Vega Thread

[SteelCrysis]

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3053-...ifferences

If Vega 56 is able to stick near the 1070’s price, it’s AMD’s strongest argument from the Vega line. The biggest downside is the boosted power consumption, but if that’s not a concern to you, Vega 56 is a good buy if assuming a similar price between them. Prices are so volatile right now that we’ll refrain from hard numbers, and just suggest checking that the cards are relatively close. We’d strongly encourage solving for thermals with an aftermarket cooler or a board partner card, then overclocking. Vega 56 can outmatch or equal Vega 64 with the right mods, including powerplay tables and BIOS mods. For these gaming workloads, the only reason Vega 56 would underperform versus Vega 64 is AMD’s power limit, which is higher on V64. You can fix that with a BIOS flash or registry mod.

As for the shaders, it looks like there’s not a big difference for the games we tested. There’s probably an application out there that likes the extra shaders, but for gamers, we’d say hard pass on Vega 64 and strongly consider Vega 56 as a highly modifiable counter.