The RX Vega 56 Owners Thread

bcham · 7 Dec 2018 at 10:09

Dennis Persson said:
Definately get the Sapphire card yes. Unless Strix is a lot cheaper. I bought Strix first but returned it cause temps where horrible. Quiet card Tho, but i suspect THE nitro is quiet to. Sapphire has great temps.

bcham · 7 Dec 2018 at 10:11

i have the powercolor red dragon vega 56 overclocks good and nice and cool never had any bother with it. the 3 fans keep it very cool.

Angelo7 · 7 Dec 2018 at 10:27

Ah hmm okay.
Do I have to undervolt it ? Because I read some reviews that it can get hot.

Dennis Persson · 7 Dec 2018 at 10:39

Guys can you look at this video for me? My pulse makes a weird soundhttps://youtu.be/mdHU3KSacqM

gpuerrilla · 7 Dec 2018 at 10:52

Did a recent driver iteration fix the disable adapter or reboot you had to do on the card?

If I want to do some mining overnight then game its annoying having to do this if it is a driver related problem.

MyBrainz · 7 Dec 2018 at 13:09

bcham said:
i have the powercolor red dragon vega 56 overclocks good and nice and cool never had any bother with it. the 3 fans keep it very cool.

Same here, not sure why this card isnt recommended more often, well worth the current price of £350.

Davedree · 7 Dec 2018 at 14:27

Dennis Persson said:
Guys can you look at this video for me? My pulse makes a weird soundhttps://youtu.be/mdHU3KSacqM

Coil buzz, very common with Vega unfortunately.

Dennis Persson · 7 Dec 2018 at 14:32

Its not coils Tho. Its the fans. I removed the fans and spun them. They make some clicking Noise. One a lot worse than the other.

Davedree · 7 Dec 2018 at 14:36

Dennis Persson said:
Its not coils Tho. Its the fans. I removed the fans and spun them. They make some clicking Noise. One a lot worse than the other.

Do a video with your fingers temporarily on the fans stopping them from spinning.
Then see if it's coils or faulty fan, or a blade rubbing on it's power cables underneath.

But I'm 100% sure it's coil buzz, i know the sound well.

Dennis Persson · 7 Dec 2018 at 14:37

I did stop One fan, the noise was a lot lower. You Arent supposed ro stop fans Tho

Davedree · 7 Dec 2018 at 14:41

Dennis Persson said:
I did stop One fan, the noise was a lot lower. You Arent supposed ro stop fans Tho

It doesn't matter for a few seconds,

Angelo7 · 7 Dec 2018 at 14:49

Dennis Persson said:
Guys can you look at this video for me? My pulse makes a weird soundhttps://youtu.be/mdHU3KSacqM

I dont really hear anything

Davedree · 7 Dec 2018 at 14:59

Angelo7 said:
I dont really hear anything

I def hear coil buzz, but it's so feint I'd actually be happy with it. I think I hear the fan speed drop and I can hear that the two fans aren't quite in sync with each other.

Angelo7 · 7 Dec 2018 at 15:12

Did you overclock it ?
How old is the card ?

Dennis Persson · 7 Dec 2018 at 15:30

I Will make a new video where i film before the fan starts and when they start so you can hear the difference. Sound is the same if i run stock or not. The card is only 3 days old.

Angelo7 · 7 Dec 2018 at 17:19

Dennis Persson said:
I Will make a new video where i film before the fan starts and when they start so you can hear the difference. Sound is the same if i run stock or not. The card is only 3 days old.

I would ask for an rma then.

Dennis Persson · 7 Dec 2018 at 17:54

What if its normal? I would argue its not normal Tho. I Guess ill just send it back and let someone else deal with the problem. Man im not Lucky with Vega cards so far..

DarkHorizon472 · 7 Dec 2018 at 18:02

Angelo7 said:
Ah hmm okay.
Do I have to undervolt it ? Because I read some reviews that it can get hot.

The idea with under volting is you reduce the maximum voltage which reduces heat. Even if you increase the maximum power setting with under volting it can cooler than it was before.

The only change I made to mine was to increase fan speed to 2000rpm , target temp to 65c and the memory up to 900. The max GPU temp it hits is about 65c and 70c for the RAM but only for brief periods. I am not really interesting in putting a lot more power through the GPU for a little extra performance.

henson0115 · 7 Dec 2018 at 18:06

DarkHorizon472 said:
The idea with under volting is you reduce the maximum voltage which reduces heat. Even if you increase the maximum power setting with under volting it can cooler than it was before.

The only change I made to mine was to increase fan speed to 2000rpm , target temp to 65c and the memory up to 900. The max GPU temp it hits is about 65c and 70c for the RAM but only for brief periods. I am not really interesting in putting a lot more power through the GPU for a little extra performance.

you should lower the volts too, its not just about heat, it does reduce temps, but also power and noise etc, so its worth doing. most cards should be able to drop 100mv of each p state without much issue.

Bleek · 7 Dec 2018 at 18:12

If anyone feels their Vega stock cooler is loud, I've installed the Morpheus II and what a difference!

My stock MSI Airboost was sooooo loud, like a plane taking off that I could hear even with headphones on. Hated it.

I've used installed the Morpheus II with 1 x 120mm bequiet! silent wings 3 and it's inaudible, barely runs past 1,400rpm at full load (72'c after 20minute stress test). Idles at 27'c.

This is overclocked too, just pushed everything a little harder to 1,660MHz (1055mV) core and 1,000MHz ram (1000mV).