While fans of computer games and mining crypto mining argue, which of their favorite occupations is more ethical, the sellers of video cards are ready to earn on the weaknesses of both. Producers secretly try to condemn the greedy part of the consumer audience, but this is some part of hypocrisy - they get their share of the income. We already mentioned that the preparation of Radeon RX Vega for the start of sales took more time than we would like, precisely because of AMD's desire to create a large enough stock of ready video cards, which would suffice even with the possible interest from the "crypto-drivers".
Another "conspiracy theory" was born. Although it is not entirely correct to estimate the real power consumption level only based on the TDP values ??and the recommended power unit's power, some hypocritical people believe that the Vega 10 energy consumption level is artificially overstated in order to raise the expenditure part of the "miners" budget, thereby reducing the attractiveness of these video cards. Supporters of this idea do not give rest to the results of Radeon Vega Frontier Edition testing with underestimation of the nominal voltage.
One way or another, on the Web, rumors are circulating about the exceptionally high performance of Radeon RX Vega 64 in specialized applications for the production of Ethereum. One source is a representative of a British store , consonant with our site, to which one of the partners of AMD provided such information. Supporters of this theory, albeit in less frightening figures, are colleagues from the VideoCardz website.
Part of the validity of such fears is confirmed by AMD's intention to sell video cards of the Radeon RX Vega family in the form of incentive kits that imply discounts for the purchase of processors and motherboards.