Retail staff reports high levels of mining performance on AMD's RX Vega
Are miners going to cause another GPU shortage?
Published: 3rd August 2017 | Source: Overclockers UK - Gibbo |
Retail staff reports high levels of mining performance with AMD's RX Vega
Gibbo has stated that his information has come from one of AMD's AIB partners, though there is no way of validating this information until GPUs are in the hands of reviewers or consumers.
This is one of the few cases where we hope that a new product actually performs worse than what rumours suggest, as this level of mining performance could cause another AMD GPU shortage and leave Vega out of the hands of PC gamers.
You can join the discussion on AMD's RX Vega's rumoured mining performance on the OC3D Forums.
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Not a good start for anyone at launch but just think about the lovely cheap abused cards that'll be going in a few months time when the currency crashes.
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Not a good start for anyone at launch but just think about the lovely cheap abused cards that'll be going in a few months time when the currency crashes.
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To me it doesn't sound too logical, since if anything, they'll be running at a stable temperature, avoiding any wear from thermal expansion and contraction.
And of course miners have the incentive to not let them thermal throttle either.Quote
On that note, is there any evidence that mining is actually harmful?
To me it doesn't sound too logical, since if anything, they'll be running at a stable temperature, avoiding any wear from thermal expansion and contraction. And of course miners have the incentive to not let them thermal throttle either. |
So yeah, it buggers hardware. Well, not so much the hardware but the components. When Nvidia and AMD design VRMs they do not design them to run at 100% all of the time. Even when gaming your GPU gets a few breaks from cut scenes/loading etc.Quote
So i guess AMD were right. They delayed the launch to prevent the mining crowd from destroying there launch. Gave them even more time for stock buildup but it probably won't help. Miners will no doubt gobble these up. I just hope some gamers get some.Quote