Best Vega 64 to get seccond hand?

spartan225 · 29 Jan 2019 at 23:14

Ive been looking at picking up a vega 64.

I have seen some good prices for a nitro and for a red devil. From what ive seen they are about equal, but are there any querks that I need to know about?

Poneros · 29 Jan 2019 at 23:32

Avoid Asus & Gigabyte ones. The two you mentioned are fine.

LeMson · 30 Jan 2019 at 08:35

Get a 56 and play with the power settings and stuff, gets very close to the performance of the 64 for less money

Nasher · 30 Jan 2019 at 08:36

But then you can also make the 64 faster

BubbySoup · 30 Jan 2019 at 08:43

Sapphire or Powercolor in that order.

nashathedog · 30 Jan 2019 at 08:43

Go for the Nitro 64 first & the Red Devil second I doubt there's much in it though, I've owned the 3x8 pin limited edition Nitro & the Red Devil & they were both great cards. The only real advantage the 2x8 pin Nitro will have over the Red Devil is the stand, so make sure that's with it if you grab a Nitro.

Panos · 30 Jan 2019 at 09:47

spartan225 said:
Ive been looking at picking up a vega 64.

I have seen some good prices for a nitro and for a red devil. From what ive seen they are about equal, but are there any querks that I need to know about?

If you going to watercool the reference. Otherwise Nitro or Red Devil.

ShiWarrior · 30 Jan 2019 at 18:34

Poneros said:
Avoid Asus & Gigabyte ones. The two you mentioned are fine.

really ? i always thought asus and gigabyte made better cards , this not the case with Vega 64?

faceman123 · 30 Jan 2019 at 19:55

ShiWarrior said:
really ? i always thought asus and gigabyte made better cards , this not the case with Vega 64?

I had to rma 2. They used the GTX 1080 cooler literally on the Vega 64, left a big gap on vrms which hit 103c average

. After 2nd RMA ocuk a grade service as usual swapped for nitro

Gibbo · 30 Jan 2019 at 20:05

ShiWarrior said:
really ? i always thought asus and gigabyte made better cards , this not the case with Vega 64?

No sapphire and Powercolor are best by miles, it’s not even a competition.

Asus throttles like crazy and Gigabyte cooler is poor.

Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro is the best 64 full stop follow close by Powercolor Devil, the other brands are miles behind.

faceman123 · 30 Jan 2019 at 20:08

I'd consider even buying new, especially as the games alone are worthy 150 plus. Sell these it's basically used prices.

spartan225 · 30 Jan 2019 at 22:28

Thanks to everyone for their input.

Gibbo said:
No sapphire and Powercolor are best by miles, it’s not even a competition.

Asus throttles like crazy and Gigabyte cooler is poor.

Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro is the best 64 full stop follow close by Powercolor Devil, the other brands are miles behind.

Guess its a good thing that you have a deal on the Nitro 64 then!

So for a £70 increase to get it new i think its the better option to have warrenty (+ those free games).

Thanks again to all!

Gerard · 30 Jan 2019 at 22:42

Gibbo said:
Asus throttles like crazy

Not if you have the fixed revision it doesn't.

Gibbo · 30 Jan 2019 at 23:13

Gerard said:
Not if you have the fixed revision it doesn't.

We sell both, both are same price but my money every time Sapphire.

Panos · 31 Jan 2019 at 01:52

ShiWarrior said:
really ? i always thought asus and gigabyte made better cards , this not the case with Vega 64?

Personally Sapphire & Powercolor are the best brands when comes to AMD cards by miles.
Asrock & XFX had no experience with so I cannot say.

However even those two are better than Gigabyte, MSI and especially Asus.

faceman123 · 31 Jan 2019 at 19:44

spartan225 said:
Thanks to everyone for their input.

Guess its a good thing that you have a deal on the Nitro 64 then!

So for a £70 increase to get it new i think its the better option to have warrenty (+ those free games).

Thanks again to all!

Good choice. Feel free to come to the vega64 owners thread hof

Chrisc · 1 Feb 2019 at 17:08

Gibbo said:
No sapphire and Powercolor are best by miles, it’s not even a competition.

Asus throttles like crazy and Gigabyte cooler is poor.

Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro is the best 64 full stop follow close by Powercolor Devil, the other brands are miles behind.

Is this still the case for the Asus card after they fixed that cooler issue?

Gibbo · 1 Feb 2019 at 18:25

Chrisc said:
Is this still the case for the Asus card after they fixed that cooler issue?

Sapphire is a bespoke built card.
Asus is a parts bin special.

I'd buy Sapphire.

Chrisc · 1 Feb 2019 at 18:58

Gibbo said:
Sapphire is a bespoke built card.
Asus is a parts bin special.

I'd buy Sapphire.

Balls I knew I should have gone for the sapphire, I only went for the Strix because of the extended warranty, it was slightly cheaper at the time and the fact my mate ended up with a bit of a dud sapphire.

LtMatt · 1 Feb 2019 at 19:40

The best Vega 64 is the liquid edition by far, the next best is the Sapphire Nitro.