“Disillusioned and confused” could describe much of the response to initial AMD Vega: Frontier Edition testing and reviews. The card’s market positioning is somewhat confusing, possessing neither the professional-level driver certification nor the gaming-level price positioning. This makes Vega: FE ($1000) a very specifically placed card and, like the Titan Xp, doesn’t exactly look like the best price:performance argument for a large portion of the market. But that’s OK – it doesn’t have to be, and it’s not trying to be. The thing is, though, that AMD’s Vega architecture has been so long hyped, so long overdue, that users in our segment are looking for any sign of competition with nVidia’s high-end. It just so happens that, largely thanks to AMD’s decision to go with “Vega” as the name of its first Vega arch card, the same users saw Vega: FE as an inbound do-all flagship.
But it wasn’t really meant to compete under those expectations, it turns out.
Today, we’re focusing our review efforts most heavily on power, thermals, and noise, with the heaviest focus on power and thermals. Some of this includes power draw vs. time charts, like when Blender is engaged in long render cycles, and other tests include noise-normalized temperature testing. We’ve also got gaming benchmarks, synthetics (FireStrike, TimeSpy), and production benchmarks (Maya, 3DS Max, Blender, Creo, Catia), but those all receive less focus than our primary thermal/power analysis. This focus is because the thermal and power behavior can be extrapolated most linearly to Vega’s future supplements, and we figure it’s a way to offer a unique set of data for a review.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2973-amd-vega-frontier-edition-reviewed-too-soon-to-call?showall=1
 

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I want to see professional benchmarks before I make an opinion.

What would you call a professional benchmark?

People that use it specifically for production. Those that use this in a professional manner

Stuff like this was allready done. Not just with 3DMark. "Professional Testing: SPECviewperf, LuxMark, Cinebench": https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Radeon-Vega-Frontier-Edition-16GB-Air-Cooled-Review/Professional-Testing-SPEC
 
I expected more too. But let's say it that way: Not just Jensen know how to wake expectations.
 

 
Edit: And to be honest, I wish AMD had a better start with Vega, but they did not.

From that link it looks to hold its own.
This is a working card not a gaming card.
I think they should drop the price to 850-900 to make it more compelling.

The P5000 is 2k and the P4000 is 800 bucks and this new card is right in the middle, so a price adjustment wouldn't be unreasonable.


Why is the entire forum focusing on the gaming benchmarks?
Save the hate for the gaming version and let's compare it to it's competition.

well it seems as usual... no real competition...
 
i just want a nice affordable gtx 1070...  lool

by no way means have I been praising intel - in fact im one to say they are the ones that dropped the ball and sat on there arse because their was no competition
i am not so impressed with any offering of Intel at all - in fact have said they are even falling behind TSMC
 
Intel had it within their power to push technology and bring out cutting edge tech sooner - new materials they have been sitting on for years for one
 
im am glad that AMD brought themselves back to the game  and have pushed Intel
 
but CPU are not going to be the big deal as much as power efficiency in CPU's - cpu performance will top out soon
both AMD and Intel have to look at Performance per watt - ARM will win here and are slowing taking over server market because of efficiency
 
 
the big push is HPC which is discrete GPU/compute cards(knights landing for one) and where the real gains will be
 
and Rory is the Reason AMD dropped the ball - in 2015 Rory reduce the GPU R&D engineering division saying there was no need for Discrete compute cards -and it should be APU only
thats what has hurt AMD the most ....GPU WAS the only profitable center at AMD and you cut it
 
Lisa  and Raj have been trying to salvage and put it back on track
 
the cuts hurt... you lose staff experience and tech - then later have to bring in new crew - get them to understand the tech you have- get acquainted with their ideas and offerings
so turning it around is not overnight

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