Caporegime
Have you tried lowering the P6 and P7 voltage by 0.050mv? That may help reduce the temps and result in a slightly higher clock.
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Poll: ASUS STRIX AMD VEGA 64, under £450, interested?
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The only disappointment with the AMD only brands is no-one offers more than a two year warranty. As for the recycled cooler we had the same problem with the non reference Hawaii cards from Asus & MSI, Asus used a 5 pipe heatsink with only 3 of the pipes made contact with the Hawaii chip & MSI used a heatsink that was to thin, it seems both were recycled parts and the cards struggled to improve on the reference blower stats because of it, Add Gigabyte to the list and they're the brands I avoid for AMD cards,
That said if I hadn't already got a Vega card I'd be interested in a Strix at the right price if the warranty was being honoured after doing the VRM pads. Now we know why it falters if it can be fixed why not.
Soldato
Also I should add that
a) Thermal Grizzly Pad 8 is the best pad before some exotic ones costing their weight in gold. And not imported to UK.
2.5-3mm ones are best for all jobs. Even if that is VRAM or VRM cooling. Ignore EK silicon based pads completely. (or Bykski silicon pads for that matter).
In addition is great product for M.2 cooling plates like the ones found on Asus boards
b) The Strix will get better under full block, for those planning to watercool their V64.
c) Reducing power always improve performance on Vega 64
Regardless if is on Air or Water. That from personal experience with the watercooled Nitro.
a) Thermal Grizzly Pad 8 is the best pad before some exotic ones costing their weight in gold. And not imported to UK.
2.5-3mm ones are best for all jobs. Even if that is VRAM or VRM cooling. Ignore EK silicon based pads completely. (or Bykski silicon pads for that matter).
In addition is great product for M.2 cooling plates like the ones found on Asus boards
b) The Strix will get better under full block, for those planning to watercool their V64.
c) Reducing power always improve performance on Vega 64
Regardless if is on Air or Water. That from personal experience with the watercooled Nitro.
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Ive got a Strix Vega 64 with an EK block on it. If I can help with any testing let me know. But from stock the thermal pads were fitted correctly and i saw no issues with the VRM temps before I put it under water.
Ive seen mine boost up to 1640 on the core with 1100 on the memory. Which it holds in the Witcher 3 at 37 degress. I have tweaked the power states before that testing though.
Let me know if you want me to try any thing else all?
Ive seen mine boost up to 1640 on the core with 1100 on the memory. Which it holds in the Witcher 3 at 37 degress. I have tweaked the power states before that testing though.
Let me know if you want me to try any thing else all?
See Gibbo I did say back earlier In the thread,
But glad you did inhouse testing, fair play to you.
Soldato
Thats great stuff mate.
Yeah it seems the Strix needs watercooling by default
Shame on Asus must say...
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Im running 3440 x 1440 ultrawide and max settings except nvidia stuff. 75 fps average in wither 3 so im over the moon with the card under water for sure. On the stock cooler it was good but under water it shines guys.
The build quality of it and the cooler is great it just seems they need water to get the best out of them?
The build quality of it and the cooler is great it just seems they need water to get the best out of them?
Soldato
Has the deal gone live?
Soldato
The Strix only unfortunately. Nitro & Red Devil have some over engineered coolers that can cool the Sun, and water only if you want to have them watercooled.
And still the heatsinks can have improved performance by replacing the thermal paste with liquid metal.
Like I did initially with the Nitro before put it under water, which tbh didn't change anything other than i can push the card without having fans spinning at high power settings.
Or at power save mode (176W), where the clocks are higher (mid 1500s) instead of 1400s
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I didnt see my card throttle back to 1400s before the water block. It held at around 1550 under gaming conditions at least but i only used it stock for a week or so?
Anyway if I can help with testing im more than happy to help and im still playing around with settings on my new build
Anyway if I can help with testing im more than happy to help and im still playing around with settings on my new build
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That would be good for mine, I just had a dark pro 3 cpu aircooler and some grizzly liquid metal delivered, It was missing a backplate which OCUK arranged for BeQuiet to deliver straight to me so when I do the cpu I might do the Red Devil as well to get quieter full load running.
It seems I was really spoilt with my Be quiet Pure Rock cooled 4790k @ Sapphire Fury Tri-x build, even during long full load gaming sessions it was whisper quiet, I miss my Fury
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That would be good for mine, I just had a dark pro 3 cpu aircooler and some grizzly liquid metal delivered, It was missing a backplate which OCUK arranged for BeQuiet to deliver straight to me so when I do the cpu I might do the Red Devil as well to get quieter full load running.
It seems I was really spoilt with my Be quiet Pure Rock cooled 4790k @ Sapphire Fury Tri-x build, even during long full load gaming sessions it was whisper quiet, I miss my Fury
When I had the GTX1080Ti Xtreme, was missing my silent FuryX (AIO) and watercooled Nano & GTX1080.
Hence decided that the Vega had to be under water or not at all....
And worked well the Bykski waterblock with the EK fittings from the 1080 pre-filled block. Only had to top up the Predator 360 with distilled water.
I didnt see my card throttle back to 1400s before the water block. It held at around 1550 under gaming conditions at least but i only used it stock for a week or so?
Anyway if I can help with testing im more than happy to help and im still playing around with settings on my new build
Try these settings
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32057078/
and these
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32069197/
Lets us know how it goes.
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I'll try both mate see how I get on
Yea I've never understood this, whereas you go nvidia and choose say zotac or evga and you've got better/more versatile warranties.
I am afraid not, I am not happy buying a thousand units of a product that potentially has a cooling issue.
Yes for the customers here who are happy to tweak voltage down, improve the thermal pads or even water cool it, that is of course fine, but the forums will not be able to sell me 1000 cards.
I've informed Asus of the issue we had witnessed, asked them if the stock they are selling me has maybe had a revision / update or if they could maybe even offer at a better price considering the boost clocks advertised are unrealistic in real world operation.
So we shall see, I've also requested deal from all other VEGA partners, so maybe another partner can give a similar deal. We shall see, but for me to buy 1000 units, I need to happy and with these findings I am more inclined to just pass the deal off or try to get better price or same price but for a lesser amount, say 100 units.
Though under EU law you have 6 years on goods bought after 2015 anyway! I know someone who got Dell to repair a laptop using this (was a B grade one and only had 1 year). They initially denied the warranty claim since it expired ages ago, soon as he mentioned the the consumer act they caved instantly.
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citize...uarantees-returns/united-kingdom/index_en.htm
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Caporegime
I thought that only applied if, after the 6 month period, you could prove the item was defective from when it was bought?
Caporegime
It's where it gets a bit weird really.
But the UK doesn't have to follow the 2 year EU standard warranty because the UK has its own superior legislation, so at the very least you should have no proglems within a two year period.