virtually the same PCB layout with differernet core specs and power specs?
Ie a version up from this, with a higher clock, more RAM, etc using a 8 + 8 pin Power configuration.
 
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