The Radeon VII Owners Thread

vapor matt · 13 Mar 2019 at 11:16

Chud_Jenny said:
Corner 4, bottom left. Friday afternoon card. About 2mm from bottoming out, and the screw won't move.
The worst thing is, I've had the card over 30 days so its a warranty repair! (section 75 if I have any issues

Looking at that means you will not be getting even pressure, I would back the other screws off to match that one, and see if it results in better contact. it would be like having a washer under that screw alone.

LtMatt · 13 Mar 2019 at 11:35

Taking the back plate off will reduce the junction temp by around 5c or so from my testing, but the card looks a lot better with it on.

Chud_Jenny · 13 Mar 2019 at 13:46

vapor matt said:
Looking at that means you will not be getting even pressure, I would back the other screws off to match that one, and see if it results in better contact. it would be like having a washer under that screw alone.

Cards on the way back now, a replacement is been sent once received.

LtMatt said:
Taking the back plate off will reduce the junction temp by around 5c or so from my testing, but the card looks a lot better with it on.

That's a good saving, like you say it is a nice looking back plate though. Looking at the pics EK teased it looks like you can use it again with the blocks like I did with my Vega 64.

vapor matt · 13 Mar 2019 at 14:55

I managed to break the 10k barrier in time spy http://www.3dmark.com/spy/6579214

1980 core 1235 mem

I wanna water block

jmeistr · 13 Mar 2019 at 15:27

LtMatt said:
Taking the back plate off will reduce the junction temp by around 5c or so from my testing, but the card looks a lot better with it on.

I'm gonna put thermalpads under the stock backplate when i get a wb, it worked perfectly on my Vega 64 LE.

Chud_Jenny · 13 Mar 2019 at 15:38

vapor matt said:
I managed to break the 10k barrier in time spy http://www.3dmark.com/spy/6579214

1980 core 1235 mem

I wanna water block

Join the club lol. Its all gone very quiet from EK since last Friday. It would be nice to see how far beyond 1980 your card goes on the voltage you are using to achieve that clock on water. Or have much you can pull the voltage back to maintain 1980. What is your default voltage on your card? Mine was 1074mv, i hope my replacement isn't higher!?

Chud_Jenny · 13 Mar 2019 at 15:44

jmeistr said:
I'm gonna put thermalpads under the stock backplate when i get a wb, it worked perfectly on my Vega 64 LE.

There's a load of rubber standoffs under the backplate. Just something to bear in mind as you'd more than likely have to remove several to add thermal pads.

vapor matt · 13 Mar 2019 at 16:05

Chud_Jenny said:
Join the club lol. Its all gone very quiet from EK since last Friday. It would be nice to see how far beyond 1980 your card goes on the voltage you are using to achieve that clock on water. Or have much you can pull the voltage back to maintain 1980. What is your default voltage on your card? Mine was 1074mv, i hope my replacement isn't higher!?

My default is 1054mv can under volt to 930mv and I just ordered me one of these Bykski Water Block for AMD Radeon VII so hopefully 2 to 3 weeks will have it under water

Chud_Jenny · 13 Mar 2019 at 16:11

vapor matt said:
My default is 1054mv can under volt to 930mv and I just ordered me one of these Bykski Water Block for AMD Radeon VII so hopefully 2 to 3 weeks will have it under water

I saw those. With the year I'm having buying anything and having issues I'd rather get something from a UK based company. Looks like you got lucky with that stock voltage, should bring you some very good results when your block is on!

vapor matt · 13 Mar 2019 at 16:55

Chud_Jenny said:
I saw those. With the year I'm having buying anything and having issues I'd rather get something from a UK based company. Looks like you got lucky with that stock voltage, should bring you some very good results when your block is on!

Yea I have been watching them, they have a good rep so thought I would give one a go, could be months before we see any quantity from other brands. looking forward to it though.

Chud_Jenny · 13 Mar 2019 at 18:10

vapor matt said:
Yea I have been watching them, they have a good rep so thought I would give one a go, could be months before we see any quantity from other brands. looking forward to it though.

Ye, it's another company that's sprung from nowhere and doing good things. Very much like "Raijintek" did really.

KrisWragg · 13 Mar 2019 at 20:36

Been playing with OC tonight and using Superposition 4k optimised as a benchmark.

Everything stock (1075mv core by default): 7436
2000mhz@1075mv / 1100 HBM: 8290

11.5% increase with no change to temps or fan speed, seem to always be maxing out around 2900rpm 75*C core / 113*C junction temp

As for undervolting only tried a little but did a run at -100mv (975mv) that run a little quieter (2700rpm) and cooler 70*C core / 100*C junction temp

Think I'll wait until the weekend and lap the cooler and see if I get as big an improvement as others have seen, I think I have a pretty decent core just let down by the high junction temps.

Illuminist · 14 Mar 2019 at 13:54

Chud_Jenny said:
Mid Cornwall, south coast. close to the Poldark harbour filming location.

I lived next to the poldark mines filming location, like 2 minutes from it

Illuminist · 14 Mar 2019 at 13:59

Can someone please advise me on the correct screw driver to remove and tighten those bracket screws that hold the cooler block none of the ones i have seem to hold purchase, the ones I can get a good grip with would just round the screws

Zerotre · 14 Mar 2019 at 15:22

alphacool released the waterblock for the vii...

Do you think that one 360 rad will be good for a custom loop with blocks for ryzen 2700 and the vii?
At this moment the ryzen temp is quite high (70° tctl temp), how could be the temperature after installing the gpu block? Any ideas?
Thanks

KrisWragg · 14 Mar 2019 at 15:31

Illuminist said:
Can someone please advise me on the correct screw driver to remove and tighten those bracket screws that hold the cooler block none of the ones i have seem to hold purchase, the ones I can get a good grip with would just round the screws

You'll want some electronics screwdrivers for them, I've got a set with removable bits that's been quite handy over the years for tasks like this and laptops.

KrisWragg · 14 Mar 2019 at 15:47

Zerotre said:
alphacool released the waterblock for the vii...

Do you think that one 360 rad will be good for a custom loop with blocks for ryzen 2700 and the vii?
At this moment the ryzen temp is quite high (70° tctl temp), how could be the temperature after installing the gpu block? Any ideas?
Thanks

I'm no watercooling expert but I was looking at maybe a 280 and 140 which is roughly equivalent to a 480? Not sure if that is overkill though?

Illuminist · 14 Mar 2019 at 16:07

KrisWragg said:
You'll want some electronics screwdrivers for them, I've got a set with removable bits that's been quite handy over the years for tasks like this and laptops.

Could I be a noob and ask you to link me to such a screwdriver that would do the job sorry and thanks I'm a screwdriver noob

KrisWragg · 14 Mar 2019 at 16:32

Illuminist said:
Could I be a noob and ask you to link me to such a screwdriver that would do the job sorry and thanks I'm a screwdriver noob

OCUK do more expensive sets (search "screwdriver") but I would think the PH00 in this one might suffice.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/spee...-precision-tool-bits-sl-160002-xx-000-sl.html

Mercutio · 14 Mar 2019 at 17:51

Those that lapped/etc... what's your firestrike graphics score? Or anyone in fact that's gotten a decent overclock on.
Bit on the fence at the moment. Probably a 2080ti but... I'm rather tempted with waiting for a waterblock on one of these for a little more "fun"