£££ RETURN OF THE SAPPHIRE VEGA 56 & 64 DEAL WITH THREE FREE GAMES!! £££

joelk2 · 22 Feb 2019 at 17:31

Gibbo said:
Yes you do.

AHH nice. Couldn't see it mentioned on the page anywhere.

Edit. Was at the bottom which I missed

Now how do I get this delivered without my wife knowing?

varkanoid · 23 Feb 2019 at 09:09

joelk2 said:
Now how do I get this delivered without my wife knowing?

Get it delivered to work. Once its inside the PC they never know.

Poneros · 23 Feb 2019 at 10:07

Defy Belief said:
Currently have a 5820k which I want to overclock to about 4.5ghz, seasonic g550 watt gold psu, would I be able to run this gpu with my psu do you think?

currently have an rx570

Perhaps. The 5820k to 4.5ghz seems overly hopeful though, the OC/Voltage curve on those is insane as you OC (in a bad way). I ran a V64 Nitro & 6800k (@4ghz) off a 550w PSU just fine (but Power Limit wasn't changed; did some +50% PL OC too but with very low voltages <1v and worked fine). Generally had no issues if I kept the chip power <280w, so with a V56 you'll be well below that. Also have like 6 drives too and a bunch of fans.

Bengaboy · 23 Feb 2019 at 16:40

I bought the Vega 56 in November and I am extremely happy with it - for £279 - it is a bargain!

=TE= jossmer · 24 Feb 2019 at 10:39

gupsterg said:
So are we gonna see £250 ...

Just banged an order in for one of these bad boys

Kurgen · 24 Feb 2019 at 10:54

=TE= jossmer said:
Just banged an order in for one of these bad boys

ive cancelled my 1660ti order.. would the vega56 be a worthwhile upgrade for my VR PC (Vive) currently using a GTX970

Bengaboy · 24 Feb 2019 at 11:18

Kurgen said:
ive cancelled my 1660ti order.. would the vega56 be a worthwhile upgrade for my VR PC (Vive) currently using a GTX970

I think it should be great. You can undervolt / overclock to get it to pretty much Vega 64 standards so it should be fine

Kurgen · 24 Feb 2019 at 11:23

is the blower one still ok, im not bothered about noisy fan

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x MSI Radeon RX VEGA 56 Air Boost OC 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £248.99

Total: £258.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)

Bengaboy · 24 Feb 2019 at 11:26

Temps and stuff are supposed to be higher. I believe it is regarded as one of the worse Vega 56s.

For £30 more, I would still go for the Pulse.

Kurgen · 24 Feb 2019 at 11:26

ok thanks Pulse it is

Kurgen · 24 Feb 2019 at 11:31

Bengaboy said:
Temps and stuff are supposed to be higher. I believe it is regarded as one of the worse Vega 56s.

For £30 more, I would still go for the Pulse.

is 500w PSU enough with X99 4core Xeon, or should I use spare EVGA supernova G2 750w

Bengaboy · 24 Feb 2019 at 11:36

Kurgen said:
is 500w PSU enough with X99 4core Xeon, or should I use spare EVGA supernova G2 750w

I wouldn't like to say for sure - however, I would suspect the 500w would be fine. Could always try it and swap it if necessary?

Kurgen · 24 Feb 2019 at 11:39

ordered

craptakular · 24 Feb 2019 at 12:43

Is the 64 better than a 1080? I've already got a 1080

JediFragger · 24 Feb 2019 at 12:52

craptakular said:
Is the 64 better than a 1080? I've already got a 1080

Side-grade.

Bengaboy · 24 Feb 2019 at 22:19

Kurgen said:
ordered

Ace - I am sure you will love it

gupsterg · 25 Feb 2019 at 07:30

craptakular said:
Is the 64 better than a 1080? I've already got a 1080

When Vega launched I was unimpressed. Bought a MSI GTX 1080 Seahawk EK X, card clocked well out of the box, as I reckon the factory waterblock aided it, great efficiency as well. What I couldn't get on was the driver panel and biggest thing was shooting myself in the foot for no longer having access to Freesync. If nVidia had allowed Freesync support at that time I doubt I would have gone back to AMD GPU.

Gibbo · 25 Feb 2019 at 10:28

craptakular said:
Is the 64 better than a 1080? I've already got a 1080

They trade blows, as resolution increases Vega tends to win, but as you own a 1080 it is really pointless to change as you'd see very little performance change.
I'd only consider the change if you can sell your 1080 for around £300 and if you have a freesync monitor.

stuartharrison · 25 Feb 2019 at 11:04

Kurgen said:
is 500w PSU enough with X99 4core Xeon, or should I use spare EVGA supernova G2 750w

If you have the evga supernova I'd use that - I have basically the same PSU - superflower leadex 750 gold - I've never heard the fan spin up in that once in 3 years (it's passive till about 550w); powers my 64 nitro and X99 system nicely. You want some headroom with the vegas.

stuartharrison · 25 Feb 2019 at 11:08

Poneros said:
Perhaps. The 5820k to 4.5ghz seems overly hopeful though, the OC/Voltage curve on those is insane as you OC (in a bad way). I ran a V64 Nitro & 6800k (@4ghz) off a 550w PSU just fine (but Power Limit wasn't changed; did some +50% PL OC too but with very low voltages <1v and worked fine). Generally had no issues if I kept the chip power <280w, so with a V56 you'll be well below that. Also have like 6 drives too and a bunch of fans.

You're running your V64 on under 1v? I could get mine to do that on power saving bios (+50%), but wasn't sure about stability.