RX480 Nitro OC 8GB just taken me 3 hours to redo my whole loop to make room for this Vega 64
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The RX Vega 64 Owners Thread
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RX480 Nitro OC 8GB just taken me 3 hours to redo my whole loop to make room for this Vega 64
Ordered the Vega 64, arrived today. Super service from OCUK as normal.Would post a pic if i could work out how, LOL
would have loved to fit it and have a play, but due to the impulse purchase yesturday,i now have a card that is so long it hits my res, so going have to redo my loop, and even if it had fitted in ok, i didn't think about the fact it doesn't have a DVI and my monitor doesn't have Hdmi or displayport. so have to go source and new cable until i purchase a new monitor which is next on my shopping list.
But it does look nice.
Well got a picture up, round the wrong way hahahahah oh dear.
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@Kaapstad you're going to be worked hard by all the new vega owners!
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Hey guys, nitro+ should be arriving some point today, a long with the kit for a whole new system!
Reading stuff previously I’ve seen mention I’ve Wattman program, and also underfoot to max perf. Any idiots guides around with step by step guide? Will be useful for me, and I guess all the other new users with similar queries
TIA
Reading stuff previously I’ve seen mention I’ve Wattman program, and also underfoot to max perf. Any idiots guides around with step by step guide? Will be useful for me, and I guess all the other new users with similar queries
TIA
It is really good to see so many new Vega owners, the cards are great value compared to the other alternatives.
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Yeah, Vega is doing well at its age
Well first up I'd recommend grabbing OverdriveNTool just to make life a bit easier changing clocks, voltages and power targets. I personally don't like AB for Vega OC as it doesn't give proper P state editing. I do use it for the graph tracking of temps/perf though
A monitoring tool like HWiNFO64, the sensors on GPU-Z or Afterburner if it's stable for you and keeping an eye on active clocks, power draw (yes I know it's not 100% accurate, but useful for seeing when throttling occurs) and voltage (enable voltage monitoring not editing in Afterburner).
Grab a SoftPP table that works for your card. I use a 200% version for Power target instead of the stock 50% allowing unrestricted Power target's however it's going to allow higher heat generation, something to keep in mind. I also use a custom water loop, so can take the extra power without too much issue, the blower doesn't fare so well, though removing the power limit prevents power throttling which can cause stuttering.
How I do my OC is by keeping P7 on the max frequency (1750MHz in my case) and then adjust the voltage between 950mv and 1250mv to determine a range which keeps the wattage low enough under heavy load and still gives good performance. For air I was using ~1100mv to keep heat build up low enough and keep performance high. For higher ambient temps I dropped it to 1050mv.
HBM should be able to reach 1100MHz, this is highly dependent on card though so I'd lower the core MHz to 1630MHz and test HBM up and up with Superposition (seems to be the first to react to HBM artifacts) and edge up to the point which it stays stable for you without artifacts. For me they show up as green splotches randomly on the screen. If I run 1180MHz and the temps breach 53C then I tend to see them. If they stay below 53C I don't see them during the run. So there's definitely temperature affecting issues with HBM. Keep in mind while I can bench with 1180MHz, I run 1100MHz normally.
OverdriveNTool also allows profiles to be saved. I have a few different ones for Benching and gaming. Also have a low power desktop profile. When Benching and Gaming I disable all power states below max to prevent stutters and drops in performance. Very easy to do with the tool vs Wattman and doesn't have the error of not applying that I find Wattman had, though I haven't used Wattman for months so it may have been fixed since I last used it.
For me a good base for the Blower was:
Core 1750Mhz @ 1050mv
HBM 1050MHz with 950mv on the HBM setting (it's min voltage for the card as far as we know, the BIOS sets a static HBM voltage that's not editable).
Power Target +200%
Disable the all P states other than P7 Core and P3 HBM for gaming and benching.
Thanks for that, really appreciate it.
I just ran Superposition getting a score of 2618 @ 1440p and during the benchmark i noticed that the core clock never went above 1480mhz, some way short of the 1632mhz the card is mean to run at. Temps remained below 70c all the way through.
Also, on the official AMD forums a member posted the following message in a thread about Sapphire Vega series and fan control.
Is that actually true?
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So i just run Superposition as well and had same results on the core clock 1480mhz max.Memory 945mhz.Temps 60-64c. Scored 4544 @ 1080p
I did run heaven 4.0 before and core clock was 1630mhz
Have made not adjustments to card, installed and ran default
I did run heaven 4.0 before and core clock was 1630mhz
Have made not adjustments to card, installed and ran default
I am considering vega 64 to replace my r9 390 but am concerned that my old 2500k @4.5 Ghz will bottleneck it badly,and i want to wait until Zen 2 if i can. I am at 1080 at the moment but will be buying a 1440 monitor shortly. Thoughts on my cpu with a vega 64 please?
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I'm using my vega with the Oculis Rift. It's excellent
Question for anyone with the Vega 64 Nitro. Do you use the 4 pin fan connector to one of your mobo fan headers? If so what is the advantage over allowing the GPU to regulate its own fan speed (I hope its not passive or >1000 rpm by default or something lol)
EDIT: I'm thick as ****, its to control external fans using GPU temps, not controlling GPU fans....
EDIT: I'm thick as ****, its to control external fans using GPU temps, not controlling GPU fans....
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Both those results say P7 state not locked and power target throttling. In OverdriveNTool you can click on the P number itself to disable that row. When disabling core P States always disable P0 to P5 together as they aren't intended to be editable anyway. P6 can be left open though I prefer to lock P6 as well to prevent any chance of stutters.
Using the registry SoftPP table you can unlock the Power limit and then work on limiting the power via the Core mv setting. No point lowering the core frequency as the voltage will throttle the GPU intelligently (one of the advantages of voltage based boosting!).
Temp/perf wise 1050MHz on the HBM is basically free performance. No need to change the HBM voltage though it can stabilise things for high voltage benchmarking.
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Thanks for the info, but you lost me after i opened OverdriveNTool.
Do you have a screen shot with a above adjustments in place ??
Here's what it looks like stock:
Here's my modified settings for Ark:
Seeing as I have a Water Block rather than the original Blower fan I zeroed out the min/max fan settings and Acoustic Limit.
I also have a SoftPowerPlay Table edit (which is a registry edit) allowing 200% power target instead of the default 50%.
Left Clicking on the Px number grey's out the line and makes that line not used for normal operation. For the Ark Profile I disable all P States below P7 for Core and P3 for HBM as they aren't required (you want the maximum performance all the time as switching P States can induce microstuttering).
The New button creates a new profile and you'll be prompted to enter the Profile name. Do that ones you've applied changes. It'll be added to the drop down profile box on the left each time you creat a new profile.
Loading a profile is simple, select the profile from the drop down. Click Load, then click Apply.
Soldato
Looking for some advice from fellow 64 owners. Had my red devil for a couple of months (when they went on sale a little while ago) but up until the last few days I have not had a chance to really use it. Having played Assassins Creed on it the last few days I have noticed terrible coil wine (I seem to get one card with out it, then one with it and then with out it again etc), along with the fan ramping right up to full speed. With out headphones on the coil wine drowns out the audio and the fan when it does ramp up to full speed is too loud for them as well. I noticed it doing this even though the temperature in Wattman was around 65-67, which to me looks fine and the same as my last few cards seem to hover around.
So tonight I decided to just run HWInfo to monitor what ever else Wattman does not show. After a min or so I am seeing this
Now I have no idea what temps are normal/bad/good with this card. Can anyone shed any light on this?
I have tried the balanced, turbo and I have also undervolted it based of a few of the values people have posted here. I see no noticeable difference, and to be honest I wouldn't expect a card to ramp its fan to full speed with in a min or two based on default settings. At least not at this time of year.
Open Wattman and make it look like this (values wise).
Let me know how it goes.
