• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

Poll: ASUS STRIX AMD VEGA 64, under £450, interested?

Would you buy ASUS STRIX VEGA 64 UNDER £450 with FREE GAMES?

  • HELL YES!

    Votes: 80 53.7%
  • NO CHANCE!

    Votes: 69 46.3%

  • Total voters
    149
Looks like the same old story with recent benchmarks though. Once the next gen Geforce is about to hit, we see AMD cards starting to overtake the previous ones in new games :/
 
The Vega's are doing really well compared to the GTX 1080, 1070ti & 1070 in this review.

Nice to see but I'm not too sure what's going on where the 1070ti's beating the 1080 as well, reference 1080 with non 1070ti maybe?

Not all 1080's are the same card, Nvidia refreshed the 1080 with faster memory.
 
Hi there

We have done some internal testing.

The VRM has insufficient cooling and as such we have been able to mirror the results found in reviews where the card can only match a reference card as the GPU clock throttles down, due to GPU VRM getting hot. :(

As such we are unsure if customers would still be interested, yes its a great card, it is super quiet and its not an issue reliability wise but the car will only hit its boost clock rating for like 60s maximum.
So right now we have the deal put on hold, unless people are still keen.

We are also seeing if we can offer a solution to the VRM cooling, so now have the card apart.


This is what really sets us apart from any other reseller. :)
We are still tempted by the deal as reference performance is still fantastic and of course the Strix even at 100% fan speed is nearly silent and it has the nice RGB, backplate and of course FREE games.

Problem is we were wanting to sell like 1000 units, but with this issue this may now be more difficult.
 
Hi there

We have done some internal testing.

The VRM has insufficient cooling and as such we have been able to mirror the results found in reviews where the card can only match a reference card as the GPU clock throttles down, due to GPU VRM getting hot. :(

As such we are unsure if customers would still be interested, yes its a great card, it is super quiet and its not an issue reliability wise but the car will only hit its boost clock rating for like 60s maximum.
So right now we have the deal put on hold, unless people are still keen.

We are also seeing if we can offer a solution to the VRM cooling, so now have the card apart.


This is what really sets us apart from any other reseller. :)
We are still tempted by the deal as reference performance is still fantastic and of course the Strix even at 100% fan speed is nearly silent and it has the nice RGB, backplate and of course FREE games.

Problem is we were wanting to sell like 1000 units, but with this issue this may now be more difficult.
Offer a watercooled version by adding an aftermarket cooler? Also offer an upgraded air cooled version. Like I said I've just bought the Powercolour so wouldn't buy. But if I were still looking for one then both those options would have interested me.
 
May not be the best cooled VRM's but that music reactive RGB lighting makes up for it xD

This card is sexy.

ASUS_AURA_SDK_logo.jpg
 
May not be the best cooled VRM's but that music reactive RGB lighting makes up for it xD

This card is sexy.

ASUS_AURA_SDK_logo.jpg



No complaints, were extensively testing one, its an epic card, just a shame it cannot maintain its 1590 boost clock. Aesthetically and noise wise it is fantastic!
 
No complaints, were extensively testing one, its an epic card, just a shame it cannot maintain its 1590 boost clock. Aesthetically and noise wise it is fantastic!

Yeah, highest clock I have seen is around 1570Mhz.

If someone was to slap an AIO on one of these how could they cool the VRM part? Is there a heatsink designed for that type of thing, and do OCUK sell it? I am up for trying NZXT on this one. Just wanna make sure VRM have contact with something.
 
Yeah, highest clock I have seen is around 1570Mhz.

If someone was to slap an AIO on one of these how could they cool the VRM part? Is there a heatsink designed for that type of thing, and do OCUK sell it? I am up for trying NZXT on this one. Just wanna make sure VRM have contact with something.

Did you used my settings from page 284/285 on the vega discussion? By default on turbo mode even the nitro is running at 1570s under air.
 
Are Asus using the same cooler as the Nvidia GTX 1080 Strix on these?

How can Asus be so stupid to release these cards if they don't reach advertised clocks properly? Maybe they just don't give a crap about AMD cards?
 
Last edited:
Somebody on reddit fixed the Strix Vega 64's high VRM temperatures just by replacing the thermal pad with a thicker one. It seems to be a case of poor contact causing the troubles, rather than the cooler being inadequate. Simply swapping that out shaved over thirty degrees off the VRM temperature.

This is correct!

Do you know which pad they used, we tried an EK one, but it was thinner so had no effect.
It seems they just use the 1080 cooler, then use a pad not thick enough to cool the VRM effectively.

If you know the pad, we can see if we stock it, give that a try, but we tried EK earlier, with no success.
 
This is correct!

Do you know which pad they used, we tried an EK one, but it was thinner so had no effect.
It seems they just use the 1080 cooler, then use a pad not thick enough to cool the VRM effectively.

If you know the pad, we can see if we stock it, give that a try, but we tried EK earlier, with no success.
Their write-up says:
Here I used a 120x20x3mm strip of Thermal Grizzly "Minus Pad 8". I strongly recommend a 3mm pad here (as ridiculously thick as that is, it is required to make good contact).
Seems like the same one netdps posted above.
 
Back
Top Bottom