RX vega pricing BS

[10e]

There weren't for Fury X, but there were for Fury no?

I remember Sapphire had a different triple fan Tri-X air cooler for the regular Fury (non-X) and the reference PCB.

[Gutternutz]

There isn't going to be any AIB cards for Vega, just like how there were no AIB cards for Fiji.

You sure about that? http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/rev...strix-8gb.html

[Cyclops]

There weren't for Fury X, but there were for Fury no?

I remember Sapphire had a different triple fan Tri-X air cooler for the regular Fury (non-X) and the reference PCB.

I had two of those Tri-X cards. I didn't take them apart but the PCB was the same length as the stock Fury. I think they just slapped an aircooler and backplate on it.

You sure about that? http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/rev...strix-8gb.html

I guess that is a non reference card. Although with the HBM2 and the GPU die on the same substrate, the AIBs won't really have any freedom of choice apart from better power delivery and binning.

[Necrodead]

I had two of those Tri-X cards. I didn't take them apart but the PCB was the same length as the stock Fury. I think they just slapped an aircooler and backplate on it.

The Tri-X is a reference card, however the Sapphire Nitro Fury released later does have custom pcb. They were allowed to make them for the Fury, it just probably wasn't worth it.

[Gutternutz]

I guess that is a non reference card. Although with the HBM2 and the GPU die on the same substrate, the AIBs won't really have any freedom of choice apart from better power delivery and binning.

Makes perfect sense.

[Cyclops]

The Tri-X is a reference card, however the Sapphire Nitro Fury released later does have custom pcb. They were allowed to make them for the Fury, it just probably wasn't worth it.

Yeah, I had a few Nitro Fury's as well. The coil whine on those cards were miserable.