AMD unveils Radeon RX Vega graphics cards

31 July 2017
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AMD has revealed its new Radeon RX Vega graphics cards, based on its new GPU architecture.

The company launched two new cards, the Radeon RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56.

The RX Vega 64 will be available in air-cooled and liquid-cooled configurations, while the RX Vega 56 features a reference air cooler.

Both devices boast 8GB of HBM2 memory, which offers a 2,048-bit memory interface.

Radeon RX Vega cards are aimed at high-end gamers and enthusiasts, and the RX Vega 64 is the most powerful AMD Radeon graphics card ever built.

AMD said the air-cooled models of its RX Vega 56 and RX Vega 64 will be priced at $399 and $499 respectively.

The company also launched Radeon Packs, which include an RX Vega card, a discount on Freesync monitors, games, and a discount on a Ryzen processor and motherboard.

Specifications RX Vega 56 RX Vega 64 RX Vega 64 Liquid
Compute Units 56 64 64
Base Clock 1,156MHz 1,247MHz 1,406MHz
Boost Clock 1,471MHz 1,546MHz 1,677MHz
Memory 8GB HBM2 8GB HBM2 8GB HBM2
Memory Interface 2,048-bit 2,048-bit 2,048-bit
Memory Bandwidth 410GB/s 483GB/s 483GB/s
Memory Speed 1.6Gbps 1.9Gbps 1.9Gbps
Peak Compute 10.5TFLOPS 12.7TFLOPS 13.7TFLOPS
TDP 210W 295W 345W

AMD Radeon RX Vega Liquid

AMD Radeon RX Vega Reference

This article first appeared on MyBroadband and is republished with permission.

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  1. Ryansr
    02.08.2017 at 10:49

    It’s really a pity that in a country like SA gamers can’t even afford to buy this to keep up with latest developments in tech because everything’s horribly overpriced due to the weak currency and then our tech companies are raping us with their premium prices for their effort to bring these to our country.

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