The Radeon VII Owners Thread

[yoyo59]

Running a Seasonic platinum 660w personally and solid as rock. But from what I understand they are built very solid.

If it could handle 2x290 in crossfire then the Vega VII is a doddle

I'm sure I had that same PSU in the past and it couldn't run my Titan Z at the time lol also what I hate about the seasonics is the poor thin cables

my best PSU to this date has been the EVGA 750 G2

 

[yoyo59]

A valuable lesson learned, next time just go straight to watercooling

I have in the past blocked a card without even testing it and delidded a CPU without testing it lol both times was fine, yes don't mess around wasting time hehe.. straight to water

I love this VII card but I don't have the zeal for PC Hardware like I used to, I would love to have it and watercool it in a watercooled PC but them days are gone for now

 

[Chud_Jenny]

Not sure if anyone has seen his?
Steve from Gamers nexus and Der8auer covered it at this years CES,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_O6XhKL-VI

On pre order currently:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/search?sSearch=Carbonaut

Intel and AMD CPU's pre cut sizing.
The million $ question is "would it make a good replacement to the VII's pad?"

I know Steve is planning on testing them, so we should see what they are capable of in the coming weeks.

 

[Finners]

I thought the consensus was the thermal pad was good on the VII, maybe AMD has got the best on the market already

 

[Chud_Jenny]

Unboxing of the Ek block, might need to brush up on your German though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=&v=q0UA5Iq-Lag
Article:

https://www.tomshw.de/2019/03/14/ne...SaCMmf6430T-2URP2fahYRl0ArXchDP5txs2rfnp00bM#

 

[Illuminist]

I thought the consensus was the thermal pad was good on the VII, maybe AMD has got the best on the market already

It is better than most pastes, especially on the r 7 with its wonky block and slack tech workers and their terrible screwing

 

[Mercutio]

Sooooo tempted to go fully red for a change.
Nvidia deserve zero respect/loyalty after recent shenanigans. If they didn't have the best card (however marginal)...

Waiting for some of you lot to get your waterblocks and replicate the figures from reddit. If it's that close with a tame clock, firstly I'm sure some of you will do better and secondly if it's half the price for even 15% lower speeds... bit too common for AMD atm but.. I'm game.

 

[Chud_Jenny]

It is better than most pastes, especially on the r 7 with its wonky block and slack tech workers and their terrible screwing

I know all too well about the terrible screwing! My card is due back tomorrow to ocuk so I'll have my replacement Tuesday. Back to square one again then! Bios to flash and test really for a block!

 

[SydDanube]

I know all too well about the terrible screwing! My card is due back tomorrow to ocuk so I'll have my replacement Tuesday. Back to square one again then! Bios to flash and test really for a block!

This could be my first card under water.
Await the test results of those with more experience with water cooling.
Currently running at 970mV, power +20, memory at 1200MHz and left the clock at default. So far so good.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

I see a lot of water-cooling talk regarding this card. Is running it on air holding it back?

 

[shankly1985]

I see a lot of water-cooling talk regarding this card. Is running it on air holding it back?

Like most GPUs yes, VEGA 56 and 64 are the same. Put them under water and you can improve the GPU hotspot and doing so push the core and HBM higher. Vega 7 can get over 2ghz on the core puts it very close to the 2080Ti

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Like most GPUs yes, VEGA 56 and 64 are the same. Put them under water and you can improve the GPU hotspot and doing so push the core and HBM higher. Vega 7 can get over 2ghz on the core puts it very close to the 2080Ti

Well sure, in order to eke every bit of performance from a card, you want it to have the best cooling possible. Fair enough. Perhaps I should have instead asked is this GPU not worth it if you don't intend to water-cool?

 

[MeddlE]

Well sure, in order to eke every bit of performance from a card, you want it to have the best cooling possible. Fair enough. Perhaps I should have instead asked is this GPU not worth it if you don't intend to water-cool?

It works fine on air but will work better under water. Mine is now stable at 998mv undervolted and peak tjunction temp while gaming is 85 so well shy of the limit of 110. That is on the stock cooler.

 

[Mercutio]

Well sure, in order to eke every bit of performance from a card, you want it to have the best cooling possible. Fair enough. Perhaps I should have instead asked is this GPU not worth it if you don't intend to water-cool?

My take on it has been that the default heatsink is trash. Replace that with something better in any meaningful way (even taking it off and lapping it) and it's already a better card. Water obviously just makes things MUCH better much more quickly.

 

[Illuminist]

This could be my first card under water.
Await the test results of those with more experience with water cooling.
Currently running at 970mV, power +20, memory at 1200MHz and left the clock at default. So far so good.

I got the same there as you for the undervolting
For the overclock I go to 2033mhz and 1127mv or 2133 at 1156mv
Still can't quite get to 10,000 on timespy though, others seems to be able to best I got was 9872

 

[Illuminist]

I know all too well about the terrible screwing! My card is due back tomorrow to ocuk so I'll have my replacement Tuesday. Back to square one again then! Bios to flash and test really for a block!

Terrible screwing, can ruin everything

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

It works fine on air but will work better under water. Mine is now stable at 998mv undervolted and peak tjunction temp while gaming is 85 so well shy of the limit of 110. That is on the stock cooler.

My take on it has been that the default heatsink is trash. Replace that with something better in any meaningful way (even taking it off and lapping it) and it's already a better card. Water obviously just makes things MUCH better much more quickly.

Okay, good to know. Thanks guys.

 

[nashathedog]

AMD rate the VII as requiring a minimum of a 750 watt PSU, People say don't cheap out on your PSU which also applies to wattages, If you want a GPU that's rated for a higher wattage PSU than you have there's a reason for it, it's not worth the risk.

 

[nashathedog]

I'm sure I had that same PSU in the past and it couldn't run my Titan Z at the time lol also what I hate about the seasonics is the poor thin cables

my best PSU to this date has been the EVGA 750 G2

I moved from an EVGA 650watt G2 to a Seasonic 860watt Prime (Platinum) for Vega and thought everything about both was quality, In fact the 2 motherboard cables seemed identical so I didn't bother changing them I just used the EVGA's with the Seasonic. I briefly had a Corsair HX850i (platinum) that had awful cables and it introduced loud coil whine that wasn't their previously so it went back and I grabbed the Seasonic instead.

 

[vapor matt]

AMD rate the VII as requiring a minimum of a 750 watt PSU, People say don't cheap out on your PSU which also applies to wattages, If you want a GPU that's rated for a higher wattage PSU than you have there's a reason for it, it's not worth the risk.

I agree completely, with an Overclocked system and over clocked gfx card the PSU becomes one of the most important parts of the system. At stock speed I would say a good quality 800w minimum PSU. Heavily over clocked system a 1000w good quality PSU should be aimed for. Any failures by low rated PSU’s could take out your hardware and fry it.

Never skimp on the PSU it’s most important!