By Joe Osborne
Update: We recently chatted with an AMD representative to get more insight on AMD’s battle plan with Vega, namely its high-bandwidth cache controller and the multi-game optimization deal with Bethesda. Read it right here!
During CES 2017, processor maker AMD officially revealed the first details about its Vega graphics processing unit (GPU) architecture. Set to launch later this year, however, there is still plenty that we don’t know about Vega.
When exactly Vega GPUs will be released, for how much, and how well they’ll actually be specced – namely against the Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti – are all still hanging questions around AMD’s new graphics tech. Unfortunately, it seems like it’ll be a little while longer before those questions are answered.
- Here’s how to watch the AMD Capsaicin 2017 livestream
AMD held a livestream event on February 28, during GDC 2017, its second annual “Capsaicin” event. While the firm did share some more tidbits regarding its Vega GPUs, not concrete details were given regarding price, release date or power profiles – AMD Ryzen received even less attention.
That said, we did learn that Bethesda plans to work with AMD to ensure that its games take every advantage …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components