The Radeon VII Owners Thread

Jesaul · 23 Dec 2019 at 09:58

fizzy said:
I've just updated to 19.12.3, and can see that the memory clocks are all over the place again. Spiking to some really high levels. Posted about it on the drivers thread with some screen shots. I'm surprised there aren't any issues if memory is actually being pushed that high?

Not had issues other than that so far, only played a couple of games.

I have memory clocks up to 1450 in more or less idle (gpu usage around 30%) situations and somehow it does not do anything.
Under heavy load it is strictly correct.

Kavalier · 23 Dec 2019 at 10:23

I am getting sometimes display driver reboots with both 19.12.2 and 19.12.3.

Setting am using.
https://imgur.com/isZIzv5

Dave2150 · 23 Dec 2019 at 11:01

Kavalier said:
I am getting sometimes display driver reboots with both 19.12.2 and 19.12.3.

Setting am using.
https://imgur.com/isZIzv5

Had the same. DDU in safe mode then installed 12.3, also upped my max voltage to 982mv. No issues since.

fizzy · 23 Dec 2019 at 11:11

Jesaul said:
I have memory clocks up to 1450 in more or less idle (gpu usage around 30%) situations and somehow it does not do anything.
Under heavy load it is strictly correct.

Screen shots from my other post :-

Not got any overclocking enabled, just undervolting to 970mv. General desktop use and you tube video watching seems to send it high. A peak of almost 1.8k seems a bit mad, so not sure how accurate these are but do see this in watt man as well.

Will have to do some more monitoring under load.

I do have an issue where if I leave the monitor in 10bit I get a flicker of the task bar every now and again, but not if I force monitor to 8bit. Not sure if this is a monitor fault, or linked to the vmem jumps. Not certain if my monitor is a true 10bit or 8 bit + frc?

As discussed before, latest bios on card too.

Vince · 23 Dec 2019 at 11:11

I updated my drivers the other day because my Rift made me. There is all new stuff and it murdered all of my old settings putting image sharpening and other "stuff" on. I changed a few things back and its been solid without any issues but I was going to ask, my 7 is still running release day bios (I bought on day of release) and up until last week was running properly old drivers. Is it actually worth doing the bios update? I've literally never had any issues with my card so haven't bothered. Is it worth it?

fizzy · 23 Dec 2019 at 11:21

Vince said:
I updated my drivers the other day because my Rift made me. There is all new stuff and it murdered all of my old settings putting image sharpening and other "stuff" on. I changed a few things back and its been solid without any issues but I was going to ask, my 7 is still running release day bios (I bought on day of release) and up until last week was running properly old drivers. Is it actually worth doing the bios update? I've literally never had any issues with my card so haven't bothered. Is it worth it?

I believe the bios update was to correct an issue with EUFI bios support, or some general motherboard bios compatibility related issue - not related to general performance? I also bought on day of release and updated bios just to be safe. Don't think there's been any updates since.

If you have no boot issues, it's probably not worth updating.

Vince · 23 Dec 2019 at 11:24

fizzy said:
I believe the bios update was to correct an issue with EUFI bios support, or some general motherboard bios compatibility related issue - not related to general performance? I also bought on day of release and updated bios just to be safe. Don't think there's been any updates since.

If you have no boot issues, it's probably not worth updating.

Nah it's been working a charm, no boot issues, black screen issues or any other issues at all to be honest. I'm firmly in the camp of if it aint broke don't fix it hence the 8 month old drivers I was using. Don't think ill bother with the bios. I think there appears to be 2 bios updates from a quick glance.

Kavalier · 23 Dec 2019 at 11:40

Will try again with 19.12.3 and upping the voltage to 990. Strange as I was not having an issues prior to this update.

Jesaul · 23 Dec 2019 at 12:15

Kavalier said:
Will try again with 19.12.3 and upping the voltage to 990. Strange as I was not having an issues prior to this update.

just DDU - that's the main cause.

Chud_Jenny · 23 Dec 2019 at 16:41

LtMatt said:
How are Radeon VII users finding the 19.12.3 driver?

I'm running 19.12.3, the core overclocking still doesn't work in the "tuning" settings like all drivers after 19.7.5. HBM still isn't an issue.

Chud_Jenny · 23 Dec 2019 at 16:49

Just one thing to note for the new driver, my brother experienced not been able to install it before updating this out of date chipset driver (ryzen 5 3600).
So for all AMD Ryzen uses make sure you're running:
AMD Chipset Drivers
Revision Number
1.11.22.0454
File Size
50.1 MB
Release Date
11/25/2019
https://www.amd.com/en/support/chipsets/amd-socket-am4/x470

Kavalier · 23 Dec 2019 at 22:15

Seems my issue was related to AMD driver uninstaller not cleaning properly. Using DDU and problem fixed.
The driver is stable, also loving the new UI!

Jesaul · 24 Dec 2019 at 13:45

I'm stable on 19.12.3 with 1225mv, 2120MHz, 1130 HBM.
I love this driver. Except for the sound.

Scougar · 24 Dec 2019 at 17:13

Jesaul said:
I'm stable on 19.12.3 with 1225mv, 2120MHz, 1130 HBM.
I love this driver. Except for the sound.

I haven't been following closely, is that on air?

Kavalier · 25 Dec 2019 at 07:48

If that is on air, I would love to hear a sound clip of the fans

Jesaul · 25 Dec 2019 at 09:54

Scougar said:
I haven't been following closely, is that on air?

420mm water

Kavalier · 26 Dec 2019 at 10:01

Makes sens now

MeddlE · 6 Jan 2020 at 09:03

Have ordered the ekwb block for my VII as they are out of production now. Will see how it compares to the AlphaCool block that I'm currently using.

Chud_Jenny · 6 Jan 2020 at 09:08

MeddlE said:
Have ordered the ekwb block for my VII as they are out of production now. Will see how it compares to the AlphaCool block that I'm currently using.

Night and day! The blast plate on the Alphacool blocks is of a very poor design. What sort of temps are you currently getting.
I'm running 1801mhz @ 950mv 1140HBM. I'm hitting a max of 33c edge and 62c junction on the EK block. 29-30c unless my heating is on. My junction temp was 20-30c hotter with the alphacool block!

northun_munky · 6 Jan 2020 at 09:52

Jesaul said:
19.12.3 overclocks well with morepowertool. I get 0.5% more score compared to 19.5.3

LtMatt said:
How are Radeon VII users finding the 19.12.3 driver?

fizzy said:
I've just updated to 19.12.3, and can see that the memory clocks are all over the place again. Spiking to some really high levels. Posted about it on the drivers thread with some screen shots. I'm surprised there aren't any issues if memory is actually being pushed that high?

Not had issues other than that so far, only played a couple of games.

So, are the 19.12.3 fine now with overclocking again? Would be nice to be able to squeeze some extra performance again with latest drivers as just about to play through Control.