We could see AMD’s new VEGA graphics cards as early as October this year, according to a report by Guru 3D.
This follows a Facebook post by AMD’s senior Director of Global Marketing and Public Relations showing off a photo of the VEGA launch event.
“If this isn’t a complete pun (and I do not expect it to be) then AMD is preparing a launch event for VEGA. Let’s say you start planning such an even two months up-front, then indeed you can expect launch time to be October…”
AMD were reportedly only expected to release the new VEGA cards in January 2017, but we could see its entire GPU roadmap move up if the cards release early.
To add fuel to the fire, Guru 3D aren’t the only site to report on an earlier release date, with VidoeCardz.com also reporting on the possibility of an October launch earlier this year.
The Radeon RX 490 Series will be based on the Vega 10 chip.
You can check out AMD’s full GPU architecture roadmap below:
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So… the rumor mill is back to the 490 being a Vega chip? It’s been saying dual Polaris chips for a while now. I hope this is true, since dual GPU cards suffer all of the drawbacks of Crossfire/SLI. I hope the timing is true, too. I really need a new monitor/GPU and G-sync is too pricey.