The RX Vega 64 Owners Thread

Asa · 11 Sep 2017 at 13:50

AMDMatt said:
I recommend alt tabbing in and out of a game to test what achieves the highest clocks. You will mostly need to focus on State 7 if you have +50% power limit enabled. Typically you will find that the highest voltage will give the highest clock speed possible clock speed, then you just increase frequency until you hit instability.

Is that sound advice?

I alt+tabbed out of Overwatch and dropped my HBM clock from 1030 down to 1020. As I hit apply in Wattman, my PC crashed. It rebooted and Wattman restored the default profile, but I've been completely unable to to change any frequencies or voltages on the card since that happened. Instant crash. I assumed I had committed some complete amateur seppuku by adjusting clocks while a game was running in the background or something.

LtMatt · 11 Sep 2017 at 13:55

Asa said:
Is that sound advice?

I alt+tabbed out of Overwatch and dropped my HBM clock from 1030 down to 1020. As I hit apply in Wattman, my PC crashed. It rebooted and Wattman restored the default profile, but I've been completely unable to to change any frequencies or voltages on the card since that happened. Instant crash. I assumed I had committed some complete amateur seppuku by adjusting clocks while a game was running in the background or something.

If it crashed the game then perhaps it was not stable. DDU should fix it, but i have never had to do that to fix what you describe.

I would suggest using a single player game, gotta protect that K/D.

TonyTurbo78 · 11 Sep 2017 at 14:02

1250mv damn son lol

LtMatt · 11 Sep 2017 at 14:20

TonyTurbo78 said:
1250mv damn son lol

Treat em mean, keep em keen.

When you have one GPU driving 3440x1440 maximum settings, it's balls to the wall to maintain that 60-100HZ FreeSync range.

LoadsaMoney · 11 Sep 2017 at 14:35

PowerColor AIOs are in, £780

TonyTurbo78 · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:00

LoadsaMoney said:
PowerColor AIOs are in, £780

is that a joke?? please tell me so.

EDIT: Nope, no joke holy crap lmao...mental pricing.

Whats even more mental, is the Vega 64 OCUK Tech Labs with EK FC and backplate for £809. WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!! I got my card as we all know for £449, you can get them now for £479. It cost me £130 for EK Full Cover and EK backplate, OCUK are marking them up over £300 more expensive for the same goods. :eek:

BriT · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:07

£780

Nemesis.ie · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:10

TonyTurbo78 said:
I got my card as we all know for £449, you can get them now for £479. It cost me £130 for EK Full Cover and EK backplate, OCUK are marking them up over £300 more expensive for the same goods.

Presumably someone has to mount the block too, I suppose they charge ~£150/hour for labour.

nashathedog · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:12

LoadsaMoney said:
PowerColor AIOs are in, £780

Tragic innit?

I just got my new pc case delivered ready for Coffeelake too release so I can choose between that and Ryzen.
The MSI 1080 Armor I'm using at the moment won't fit in the new case so I'm looking forward to seeing what the AIB makers offer, A Tri-x like the Fury will fit so that'll be my first choice.

TonyTurbo78 · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:13

Nemesis.ie said:
Presumably someone has to mount the block too, I suppose they charge ~£150/hour for labour.

didn't realise OCUK staff were that inexperienced

. Took me no longer than 20 mins to take mine apart, cut the thermal pads to size to fit on the vitals, apply paste and put cover and backplate on.

Ian Evey · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:13

Those prices are hardly set for gamers in mind.

No more budget brand and 4k for the masses comes at a hefty price unfortunately for us.

Nemesis.ie · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:16

TonyTurbo78 said:
didn't realise OCUK staff were that inexperienced . Took me no longer than 20 mins to take mine apart, cut the thermal pads to size to fit on the vitals, apply paste and put cover and backplate on.

But most places quote "xx per hour or part thereof" ...

LtMatt · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:17

£140 more than i paid for two of my Vega 64 AIO's.

The RRP for Vega 64 AIO is £640.

Nemesis.ie · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:34

My RMA has completed, just waiting for the replacement to be sent, subject to (probably zero) stock availability.

Asa · 11 Sep 2017 at 16:37

AMDMatt said:
If it crashed the game then perhaps it was not stable. DDU should fix it, but i have never had to do that to fix what you describe.

Naw it was stable. All I'd done is downclocked the core 5% and set the HBM to 1030, which I'd already used for hours at a time previously. Unfortunately DDU hasn't resolved it, and neither has the new driver.

AMDMatt said:
I would suggest using a single player game, gotta protect that K/D.

You over-estimate my Overwatching. It is nothing worth protecting.

LoadsaMoney · 11 Sep 2017 at 22:16

Those 3x PowerColors are still in

TonyTurbo78 · 11 Sep 2017 at 23:14

LoadsaMoney said:
Those 3x PowerColors are still in

Quick, get yourself 2 of them for xfire

vanpeebles · 12 Sep 2017 at 11:35

I wonder if we will see some kind of morpheus upgrade for reference air cooled Vegas?

Kaapstad · 12 Sep 2017 at 12:05

Out with my crappy old cards and in with the new

LtMatt · 12 Sep 2017 at 12:09

Kaapstad said:
Out with my crappy old cards and in with the new

Welcome and on TROH.

(oh, that's your job

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