How does it stack up against the best graphics cards on the market? Let's take a look.ĪMD Radeon VII – Design and FeaturesThe Radeon VII is a lot like the previous Vega GPUs in that it's a GCN card that uses what AMD calls its 'second generation Vega' architecture. I'm not sure if the game bundle is just for the AMD branded card or if it applies to partner cards, so be sure to check that before you pull the trigger. AMD is sweetening the deal even further by offering three AAA games: Resident Evil 2, The Division 2, and Devil May Cry 5, which are effectively worth $180. At $699 it's looking to cut the RTX 2080's legs off, and promises to excel at both 4K gaming as well as GPU compute tasks thanks to its massive 16GB of memory. It's the successor to the Radeon Vega GPUs from 2017 with twice as much High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and a die shrink all the way down to 7nm, making it the world's first GPU manufactured on this node. AMD has finally responded to Nvidia's Turing architecture launch by throwing down a 7nm gauntlet named the Radeon VII. We’ll go hands-on with one here at Newegg Studios soon, and we’ll be checking out how the new card looks and performs in a build.Note that if you click on one of these links to buy the product, IGN may get a share of the sale. The Radeon VII is set to launch on February 7, just a few days away. If you were planning on picking up these AAA titles, you’re looking at ~$180 worth of savings. The Radeon VII will also come bundled with vouchers for Devil May Cry V, Resident Evil 2, and The Division 2. Given AMD’s prominence in the console space, it’ll be interesting to see if this technology will be picked up in the next-gen XBOX and Playstation. It also supports DirectML, a DLSS-equivalent developed by Microsoft. It’s worth noting that the Radeon VII doesn’t have any ray-tracing cores, but AMD CEO Lisa Su has said that AMD has both hardware and software ray-tracing technology in development. It will cost $699 MSRP, aiming to compete with the RTX 2080, which sits at a similar price point. The Radeon VII is also packing 16GB of HBM2 in comparison, the Vega 64 had only 8GB of HBM. However, it’s important to keep in mind that a game’s performance is determined by more than the process size, and every game is built differently. In comparison, NVIDIA uses a 12nm process in its 20xx GPUs. The Radeon VII’s Vega core will run at 1,800MHz, about 300MHz quicker than last generation’s Vega 64, which used a 14nm process. AMD promises that the new process will provide a 25% performance improvement over last generation’s Vega GPUs. It utilizes a 7nm process and is the first GPU in the world to do so. Not to be outdone, AMD has thrown its counterpunch: the Radeon VII. A few months ago, NVIDIA released its next-gen RTX GPUs, with its new ray tracing technology.

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