as much as I still want a 64 I keep finding factors that work against buying one. price, being the obvious main repellent, aside I don't appreciate the heavy power draw and lousy air cooling on reference cards. there will be aftermarket blocks, sure, but that's not going to unlock the limits of the reference PCB. AIB cards will come next month but prices and supply will continue to go hand in hand into oblivion and the power draw will remain or be worse for OC models. the Ryzen packs offer a nice option for those looking to build brand new systems, but those of us who've already built with Ryzen (and were likely subject to waiting weeks for a Ryzen motherboard post-launch) aren't going to benefit from that at all. i could care less about how the card performs for ethereum, as I consider that irresponsible and an ignorant waste of energy. the biggest turn off for me though is the "at the end of the day" result... or lack thereof.
AMD invested a ton into VEGA and Samsung is the only company producing the expensive memory... which to me isn't all that great anyway. Due to that the prices are likely to remain high since AMD actually needs to make a profit on these expensive roided up radeons. I'd actually rather have a faster and more efficient card with boring GDDR5... it would cost much less, not cost as much to run, and the supply would likely be there.
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