The Radeon VII Owners Thread

Lev · 22 Feb 2019 at 01:05

I was able to snatch a gigabyte card in the US, but it won't be in stock until March 1st.

Anybody here have any issues with their Gigabyte cards, also can you peel the stupid stickers off the fans?

Bloot · 22 Feb 2019 at 23:53

New 106 BIOS unknown changes yet https://www.amd.com/en/support/radeonvii-vbios-eula

Chud_Jenny · 23 Feb 2019 at 08:15

Bloot said:
New 106 BIOS unknown changes yet https://www.amd.com/en/support/radeonvii-vbios-eula

Updating the build numbers from
Old BIOS Version: 016.004.000.030.011639
New BIOS Version: 016.004.000.038.011717
Info in Reddit link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/atmrwv/radeon_vii_new_bios_v106_available/

nashathedog · 23 Feb 2019 at 09:49

Bloot said:
New 106 BIOS unknown changes yet https://www.amd.com/en/support/radeonvii-vbios-eula

I got Bios V105 from AMD's website & it bricked my card, I can't be the only one this happened too, I bet that's why it's been updated again so quickly.

Vish Petrol · 23 Feb 2019 at 10:34

nashathedog said:
I got Bios V105 from AMD's website & it bricked my card, I can't be the only one this happened too, I bet that's why it's been updated again so quickly.

Sorry to hear that, are you still covered under warranty?

vapor matt · 23 Feb 2019 at 10:41

I have updated the bios to V106 the bios revision 016.004.000.038.011717 date says in wattman 2019/02/11 not sure if wattman displays the correct date or not. GPUZ also not working fully but does display the latest bios revision number.

Supposed fix of Relive and people reporting better overclocks. some say unlocked compute performance although nothing concrete that I have seen or read.

But a new bios from AMD obviously correcting or enhancing the VII card.

nashathedog · 23 Feb 2019 at 10:47

Vish Petrol said:
Sorry to hear that, are you still covered under warranty?

Fortunately yes, I've never done a gpu bios update before so I checked how it affects the warranty before doing it & was told that as long as we install the official AMD .exe version from AMD's website we're covered.

Illuminist · 23 Feb 2019 at 11:30

nashathedog said:
Fortunately yes, I've never done a gpu bios update before so I checked how it affects the warranty before doing it & was told that as long as we install the official AMD .exe version from AMD's website we're covered.

You could have just used your on board igpu and flashed it back to the original bios, or borrow a second gpu in your second pciex slot and do the same

Dave2150 · 23 Feb 2019 at 12:04

Just flashed to V106. Not tested yet, supposedly fixes the fan RPM bug and enhances overclocking

nashathedog · 23 Feb 2019 at 13:44

Illuminist said:
You could have just used your on board igpu and flashed it back to the original bios, or borrow a second gpu in your second pciex slot and do the same

Maybe bricked was the wrong word but in essence it's the same end result.

Vince · 23 Feb 2019 at 14:03

If my card does everything, overclocks well, undervolts well, plays all my games and doesn't annoy me should I update...

Also should I plug in a vega and see what happens in mgpu running them both, has anybody tested that in dx12 stuff yet?

Sod it im sticking my vega in as well to see what happens.

vapor matt · 23 Feb 2019 at 14:11

Vince said:
If my card does everything, overclocks well, undervolts well, plays all my games and doesn't annoy me should I update...

Also should I plug in a vega and see what happens in mgpu running them both, has anybody tested that in dx12 stuff yet?

Sod it im sticking my vega in as well to see what happens.

I would update it fella, AMD must be updating them for a reason, possibly better compute and increased overclocking by what some have said. you can always flash back if you don't like it.

Lev · 23 Feb 2019 at 14:13

Anybody here come from an AIB (Sapphire Nitro or Powercolor Red Devil) 64 that was tuned (OC/UV) to a RVII? Curious to know your thoughts on the upgrade if so.

JediFragger · 23 Feb 2019 at 14:33

Also guys, are these cards capable of sustaining a 2Ghz clock yet with tweaking?

Vince · 23 Feb 2019 at 14:48

Lev said:
Anybody here come from an AIB (Sapphire Nitro or Powercolor Red Devil) 64 that was tuned (OC/UV) to a RVII? Curious to know your thoughts on the upgrade if so.

Came from V56, running a 64 bios at 1650/1100. Is a big upgrade at 4k which is really what I was looking for

Illuminist · 23 Feb 2019 at 15:27

vapor matt said:
I would update it fella, AMD must be updating them for a reason, possibly better compute and increased overclocking by what some have said. you can always flash back if you don't like it.

Where do I get this new bios from lads?

vapor matt · 23 Feb 2019 at 15:52

New bios here https://www.amd.com/en/support/radeonvii-vbios-eula

Illuminist · 23 Feb 2019 at 16:53

vapor matt said:
New bios here https://www.amd.com/en/support/radeonvii-vbios-eula

Thanks for that I can now run the same settings at 2000mhz core that I was running at 1900mhz

majestynl · 23 Feb 2019 at 17:03

Updated new bios, for now I can say the temps are much better. Using same OC as before.

Going to play around to see if I can better clocks with same voltage..

vapor matt · 23 Feb 2019 at 17:12

Illuminist said:
Thanks for that I can now run the same settings at 2000mhz core that I was running at 1900mhz

AMD have given good support so far for the new VII lets hope it continues. just shows they are working hard to improve it.

majestynl said:
Updated new bios, for now I can say the temps are much better. Using same OC as before.

Going to play around to see if I can better clocks with same voltage..

I have also noticed better temps and lower MV used for the same over clock. its all looking good for the VII cards.