Home / Component / Graphics / AMD confirms Vega GPUs will launch in the first half of 2017

AMD confirms Vega GPUs will launch in the first half of 2017

While AMD continues to focus on the mid-range graphics card market with its new Polaris architecture, there are of course still some people out there waiting for the first Vega GPUs to launch. Vega is set to be AMD's next high-end GPU and while there was some talk of it coming out in October, it has since been confirmed that Vega will be launching during the first half of 2017.

Vega was previously pinned as a 2017 GPU but recently some rumours began spreading across the web indicating an October release instead. Now, in a presentation shown to investors, AMD has confirmed that it will be bringing out Vega in 1H 2017, so anywhere between January and the end of June.

1468348011-2978

Aside from that though, the investor presentation also reveals some other interesting bits of information. For starters, we can expect a new family of professional GPUs in Q4 this year, known as the Radeon Pro WX Series. On top of that, AMD is continuing to bet big on Virtual Reality, projecting that there will be 200 million head-mounted displays by 2020.

Aside from that, AMD will have one other big launch early next year, as the first Zen processors will officially become available. We have already seen some early indications of performance thanks to a couple of leaks, and things are looking positive so far.

Discuss on our Facebook page, HERE.

KitGuru Says: It is starting to look like 2017 is going to be a very important year for AMD, not only can we expect more competition in the high-end GPU market with Vega, but we will also hopefully see things improve in the CPU space too. Are any of you guys holding out for AMD's new high-end GPUs next year? 

Become a Patron!

Check Also

Leaker claims Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti will pack 8,960 CUDA cores

Leaker Kopite7kimi, known for accurate Nvidia leaks, claims that a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is in the works and could launch alongside the RTX 5080 at CES.

7 comments

  1. AMD 1H = June

  2. AMD never once said that Vega was coming in 2016, the rumor was started by somebody reading too much into an early roadmap, this is AMD’s official roadmap, and this same image is also in the Related articles right above the comment section
    http://cdn.videocardz.com/1/2016/04/AMD-Radeon-2016-2017-Polaris-Vega-Navi-Roadmap.png

  3. These will have to be a significant boost over current cards if they want to be competitive e.g. the lower end cars willlneed gtx 1080 performance

  4. Lizziehcallahan1

    Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj22d:
    On tuesday I got a great new Land Rover Range Rover from having earned $8752 this last four weeks.. Its the most-financialy rewarding I’ve had.. It sounds unbelievable but you wont forgive yourself if you don’t check it
    !mj22d:
    ➽➽
    ➽➽;➽➽ http://GoogleFinancialJobsCash22ShopSoftwareGetPay$97Hour ★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★✫★★::::::!mj22d:….,…….

  5. We know AMD never said Vega was coming in 2016, but that didn’t stop the rumour from catching on somehow. I even specifically tried to debunk it for people back in May but sadly, that article didn’t gain enough traction to really make a difference: http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/matthew-wilson/rumour-says-amd-might-release-vega-early-but-dont-get-excited-yet/

  6. While many AMD-fans overhyped Polaris into the sky, alot of them did the same with Vega too. Nobody wanted to listen to any realistic voices such as yourself.

    I compliment your effort! Not easy to stay down to earth when everybody hops the hype train.

  7. That roadmap was useless from the beginning. It’s so vague, the infos are guesswork at best. The contents are so unspecific, they wouldn’t even be useful if as in internal document in a project. Once your roadmap is that unclear, your dates and deadlines can not be taken for real anymore.