[News] AMD to hold a Capsaicin Event at GDC 2017, on 28th Feb

[StyM]

http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/...2017-28th-feb/

AMD held its first Capsaicin event last March, where we first officially heard details about Polaris GPUs, and saw a roadmap which went up to 2019 - revealing Vega and Navi. This year AMD will hold another Capsaicin Event at GDC 2017, it has officially been confirmed, via Eteknix.

Many a recent headline on HEXUS has been filled with news and rumours concerning AMD's soon to launch Ryzen CPU range. However, AMD's in-development Vega GPUs have the potential to be just as impactful and are likely of greater interest to some.

This year, at GDC 2017, AMD is presenting 'Capsaicin and Cream'. The day will start with the Capsaicin livestream kicking off at 10:30am. The event is being held at Ruby Skye in San Francisco. In this first hour session AMD will provide "a feature-packed show highlighting the hottest new graphics and VR technologies propelling the games industry forward." It is thought unlikely that AMD will launch Vega at Capsaicin but we should get a lot more details about upcoming graphics products or else the fiery hot event will be a wash-out. AMD Ryzen CPUs are likely to feature in some way too.

[BenchZowner]

Looks like Vega is coming sooner than expected
Without having it confirmed 100%, I'd say late March

[vario]

Looks like Vega is coming sooner than expected
Without having it confirmed 100%, I'd say late March

That would be nice, having the possibility od builidng zen+vega , however i would still say that vega is like a year late :P

[BenchZowner]

It's true, Vega is terribly late.
AMD screwed up big time with this release.

In the meantime nVIDIA upped the high end and flagship product prices again, which also benefits AMD since they too have a higher price floor now, so they can both f* us consumers