Originally Posted by
HiTempguy1
The Vega 56 has been going on sale dirt cheap for ~$430. You can then mod it for unlimited power use to perform at rtx2080 levels.
Even stock, it fights with the 1070ti/1080, but at significant savings. Do not buy one at full retail though, not worth it.
Vega puts out way more heat. Overall, just stock and go, rtx cards are what you want. I'm cheap, am an AMD/ATI fan, and want to support them so they can give nvidia competition, so the vega56 was worth it. 2080 performance at half price sign me up.