[SOLVED] Is the Vega 64 worth it?

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I've been looking at some gpu's and I see the Vega 64 (which was competing with the gtx 1080) is as low as 400$ on newegg. Considering the fact that I'm looking for a high end card for both productivity and gaming, is it worth it?
 
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No, if it was below $350, yes that'd probably be a really good deal, but with the RTX 2060 Super coming out for $400 shortly it'll outperform that card by a bit while costing the same, plus it supports ray tracing.
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If you are getting it at a discounted price, then it might be worth considering this GPU, but it would be much better if you can wait for few more weeks. AMD is going to release "mainstream" NAVI GPUs, and these might offer much better price/perf ratio, though we need to wait for third party gaming benchmarks.

Is that a brand NEW VEGA 64 ?
 
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Metal Messiah. said:
If you are getting it at a discounted price, then it might be worth considering this GPU, but it would be much better if you can wait for few more weeks. AMD is going to release "mainstream" NAVI GPUs, and these might offer much better price/perf ratio, though we need to wait for third party gaming benchmarks.

Is that a brand NEW VEGA 64 ?
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Vegas are quite cheap now, got my 56 for around 250
 
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No, if it was below $350, yes that'd probably be a really good deal, but with the RTX 2060 Super coming out for $400 shortly it'll outperform that card by a bit while costing the same, plus it supports ray tracing.
 
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For 400 USD a vega 64 is a steal. Are you going to OC, though? If so, get a Vega 56. Apparently they're less touchy and have better OC headroom and are great for undervolting.

Common consensus right now is 'wait to buy a gpu' (at least for new gpus) I'd give anything to get a 400 usd vega 64 if I had a need for it.
 
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The new AMD gpus don't look very impressive in my opinion. The problem with the rtx lineup is that they are primarily for gaming. I'd personally like a multipurpose gpu. I don't have much currently when it comes to productivity, but I'd like to "future proof" my system
 
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LordVile said:
Nah the 56 is around a 2060 the 64 is like half a tier up then you can undervolt to get more
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https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-founders-edition/33.html
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-ray-tracing-turing,5960-10.html
Sure, you can UV/OC a Vega, but you can also tweak/OC a 2060.
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'about' the same wouldn't sell me for a 50.00 difference. RTX is the only thing going for the RTX lineup. #RTXsuper4sales
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I said "about" as in it will vary by game, but on average the performance is the same. But one is significantly cheaper and more efficient than the other. If you want to pay an extra $50 to stick it to Nvidia go for it, but that's not good advice for an objective buyer.
 
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EmptyCoconut said:
The new AMD gpus don't look very impressive in my opinion. The problem with the rtx lineup is that they are primarily for gaming. I'd personally like a multipurpose gpu. I don't have much currently when it comes to productivity, but I'd like to "future proof" my system
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Without knowing what sort of "productivity" you'll use the card for, it's hard to recommend one. I believe that can come down to software support as much as card performance, e.g. I think there are some programs that favour CUDA (Nvidia) acceleration, even though an AMD card may be just as capable (or more) in theory. In terms of theoretical compute power, a Vega 64 does blow a RTX 2060 out of the water (about double the single precision FLOPS, nearly 4 times the double precision FLOPS).
 
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TJ Hooker said:
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-founders-edition/33.html
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-ray-tracing-turing,5960-10.html
Sure, you can UV/OC a Vega, but you can also tweak/OC a 2060.

I said "about" as in it will vary by game, but on average the performance is the same. But one is significantly cheaper and more efficient than the other. If you want to pay an extra $50 to stick it to Nvidia go for it, but that's not good advice for an objective buyer.
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Not what I’ve seen from other reviewers and with the Vega cards you can Undervolt to gain significant performance
 
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LordVile said:
Not what I’ve seen from other reviewers and with the Vega cards you can Undervolt to gain significant performance
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Feel free to provide some links to back up your claims.

I'm no expert on Vega 64 undervolting results, but from the bit I've seen you can maybe get +10-15% through undervolt + OC + max power limit. Considering TPU managed to get ~10% gains from OCing their 2060, performance between the two will still be pretty similar. Meaning the 2060 would still be the logical buy.

E.g. https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/amd-radeon-rx-vega-64-undervolting,review-34035-4.html
 
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I got a used Sapphire Vega64 on eBay for ~$340 about 8 months ago.
I was able to OC it nicely and am getting about 8k for the graphics side of 3DMark's Time Spy.
I realize that I DID get lucky on the auction though. Card was in perfect condition and is a great performer. The freakin' blower is loud as hell when it spins up but I use headphones so no probs there. 😉

If you can find one for around what I paid AND it doesn't have any issues, then it's still a good deal, but YMMV.
 
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