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AMD Radeon RX Vega to be priced starting from $399; FreeSync here we come
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AMD Radeon RX Vega to be priced starting from $399; FreeSync here we come

by Vyncent ChanJuly 30, 2017
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I guess the rumored price of $850 must have scared off a lot of enthusiasts looking to get a AMD Radeon RX Vega. When benchmarks are showing that it is merely trading punches, pricing it as high as $850 is a joke AMD cannot afford to pull off on consumers. Luckily, an (un)intentional leak on Newegg (which has since be removed) gave us a glimpse of how much AMD is planning on charging for their upcoming HBM2-packing flagship cards.

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Image source: HardwareLuxx

And apparently, not much at all. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 will start from $399, with the Radeon RX Vega 64 available in four variants, priced at $499 for the reference Air model, $549 for the Air Limited Edition, $599 for the standard Liquid, and finally the RX Vega 64 Liquid Limited Edition at $649

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Image source: HardwareLuxx

We have 4096 stream processors (SP) in the Vega 64 cards, and 3584 SPs in the Vega 56. The RX Vega 64 Liquid models will be clocked higher with the extra thermal headroom made available thanks to the improved cooling, thus those who want the highest performance out of the new GPU architecture should go for the liquid edition cards. As of now, not much is known of the Limited Edition models aside from the fact that they will sport a unique brushed aluminium shroud.

With the much better pricing, are you looking forward to getting the AMD Radeon RX Vega cards when they come out?

Source: HardwareLuxx, WCCFTech

Pokdepinion: NVIDIA has already cut the prices for their GeForce GTX 1080 way back in early 2017, so AMD Radeon RX Vega has to be able to at least match the cards from the green camp in terms of performance to even provide any kind of competition. However the much more affordable pricing of FreeSync monitors may swing enthusiasts in the favor of AMD.

[UPDATE]: Official pricing for AMD Radeon RX Vega cards announced at SIGGRAPH 2017.

About The Author
Vyncent Chan
Technology enthusiast, casual gamer, pharmacy graduate. Strongly opposes proprietary standards and always on the look out for incredible bang-for-buck.
2 Comments
  • Darth Vadah
    July 30, 2017 at 11:03 pm

    It is going to be an epic fail from AMD – another one. Poor AMD;).

    • Vyncent Chan
      July 30, 2017 at 11:35 pm

      Hmm, interesting opinion. We will just have to see how the cards perform when more benchmarks are run on these cards :)

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