Testseek.com have collected 506 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 PCIe and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 PCIe.
August 2017
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The editors liked
Vega 64 is slightly slower than the GTX 1080
While the liquid cooled version wins more than it loses against the GTX 1080
Faster than GeForce GTX 1070 FE
~30% lower power than Vega 64
Great 1440p performance
Competitive with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
Vega 56 Radeon Red Pack may add sweetener for some buyers
Competitive at 1440p resolution gaming
Faster than the GeForce GTX 1070
Much more power efficient than RX Vega 64
Quieter than RX Vega 64
Enhanced Sync works amazingly well
FreeSync at no increased monitor cost
New instructions
Packed math
Primitive shaders
Simplified tuning profiles i
Solid performance across the board. 8GB of HBM 2 memory should prove useful in the long term. Matches the current performance value king
The GTX 1070
Which is no small feat. Modern DX12 architecture. Freesync gaming
Yea
The editors didn't like
Poor availability and thus pricing. AMD's aircooled RX Vega 64 reference card is ~5% slower than the GTX 1080 FE despite being hotter
Louder and using more power (though we have high hopes for custom cards)
Large and power-hungry
Conclusion
Higher power consumption than GTX 1070
Cooling fan is loud under load
Uncertain value given volatile pricing
Lags behind the GTX 1070 on some titles (a few older games at 1080p
In our tests)
High TDP and power requirements versus competing Nvidia cards
High power requirements
No DVI port
Higher power draw than comparable NVIDIA cards
Noisy
Coil noise at high FPS
Fan does not stop in idle
Vega seems to be less efficient than Nvidia's Pascal. We were expecting a bit more from the late challenger
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Published: 2017-09-18, Author: Dr. , review by: techarp.com
Ever since we saw AMD Vega running DOOM, we had such high hopes for it. The success of the AMD Ryzen family of processors only buoyed that optimism. However, the AMD Vega turned out not to be the Pascal-killer we thought it would be.On paper, the AMD Rade...
Unlike the RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooled edition which fell quite short of its performance target of the GTX 1080 Ti and barely matched the GTX 1080, the RX Vega 56 is faster than the GTX 1070 FE. Using performance as our primary metric, at $399, the RX Vega 5...
Published: 2017-08-31, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
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Published: 2017-08-30, Author: Chris , review by: tomshardware.com
Faster than GeForce GTX 1070 FE, ~30% lower power than Vega 64, Great 1440p performance
Higher power consumption than GTX 1070, Cooling fan is loud under load, Uncertain value given volatile pricing
Radeon RX Vega 56 has the potential to be a GeForce GTX 1070 killer if AMD can make enough of them to hit its pricing target. Although the card uses a lot of power, kicks out quite a bit of heat, and makes more noise than the competition under load, p...
Published: 2017-08-25, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Vega 64 is slightly slower than the GTX 1080, while the liquid cooled version wins more than it loses against the GTX 1080
Poor availability and thus pricing. AMD's aircooled RX Vega 64 reference card is ~5% slower than the GTX 1080 FE despite being hotter, louder and using more power (though we have high hopes for custom cards)
After gaming with the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 we are left with a better feeling compared to AMD Radeon RX Vega 64. We are not left wanting. Performance is good at default, providing better performance and gameplay experience compared to Founders Edition GeF...
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Published: 2017-08-22, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Given the slightly underhanded way in which AMD launched the Vega at one price point so that the launch reviews were written under the misapprehension that the card was £449 when it's actually £549, we won't do our usual thing of not really taking the pri...
Published: 2017-08-21, Author: Ryan , review by: anandtech.com
Bringing this review to a close, if it feels like Vega has been a long time coming, it's not just your imagination. AMD first unveiled the Vega name 17 months ago, and it was 7 months ago when we got our first peek into the Vega architecture. So today's l...
