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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Graphic cards => Topic started by: mcfly on August 23, 2019, 08:27:27 am
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As above, my vega 56 died and I returned it under warranty. Normally you'd expect a fast turn-around but it turns out that Gigabyte-UK has to wait for cards from China to fulfil their RMA processes.
Now gigabyte are trying to tell me that a 1060 is faster than a vega 56 and I should take the trade in order to get the rma process completed quicker.
The Vega 56 is a much, much more powerful card than a 1060 right?
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The Vega56 is faster over 85% of the time running below 4K. It also comes with 2GB more RAM than the typical 6GB config of a 1060.
There is only about 12 months difference between manufacturing dates, but typically, newer tech is better when it comes to hardware performance and when taking depreciation / longevity into consideration.
If they cannot fulfill your RMA, I would buy something better, (maybe even a refurb) and sell the replacement when it comes. This gets you back in the "game' and offsets the purchase of your new card. Not ideal, but worth considering.
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The Vega56 is faster over 85% of the time running below 4K. It also comes with 2GB more RAM than the typical 6GB config of a 1060.
There is only about 12 months difference between manufacturing dates, but typically, newer tech is better when it comes to hardware performance and when taking depreciation / longevity into consideration.
If they cannot fulfill your RMA, I would buy something better, (maybe even a refurb) and sell the replacement when it comes. This gets you back in the "game' and offsets the purchase of your new card. Not ideal, but worth considering.
Well I know this just as much as anyone who has the slightest knowledge about GPU's. The biggest kick in the teeth is the RMA department actually SAYING it's a faster card - it's laughable
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The Vega56 is faster over 85% of the time running below 4K. It also comes with 2GB more RAM than the typical 6GB config of a 1060.
There is only about 12 months difference between manufacturing dates, but typically, newer tech is better when it comes to hardware performance and when taking depreciation / longevity into consideration.
If they cannot fulfill your RMA, I would buy something better, (maybe even a refurb) and sell the replacement when it comes. This gets you back in the "game' and offsets the purchase of your new card. Not ideal, but worth considering.
Well I know this just as much as anyone who has the slightest knowledge about GPU's. The biggest kick in the teeth is the RMA department actually SAYING it's a faster card - it's laughable
Ya, Its not. The 56 is the base model vega and although not a heavy hitter, it does out perform the 1060. You can wait it out or move forward.
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The Vega56 is faster over 85% of the time running below 4K. It also comes with 2GB more RAM than the typical 6GB config of a 1060.
There is only about 12 months difference between manufacturing dates, but typically, newer tech is better when it comes to hardware performance and when taking depreciation / longevity into consideration.
If they cannot fulfill your RMA, I would buy something better, (maybe even a refurb) and sell the replacement when it comes. This gets you back in the "game' and offsets the purchase of your new card. Not ideal, but worth considering.
Well I know this just as much as anyone who has the slightest knowledge about GPU's. The biggest kick in the teeth is the RMA department actually SAYING it's a faster card - it's laughable
Ya, Its not. The 56 is the base model vega and although not a heavy hitter, it does out perform the 1060. You can wait it out or move forward.
Well for some reason, they've seen the light and are sending me out a replacement Vega 64 - not sure how much of an upgrade the extra compute units bring but an upgrade is an upgrade!
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9% bump in performance for holding out 8)
Cheers!