The Radeon VII Owners Thread

Jesaul · 12 Sep 2019 at 10:16

Looks nice!
But I've had 2 sections AIO... And I've had to remake it to 3 section 420mm radiator for lower temps and no noise (2090Mhz and 1218mv).

Chud_Jenny · 12 Sep 2019 at 10:57

Breezer_ said:
Yeah love it now since its so silent and cool, Radeon VII amazing card for my usage along with TR 1950X, monster workstation and runs games very well @ 4k.

Looking good!
Just one thing of note. The current drivers are broken! OK upto 19.7.5 and then the core clock refuses to alter in wattman. as in it just does nothing. I run 1900mhz@1000mv 1140HBM on 19.7.5 fine, and it just doesn't happen on newer drivers. My brother has the same too with this VII. I've reported the issue to AMD so fingers crossed it gets sorted in the next driver! Even using afterburner it can't alter clocks either. the HBM isn't affect though.

Breezer_ · 12 Sep 2019 at 12:44

I would love to use afterburner only, but i have noticed that you get just black screen if you start overvolting and upping clocks, wattman works fine tho, is it common bug on afterburner?

Jesaul · 12 Sep 2019 at 13:12

I use afterburner. Black screen looks like a driver crash or card failure. I've never had it in afterburner.

Chud_Jenny · 12 Sep 2019 at 15:21

Jesaul said:
I use afterburner. Black screen looks like a driver crash or card failure. I've never had it in afterburner.

Breezer_ said:
I would love to use afterburner only, but i have noticed that you get just black screen if you start overvolting and upping clocks, wattman works fine tho, is it common bug on afterburner?

I only tried afterburner to check it was a driver issue with the clocks. And it is. Even afterburner can't change them after 19.7.5. I've stuck to wattman and had good results up until this driver issue.

northun_munky · 12 Sep 2019 at 16:27

Breezer_ said:
I would love to use afterburner only, but i have noticed that you get just black screen if you start overvolting and upping clocks, wattman works fine tho, is it common bug on afterburner?

I get exactly this with OC'ing with Wattman.

Chud_Jenny · 12 Sep 2019 at 16:45

northun_munky said:
I get exactly this with OC'ing with Wattman.

What HBM clocks are you trying to push?

northun_munky · 12 Sep 2019 at 17:10

Chud_Jenny said:
What HBM clocks are you trying to push?

I haven't really. I get artifacts and glitching if I even move the memory higher than stock so I gave up lol! The black screens are from pushing the core clock.

I bought it B grade so I guess it might have returned due to the lack on HBM headroom...

Chud_Jenny · 12 Sep 2019 at 17:50

northun_munky said:
I haven't really. I get artifacts and glitching if I even move the memory higher than stock so I gave up lol! The black screens are from pushing the core clock.

I bought it B grade so I guess it might have returned due to the lack on HBM headroom...

Between myself and my brothers card, we are using 1130/1140 HBM as it uses too much of the power budget to get further.
What's your default voltage on that card? I have a low voltage card 1060-1063mv.

northun_munky · 12 Sep 2019 at 18:25

Chud_Jenny said:
Between myself and my brothers card, we are using 1130/1140 HBM as it uses too much of the power budget to get further.
What's your default voltage on that card? I have a low voltage card 1060-1063mv.

1082mv. UV'ed to 983mv at stock core mem speeds.

TBH, I sorely tempted to massively overhaul my system and get both the cpu and vii back under water so I can properly play with OC'ing both. Will have finish playing Witcher 3 before I do though.

looks good in 4k

Chud_Jenny · 12 Sep 2019 at 20:32

northun_munky said:
1082mv. UV'ed to 983mv at stock core mem speeds.

TBH, I sorely tempted to massively overhaul my system and get both the cpu and vii back under water so I can properly play with OC'ing both. Will have finish playing Witcher 3 before I do though. looks good in 4k

Ye I'd do it. There's a b grade ek block on ocuk and a backplate too.

northun_munky · 12 Sep 2019 at 20:43

Chud_Jenny said:
Ye I'd do it. There's a b grade ek block on ocuk and a backplate too.

Saw that

problem is, by the time I'd added those, a new water block (cos AM4) £50's worth of fittings, a new case etc I'd spent more than the £100 budget would allow

#damnkidstakingallmymoney

Breezer_ · 12 Sep 2019 at 20:43

Is there really any benefit overclocking HBM memory? Mine does 1200 atleast, have not even tried more.

Chud_Jenny · 12 Sep 2019 at 20:56

northun_munky said:
Saw that problem is, by the time I'd added those, a new water block (cos AM4) £50's worth of fittings, a new case etc I'd spent more than the £100 budget would allow #damnkidstakingallmymoney

Just get the kids to buy you it for xmas!

Just 3 months early lol.

EastCoastHandle · 13 Sep 2019 at 02:24

Guys,

Uninstall MSI AB 1st (save your profiles)
Then uninstall Radeon Drivers
Reboot
Then go to AMD\Win10-64Bit-Radeon-Software-Adrenalin-2019-Edition-19.X.X\Bin64\ (where ever you uninstall the driver to...Usually C drive)
Click on: AMDCleanupUtility.exe
It will reboot PC into Safe Mode for you then clean drivers.
It will then reboot back to desktop.
Install 19.9.2
Then Reinstall MSI AB

See if that helps.

Chud_Jenny · 13 Sep 2019 at 08:41

Unfortunately 19.9.2 is still a broken driver for Vii clocks! :mad:

Jesaul · 13 Sep 2019 at 09:54

They may have killed overclocking in new drivers on purpose

Chud_Jenny · 13 Sep 2019 at 10:05

Jesaul said:
They may have killed overclocking in new drivers on purpose

I'm starting to think that too!

northun_munky · 13 Sep 2019 at 13:31

Chud_Jenny said:
I'm starting to think that too!

Hope not, just about to spank a load of money so I can get it under water! Lol!

Jesaul · 13 Sep 2019 at 13:32

northun_munky said:
Hope not, just about to spank a load of money so I can get it under water! Lol!

420mm radiator is perfect

Silence....