First pre-orders of the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier edition graphics cards have just gone live. Based on AMD's upcoming graphics chip, the Radeon Vega Frontier edition will be the first product to use the Vega 10 GPU that features technologies such as HBM2 and HBCC.

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Air and Liquid Cooled Models Available For Pre-Order

At AMD's Financial Analyst Day, Raja Koduri announced the Radeon Vega Frontier edition graphics card. The new card is aimed at professionals who hunger for compute and deep learning solutions and Vega is the answer from RTG. After more than two years, AMD will release a competitive card that will challenge NVIDIA's high-performance Pascal based solutions. NVIDIA has been dominant in the AI, deep learning, HPC, cloud computing sectors since the arrival of Pascal in 2016 and the AMD RTG team had no answer to them until now.

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While the Radeon Vega Frontier edition is still a few days away from launch, the graphics card can now be pre-ordered through various retail outlets. According to Videocardz, Scan UK and Sabre PC have listed both the air and liquid cooled variants along with their specifications, features and price range. The air cooled model is priced at $1200 US while the liquid cooled model is priced at $1800 US. These are pretty high prices but we can assure you that the gaming models won't cost as much and will be much more affordable when launched in late July.

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The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition helps drive the new digital world. It nurtures creativity. It is your gateway to parts unknown. Expand the boundaries of what’s possible and witness the impossible. With the new “Vega” GPU architecture at its core, you will have no barriers or compromises to what you want to achieve.Take advantage of the massive 16GB of cutting-edge, second-generation high-bandwidth memory to create expansive designs and models. Crunch and manipulate datasets using the sixty-four Next-Gen Compute Units (nCUs – 4096 stream processors) at your disposal. Unleash your imagination to develop games, CGI or VR content leveraging the latest features found on the “Vega” GPU architecture and witness the breathtaking power of “Vega” course through your system.