Unboxing AMD RX Vega #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin it has been a

while since AMD launched a new high-end

graphics cards but rx Vega is here

almost here I have both of the new card

the RX Vega 64 as well 56 which comes in

slightly less cool packaging so be sure

it's Andy for saying these that a little

bit early

64 will be launching on August 14th

whereas the 56 will be coming out on

August 28th unfortunately I can't tell

you how Vega performs today but I can't

do to show you what comes in this super

cool press box at least I hope it's

super cool whoa okay that's kind of cool

what what is this Radeon rx Vega yo that

is pretty cool it's like the full 3d

logo when it's glass it's just the

actual Vega die Joe you can even see the

HBM to memory so that is actually one of

the advantages at least in theory over

the rx10 series is it has a lot of very

fast memories as directly on chef this

might be one of the coolest things I've

ever gotten in a press box I love to

take a look at chips like this

especially you very rarely actually get

to see what a GPU looks like without

being you know inside a whole card

alright see what we got

woo comes in a surprisingly nice-looking

metal chassis wow that's that's real

metal there you know what I've actually

seen pictures of this and it looked kind

of decent but in person this is actually

a really nice looking reference design I

mean I still think that the 1080 and

1080 Ti reference designs super cool

looking but that's a really heavy

this is realizing that before we get too

far into Vega 64 we've got to take a

look at our slightly less cool unboxing

of 56 so essentially this is going to be

the lower end version of the same GPU so

just like there's the GTX 1080 and 1070

this is going to be the more affordable

version and it's also a nice slightly

less cool looking cooler although is

that Team Rocket logo Ken that's the

Team Rocket logo right

you know what sometimes I was doing in a

boxing I'm just really surprised and you

know what

congratulations AMD so to start with we

have the Radeon rx biggest 56 so like I

said this is going to be the cheaper

model it comes in at $400 it really is

aimed at the gtx 1070 you know at least

when those prices finally come back down

to earth anyway we've also got the new

Radeon flagship the RX Vegas 64 now this

is going to come in at $500 at least for

the base model and it is going to be

aimed at the GTX 1080 there are actually

three different designs of RX Vega right

now though so all the 56 cards should

come in this sort of black fairly basic

looking cooler of course this is a

reference design there will be different

versions at some point once you step up

to the limited edition what you're

getting here is a much much nicer

looking card at least in my opinion

so in pictures I feel like it doesn't

really do it justice but having that

full metal shroud actually does look

really nice both of these cards are

powered by a pair of 810 PCIe power

connectors and not only do they have the

GPU tach which is light up depending on

how much load the GPU is under but they

have the dual BIOS which as well as

three DisplayPort and a single HDMI port

there is also a liquid-cooled version of

Rx Vegas 64 but that's actually where

things start to get fairly confusing

even though it seems like they're just

three versions of these cards the

pricing gets very very complicated

well Vegas 56 is $400 in Vegas 64 $500

seem to be fairly reasonably priced the

big issue is it the crypto mining market

while that is declining is still causing

major problems for GPU müller most mid

to high-end cards for both AMD and

NVIDIA nearly impossible to get your

hands on right now but the ones that you

can find are usually marked up now the

repair things are getting better but

there are a lot of cards that you cannot

get for MSRP right now the counter and

you're offering what are known as Radeon

packs so for $100 more you can get a

couple free games like pray and

Wolfenstein as well as discounts on PC

hardware

however those discounts are very

specific for example you can save $100

on our Rison seven and motherboard combo

or $200 on samsung freesync display if

you're building a very specific high-end

system this can make sense but for most

people it's just not a good deal

confusing things even farther is that if

you want to pick up Vegas 64 liquid you

have to get inside a pack which means

it's going to run you 700

I get that AMD are trying to make gamers

happy by offering them a specific bundle

that crypto miners probably aren't going

to be interested in but unless you are a

very specific person they really don't

make a lot of sense I feel like this is

a big experiment and Andy has hinted

that they're open to changing the

pricing on these bundles depending on

how well think so I can't say anything

today about how well Vega performs but I

can't say that Andy could really use a

big win right now the GTX 10 series has

been hugely successful not because

they're incredibly powerful but they're

also very power efficient that is a

dangerous combo so what do you guys

think about AMD Vega and how they've

handled the launch let me know in the

comments below and I will catch you on

the next one