The RX Vega 56 Owners Thread

offitmassive · 18 Mar 2019 at 20:12

Ewaf said:
Couple of quick questions if someone could help me out. Looking to undervolt my 56 pulse soon, should I flash the bios to 64 first or not bother?

Also, anyone know if you can change the colour/behaviour of the pulse LED on the side?

Cheers!

IIRC the LEDs are controlled by the sapphire trixx software? You need to decide whether you want the bios flashed or not. However a little homework is needed to see if the pulse 56 can be flashed to a v64. One bios, switch position is protected. The other one will allow you to flash. I'd use overdriventool for the overclocking and undervolting btw

Ewaf · 18 Mar 2019 at 21:21

Ahh ok cool. I had heard that overdriventool is better actually, was planning on loosely following this guide:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/71978a/psa_lazy_mans_guide_to_tweaking_your_gpu_rx_vega/

offitmassive · 18 Mar 2019 at 21:39

Ewaf said:
Ahh ok cool. I had heard that overdriventool is better actually, was planning on loosely following this guide:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/71978a/psa_lazy_mans_guide_to_tweaking_your_gpu_rx_vega/

Thats the guide i followed too. I'll have a look for a v64 bios for you...

offitmassive · 18 Mar 2019 at 21:42

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/96vkn4/sapphire_vega_56_pulse_with_64_bios/

Follow this. You need to see if you have hynix or samsung memory. And then use the command line to force bios flash it. the software for amd/ati atiflash wouldnt work on my red dragon so comman dline is the way you have to go. Before the flash i was at max 930 mhz, im now at 1100mhz and havent yet seen how far i can go. Im on vega 64 territory i reckon!

Ewaf · 18 Mar 2019 at 21:44

Awesome stuff thanks! Also, I checked and I'm 99% sure you cant change the pulse red LED, tried with the Sapphire trixx software. Nevermind!

EDIT: Looks like I have samsung memory

offitmassive · 18 Mar 2019 at 22:04

Ewaf said:
Awesome stuff thanks! Also, I checked and I'm 99% sure you cant change the pulse red LED, tried with the Sapphire trixx software. Nevermind!

EDIT: Looks like I have samsung memory

Tidy!!!

NoNameNoNumber · 18 Mar 2019 at 22:04

Any ideas if there's a water block available for the Pulse?

Ewaf · 18 Mar 2019 at 22:47

offitmassive said:
Tidy!!!

Which bios did you flash yours with? I think there's one linked in that Reddit thread, was it that one?

offitmassive · 19 Mar 2019 at 07:02

Ewaf said:
Which bios did you flash yours with? I think there's one linked in that Reddit thread, was it that one?

I used a sapphire bios to flash my red dragon. Idk if its the same one but I had to Google one to find people on forums that had found one that worked as there isn't a red dragon 64. Even the red devil 64 didn't work on mine

$ilent · 19 Mar 2019 at 07:49

offitmassive said:
But ive OCed it to 1090mhz @1.1v!!

IIRC the v64 bios forces 1.3v to the memory. Ignore the 1.1v setting in wattman that is just a floor voltage for the core clock speed. Gpuz shows memory voltage I think

offitmassive · 19 Mar 2019 at 09:02

$ilent said:
IIRC the v64 bios forces 1.3v to the memory. Ignore the 1.1v setting in wattman that is just a floor voltage for the core clock speed. Gpuz shows memory voltage I think

OK thanks for clarifying that. Weird how they let you think you're adjusting it!

Defy Belief · 19 Mar 2019 at 12:05

Anyone playing DMC 5 / Battlefield V in 4K on a 56? Interested in buying one and going 4K shortly and interested to know what settings people can play at on a 56.

Poneros · 19 Mar 2019 at 12:52

Defy Belief said:
Anyone playing DMC 5 / Battlefield V in 4K on a 56? Interested in buying one and going 4K shortly and interested to know what settings people can play at on a 56.

BF V (Ultra): 45-55 FPS (mind you his V56 is clocked low, so good chance of staying above 50 with some OC/UV)
https://youtu.be/W05Rz7FPwBg?t=821

DMC5 (Ultra): ~60 FPS during gameplay, cutscenes are lower (he's using a V64, but those are V56 clocks)
https://youtu.be/6wLYH9Rz-es

Imo it would be pretty trivial to OC/UV the V56 and get 60 fps in either game at 4K with mostly the highest settings enabled, though some minor tweaks would be needed to push you over the line.

Defy Belief · 19 Mar 2019 at 13:42

Poneros said:
BF V (Ultra): 45-55 FPS (mind you his V56 is clocked low, so good chance of staying above 50 with some OC/UV)
https://youtu.be/W05Rz7FPwBg?t=821

DMC5 (Ultra): ~60 FPS during gameplay, cutscenes are lower (he's using a V64, but those are V56 clocks)
https://youtu.be/6wLYH9Rz-es

Imo it would be pretty trivial to OC/UV the V56 and get 60 fps in either game at 4K with mostly the highest settings enabled, though some minor tweaks would be needed to push you over the line.

That is pretty good going tbf, thank you very much

NoNameNoNumber · 20 Mar 2019 at 17:07

NoNameNoNumber said:
Any ideas if there's a water block available for the Pulse?

Hup

SBD · 20 Mar 2019 at 19:24

I'm about to order the VEGA 56 Reference card and I want to double check if Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply should be enough juice to power this beast? I have an i5 3570k @4.4Ghz 16gb RAM, 1 SSD etc. I am currently running an old AMD 7970 GHZ so this should feel like massive jump. Moving to RYZEN 3 whenever that shows up

welshrat · 20 Mar 2019 at 19:32

SBD said:
I'm about to order the VEGA 56 Reference card and I want to double check if Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply should be enough juice to power this beast? I have an i5 3570k @4.4Ghz 16gb RAM, 1 SSD etc. I am currently running an old AMD 7970 GHZ so this should feel like massive jump. Moving to RYZEN 3 whenever that shows up

In theory yes it should be fine, I think at the wall with everything you will be looking at below 400watts but I would be careful, I have a bequiet 630watt and have had zero issues with an i4790k and vega 56 and now a ryzen 2600 with the same card. undervolting wont hurt either.

SBD · 20 Mar 2019 at 19:40

welshrat said:
In theory yes it should be fine, I think at the wall with everything you will be looking at below 400watts but I would be careful, I have a bequiet 630watt and have had zero issues with an i4790k and vega 56 and now a ryzen 2600 with the same card. undervolting wont hurt either.

Thanks, yes it's a worry because yes I want to under volt but if I start needing to look at a new PSU then it is probably a better solution to look at the RTX 2060...I'll do a bit more reading!

Zernath · 21 Mar 2019 at 00:07

SBD said:
I'm about to order the VEGA 56 Reference card and I want to double check if Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply should be enough juice to power this beast? I have an i5 3570k @4.4Ghz 16gb RAM, 1 SSD etc. I am currently running an old AMD 7970 GHZ so this should feel like massive jump. Moving to RYZEN 3 whenever that shows up

I was running mine on a 500w PSU just fine. It's not recommended, but I had no issues with the card at stock settings.

I have since swapped out my 500w for a 750w, just to give me some headroom for future upgrades, and maybe a bit of overclocking, but it wasn't a requirement to run the card.

the_chez · 21 Mar 2019 at 21:36

$ilent said:
I just left all P states at 950mv and then put p6 and p7 at 1000mv, then put memory to 950mhz and 950mv Set your p6 at 1600 and p7 at 1630mhz and then fan to 100% temporarily. See if it can run 3dmark.

You can try lowering memory to 900 but most if not all v56 I've seen can do 950mhz memory. Also you could try push core clock higher than 1630mhz but the benefits are negligible to be honest.

If it crashes drop the core clocks back slightly then if you've found your stable benchmark clock I'd run folding at home (f@h) for 12 hours and see if it's stable.

If it is then save the profile and drop fans back. I run at 1570 p6 and 1600 p7 and 950mhz memory, 1.00v core and .95v memory and set fan to 60 so it's virtually inaudible over case fans and temps max out 65c during gaming. Its butter smooth at bf5 ultra 1440p.

Thank you for this, really helpful !