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  • Dug - Thursday, August 9, 2018 - link

    AMD- please push for new hardware to compete. I really like freesync monitors so I don't have to pay the gsync tax, but need a graphics card that can actually push high frame rates.
  • deksman2 - Thursday, August 9, 2018 - link

    What's the problem with RX 580 or Vega GPU's?
    Their prices may be steep due to cryptomining craze, however, those GPU's are perfectly fine for gaming... especially after being undervolted (in which case, their power draw easily drops to Nvidia levels... or lower).
  • somejerkwad - Thursday, August 9, 2018 - link

    What's wrong with these cards is that they're set to be (performance-wise) entry-level and midrange in the next couple of months, and they're already difficult to consider high end when they can't keep pace with the GP102 cards. nVidia is set to move the performance bar up in the near future and the requirements to make games run well while looking their best is only going to keep increasing. Not everybody is targeting "high settings but not everything at ultra, at 1080p60" when they buy hardware, and that's what the Polaris cards were already targeting 2 years ago.

    AMD's current hardware is simply uncompetitive for people that want to have reasonable or high framerates and not be stuck on a resolution from over a decade ago (1920x1200 was available in the first half of the 00s, and 1080p TVs became the de facto standard for anybody but the cheapest consumers back around 2009 or 2010). A 1030 or an Intel IGP is "perfectly fine for gaming" as you put it, because they will not CTD on launch for most software--that doesn't mean they provide the user experience that we're looking for when we get into the market segment that's talking about buying variable refresh rate gaming monitors instead of cheaper 60Hz static refresh rate displays.

    If I can get a similar or better experience out of a complete system with buying a console for a similar price as just the GPU (compare a 580 vs sale pricing of PS4 Pro), then the product is simply not a very good value nor is it even all that powerful to begin with--the console even uses less electricity than the GPU alone does when both are at full load!
  • Flunk - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    Allegedly, and AMD does have new cards coming. You can't count your chickens before they're hatched and assume cards that haven't even been officially announced will make the previous generation obsolete. It's very likely that the Polaris and Vega cards will still be viable products after Nvidia's new product launches. They'll probably just have to take slightly lower price points, provided they don't just get bought out by cryptocurrency miners.
  • BigDragon - Thursday, August 9, 2018 - link

    If I bought my card on the 6th, but the campaign started on the 7th, what are my chances of getting in on this? Hard to ignore 3 free games. They're worth way more than return and rebuy shipping.
  • somejerkwad - Thursday, August 9, 2018 - link

    Try contacting the retailer's customer support staff and asking. Way back in what feels like the dark ages (2015), I bought my 970 about a week before they started also including Batman instead of just Witcher 3 codes. Amazon promptly sorted me out when I requested a code. Thanks to the train wreck of a release that turned out to be, I also got the free copies of earlier Batman games that I didn't own yet, which just sweetened the deal for my small effort of writing up a support ticket.
  • wrkingclass_hero - Friday, August 10, 2018 - link

    I remember when games bundled with GPUs were really exciting and compelling, and comparing the bundles between vendors. Maybe it's just me, but I have so many games now that the bundled games are a non factor and elicit no emotional response.
  • docbones - Monday, August 13, 2018 - link

    You still cant buy a Vega 56 for the $399 msrp, and its almost a year later.
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