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** The AMD Navi Thread **
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Thanks very much, as much as I like the boxy style of the reference I think I’ll wait for AIB models.
Thanks again
I'm running 1440p with the Refresh Rate at 100hz...the fan noise is nowhere near as bad as made out. If you have sound on (which you will) while playing anything at a decent volume then you won't hear it.
Cheers, i keep it in mind, i had the vega reference which when i went to 1440p was just unbearable.
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Welp I can't play apex with 3rd gen ryzen and a navi, GPU drivers crash everytime I start the game.
10/10 not salty at all
Thats a feature, GameFX, it runs in teh driver and makes sure you only play good games.
Huehuehue
Apart from that, did you use any driver cleaner before installing teh driver?
Soldato
Are you overclocked on gpu or cpu?Welp I can't play apex with 3rd gen ryzen and a navi, GPU drivers crash everytime I start the game.
10/10 not salty at all
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AMD should have gone with a twin fan reference model, As we've seen with Nvidia's board partners they're more than happy to make their own blower cards for the small percentage of people that actually want a blower card & AMD sticking to the blower design reference card means their sales won't be what they could have been, It's as if anything beyond developing the chip & putting everything on the pcb is a mystery to them, They screwed the Radeon VII up by insisting it didn't go over being 2 slots thick which resulted in there not being enough heatsink to cool it quietly & now they revert back to blowers which undoubtedly hindered release sales, AMD always finds a way to screw something up.
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This is why I bought a 2080 after 20 years of loyalty to them. Amd always find a way to screw their gpus up, even when they have the right ingredients they serve the meal on a plate made from 7 dead squirrels, and dress like businessmen at a kids partyAMD should have gone with a twin fan reference model, As we've seen with Nvidia's board partners they're more than happy to make their own blower cards for the small percentage of people that actually want a blower card & AMD sticking to the blower design reference card means their sales won't be what they could have been, It's as if anything beyond developing the chip & putting everything on the pcb is a mystery to them, They screwed the Radeon VII up by insisting it didn't go over being 2 slots thick which resulted in there not being enough heatsink to cool it quietly & now they revert back to blowers which undoubtedly hindered release sales, AMD always finds a way to screw something up.
AMD should have gone with a twin fan reference model, As we've seen with Nvidia's board partners they're more than happy to make their own blower cards for the small percentage of people that actually want a blower card & AMD sticking to the blower design reference card means their sales won't be what they could have been, It's as if anything beyond developing the chip & putting everything on the pcb is a mystery to them, They screwed the Radeon VII up by insisting it didn't go over being 2 slots thick which resulted in there not being enough heatsink to cool it quietly & now they revert back to blowers which undoubtedly hindered release sales, AMD always finds a way to screw something up.
Tbh I'm not sure it was a mistake from AMD to do it like this, from a business perspective. It does suck for us, as enthusiasts, though, because we want the card NOW and want it to be better than that.
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@Phate unfortunately got reply by EK today. I was told that there are no plans to make Aluminium block for the 5700XT.
However asked them if the generic Pascal block is compatible, because the layout is the same, with exact the same positioning.
However asked them if the generic Pascal block is compatible, because the layout is the same, with exact the same positioning.
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Thanks for following up
I'll just get the normal block already posted then! It will match my CPU block anyway!
AMD should have gone with a twin fan reference model, As we've seen with Nvidia's board partners they're more than happy to make their own blower cards for the small percentage of people that actually want a blower card & AMD sticking to the blower design reference card means their sales won't be what they could have been, It's as if anything beyond developing the chip & putting everything on the pcb is a mystery to them, They screwed the Radeon VII up by insisting it didn't go over being 2 slots thick which resulted in there not being enough heatsink to cool it quietly & now they revert back to blowers which undoubtedly hindered release sales, AMD always finds a way to screw something up.
If AMD went with dual fan models, the cards would be more expensive and they wouldn't be able to push as low of a msrp. Nvidia don't even do proper reference models anymore, their twin fan cards are priced the same or more than custom AIB models, still if you look at the cheapest geforce cards, they will have blowers as well. And often those blowers will be of a lesser quality to the one AMD is using now.
I don't think AMD should stop doing blower cards, they are a decent option for low cost reference models. What they should do instead is have AIB custom cards launch on the same day as the reference models.
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Thanks for following up
I'll just get the normal block already posted then! It will match my CPU block anyway!
Also @Kaapstad , OK that fancy designed block, came to the buttom of it. According to EK
Is sad news outlets post an image, and redistributing it like bots, without any other information, when the image is from the EK Facebook page, with explanation and comments about the product
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