The RX Vega 64 Owners Thread

YoungBlood · 29 Aug 2018 at 03:10

Lokken86 said:
Might wanna go for a 750w instead for v64.

Ah OK. I'm already running that PSU see, was hoping I could get away with it.

Lokken86 · 29 Aug 2018 at 04:06

YoungBlood said:
Ah OK. I'm already running that PSU see, was hoping I could get away with it.

You might get away with it. There is a guy on YouTube that tested a bunch of 500w-600w psus with Vega. Some of them worked some didn't. Obviously a high quality one like this would probably work OK at stock but if you start overclocking the card the system will definitely start crashing.

Actually he probably tested out of the box so if you undervolting the card it would actually be alright I think.

edit: found the video

Panos · 29 Aug 2018 at 06:40

RatmanGB said:
So, now that my Red Devil is working... I have a question about coil whine.

Is it normal to get coil whine with the Red Devil? I get a very audible buzz in any benchmark or game that makes the graphics card work (Shadow of War is particularly bad).

Considering my recent PSU adventures, I tried it in another PC with a Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850W and it's definitely the graphics card.

Coil wine is a combination of 3 things. Capacitors, PSU power delivered and how tight is your heatsink.
First step is to untie all the screws to the right of the GPU (not the GPU ones) as you see the card upside down. Screw them again but without over doing it. Just use the similar force you hold an egg. (dont touch screws having stickers on them)

Second. By default all cards are set to 276W. Thats a lot considering the speed...
Few pages back you will find some of my settings of undervolting and overclocking.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32057078/

Third. On the Global settings, set the cap limit fps to the maximum of the Freesync range your monitor is working.

Fourth. If you do not need max fps use the powersave mode. You will lose 10%-15% fps the card will consume around 176W. But no coil whine.

You will see that coil whine will be all but gone. However if you do not put your ear next to the card, you wont hear it. Nor when you play games with sound

After few weeks the capacitors will behave.

EL_JOCK · 29 Aug 2018 at 12:48

Well time to add me to the list of people with Vega,

Just waiting for the water block to arrive and some real work can begin, but so far even with the stock cooler its much better than my R9 290, that old girl can now finally rest after many years of service

EL_JOCK · 29 Aug 2018 at 14:26

Is it worth it to flash the liquid vega bios on to the card once i put a water block on it?

Kaapstad · 29 Aug 2018 at 14:38

EL_JOCK said:
Well time to add me to the list of people with Vega,

Just waiting for the water block to arrive and some real work can begin, but so far even with the stock cooler its much better than my R9 290, that old girl can now finally rest after many years of service

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TimAhKin · 29 Aug 2018 at 14:50

Will Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro return to the OC's store or it's gone forever?

Panos · 29 Aug 2018 at 18:51

TimAhKin said:
Will Sapphire Vega 64 Nitro return to the OC's store or it's gone forever?

Gibbo said few weeks back, that going to stock the Nitro, if Sapphire gives him a good deal.

At current UK price at £550 it aint worth £100 over the red devil. Even at £50 over, ain't worth either.

RatmanGB · 29 Aug 2018 at 18:57

Panos said:
Coil wine is a combination of 3 things. Capacitors, PSU power delivered and how tight is your heatsink.
First step is to untie all the screws to the right of the GPU (not the GPU ones) as you see the card upside down. Screw them again but without over doing it. Just use the similar force you hold an egg. (dont touch screws having stickers on them)

Second. By default all cards are set to 276W. Thats a lot considering the speed...
Few pages back you will find some of my settings of undervolting and overclocking.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32057078/

Third. On the Global settings, set the cap limit fps to the maximum of the Freesync range your monitor is working.

Fourth. If you do not need max fps use the powersave mode. You will lose 10%-15% fps the card will consume around 176W. But no coil whine.

You will see that coil whine will be all but gone. However if you do not put your ear next to the card, you wont hear it. Nor when you play games with sound After few weeks the capacitors will behave.

Thanks for the advice!

Power save mode and limiting FPS does make it better, but it's still there and still very noticeable. It's particularly bad on Strange Brigade, whatever I do. I'm hoping that something changes, but...

Is coil whine something that a card can be RMA'd for, or is it a "feature"?

I'm really pleased with the performance of the Vega 64 - coming from a GTX970 - but I'm not sure I can deal with the noise.

Panos · 29 Aug 2018 at 19:07

RatmanGB said:
Thanks for the advice!

Power save mode and limiting FPS does make it better, but it's still there and still very noticeable. It's particularly bad on Strange Brigade, whatever I do. I'm hoping that something changes, but...

Is coil whine something that a card can be RMA'd for, or is it a "feature"?

I'm really pleased with the performance of the Vega 64 - coming from a GTX970 - but I'm not sure I can deal with the noise.

Is not feature, yet many manufacturers don't class their card as faulty.
As wrote is a combination of 3. First do what I said about the screws. The tighter they are the more they vibrate due to pressure on the heatsink.
Then given the card few weeks. If your PSU is good one, it will be reduced.

GTX1080 Armor, 1080Ti Xtreme, Nano, Vega 64 Nitro were my last 4 out of 5 cards.
The only one didn't had coil wine was the FuryX.
On the other 4, the issue was partially resolved by unscrewing them and not over tighten the screens in the power delivery area.
Then given time it was gone. Right now the V64 Nitro only squeals when I pass 350W+ on it, and yet is almost no audible. Compared to when I got it, which was a hell of a soprano at 276W or above.

Kaapstad · 29 Aug 2018 at 22:05

WYNIR0 said:
Can you add me to the Roll please Kap.

Going to install her once wife and child are in bed.

In't the meantime Pic is here....https://www.dropbox.com/s/fmrl92y4fdwdn8z/devil2.jpg?dl=0

EDIT. I don't know what I'm doing with the image links.... someone help?!

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WYNIR0 · 29 Aug 2018 at 22:17

Thanks Kaap

Figo · 30 Aug 2018 at 13:34

Can I play ?

Zeebedy · 30 Aug 2018 at 13:51

Hey guys, installed my new system, but having trouble with the VEGA GPU.

When I load up afterburner or any monitoring software, my GPU is not recognized, (e.g. just stays grayed out and at 0 on AB). Is it also blank for driver version?

I have re-installed drivers and also tried the last revision of driver to no avail.

Panos · 30 Aug 2018 at 21:01

rip-the-jacker said:
Hey guys, installed my new system, but having trouble with the VEGA GPU.

When I load up afterburner or any monitoring software, my GPU is not recognized, (e.g. just stays grayed out and at 0 on AB). Is it also blank for driver version?

I have re-installed drivers and also tried the last revision of driver to no avail.

a) Uninstall MSI AB and RTSS.
b) You need to use DDU in Windows safe mode , and make sure it sets to stop Windows from installing it's own drivers.
c) Install the latest drivers.

FYI. Shft+ctrl+O shows the new AMD overlay and use wattman to overclock/undervolt.
You can find good settings few pages back.

And also the RTSS overlay (MSI AB) impacts performance on AMD cards.

However if you still want to use the overlay go install MSI AB but do not try to overclock the card through there. is CRAP.

Panos · 30 Aug 2018 at 21:04

The FirePro WX9100 is a Vega 64 powered card. Have a look what it can do, as presented on AMD's today video

Yeah, paired with a laptop RadeonPro 560 using async compute to render using radeon pro render RadeonRays, while at the same time is running a real time rendering (no rasterization) on second app, and having a third app fiddling with graphics....

Kaapstad · 30 Aug 2018 at 21:17

Figo said:
Can I play ?

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ShortWarning · 31 Aug 2018 at 09:55

My replacement 64 should be with me today, whoop! Crazy quick turnaround by OCUK (which is why I'll always buy from them).

nashathedog · 31 Aug 2018 at 10:19

@LtMatt I ended up having to do a reinstall of Windows as you suggested, It started with just Doom not running and then all of a sudden new games I've recently bought like F1 2018 wouldn't work either.

It was a bit odd so I unplugged my drives and did a clean install on the OS drive and problem solved, they're all working now, Cheers.

nashathedog · 31 Aug 2018 at 10:23

YoungBlood said:
Ah OK. I'm already running that PSU see, was hoping I could get away with it.

Some people do, give it a try but be prepared to buy a new psu if need be, If you do need a new psu cause your 650 watt model doesn't cut it grab an 850 watt rather than a 750 watt just to be safe.