AMD Losing Money On The New Radeon Vega VII, To Make Less Than 5000 pieces

harshitsharma2426 · 2019-01-15T01:53:27Z

Some industry sources have revealed that AMD is losing money on every Vega VII that’s sold and they'll be making less than 5000 of these.

Cobra9511942d ago

I can't understand what they were thinking with this card. They have to pay for 16 GB of HBM2, an excessive amount of the most expensive RAM around. Cut that to 8-12 GB and make it GDDR5 or 6. Then it can sell for a more competitive price, and hopefully turn a profit. No one is going to choose this over a 2080 if the price is the same. AMD needs to compete on value until they can really up the ante on core performance.

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Omnislashver361942d ago

Right- I hope they get their act together with the refresh...

Also, what happened with Navi?

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kevnb1941d ago

Amd really messed up with Vega, still haven’t recovered.

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tontontam01941d ago (Edited 1941d ago )

Amd fans are already trying to justify their upcoming purchase of the radeon vii, according to them the hardware is expensive to produce so it is justified.

Amd should just sell gpus and put 128gb hbm2 amd fans will gladly buy it because 128gb is expensive to produce so the price will be justified.

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ABizzel11941d ago

Gamingunited the 2080 is the same price in many places now.

On its own the Vega 7 is a good card, and the HBM is amazing, but its value takes a hit with that price and the competition offing a slightly better GPU for the same price, that has features for better graphics, or even greater performance in select games.

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m2stech1941d ago

Get rid of HBM memory for DDR6...there problem solved

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Watsyerproblem11941d ago

It's not like that wouldn't require a complete redesign or anything like that...

AMD used their 7nm Vega design because it was already there. Making an all-new design for the Radeon VII would be more expensive than making a few more 7nm Vega chips.

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