The RX Vega 56 Owners Thread

Illuminist · 12 Jun 2019 at 18:55

Nellybauer said:
Just bought a 'manufacturer refurbished' Vega 56 Strix from ebay, not sure if it really was actually refurbished by ASUS or not tbh. Card seems great, followed a common reddit guide to undervolting & am getting some fairly solid results. Wish I'd read more about the Strix VRM temp issues before I went for it. Question though, most people having issues with that were seeing temps over 100c for the VRM, my SOC VRM gets to about 90 & mem VRM to about 80. Are these farily normal or still high compared to other non-strix cards? Willing to swap out the thermal pad as others have done if needed but not going to tear down the card if this seems like the sort of temps that would be expected.

Chrisc said:
It looks high but not as bad as i have seen. My 64 strix went to around 106c

You seem like the perfect guys to ask.
My friend wants to get a asus strix 56 OC and wants to know if the PCB is the same for both 56 and 64 versions as he wants to buy a water block for it, but can only find a strix 64 one at a decent price. Will this fit the 56 as well?
I told him it almost defiantely will but wanted to check with you lovely peeps here first.

if anyone else knows please feel free to pip in

ANDREW GREEN · 12 Jun 2019 at 20:05

Jenkojr95 said:
That is the perfect reply i was looking for thank you, i have been struggling to find an answer like that. You've pretty much made my mind up to get the v56, thanks again.

Just check that your PSU is upto the job

Chrisc · 12 Jun 2019 at 20:12

Illuminist said:
You seem like the perfect guys to ask.
My friend wants to get a asus strix 56 OC and wants to know if the PCB is the same for both 56 and 64 versions as he wants to buy a water block for it, but can only find a strix 64 one at a decent price. Will this fit the 56 as well?
I told him it almost defiantely will but wanted to check with you lovely peeps here first.

if anyone else knows please feel free to pip in

I honestly wouldn't know, I'd say it's the same PCB but I wouldn't like to put my life on it. My 56 is the sapphire pulse which has a tiny PCB

Darujhistan · 12 Jun 2019 at 20:17

Steampunk said:
Too expensive, rubbish support. Buy a Sapphire or Powercolor version.

Cheers, I usually buy Sapphire or Powercolor, last 4 cards have been one or the other, all have been great.

I'm trying to weigh up two upgrade paths.

1. Cheap. - Vega, X470, 2700X or similar, 16GB 3000MHZ RAM (or thereabouts).

2. Full. - Navi 5700XT, X570, 3700X, RAM as above.

Maybe even a mix of both, i'm not a big OC'er and its just for gaming. Monitor in sig just bought, it's F-Sync and G-Sync.

Best waiting for reviews I think, I don't like reference cards and it seems AIB cards aren't coming for a couple of months, I don't want to wait that long really, but may hang on.

Yadda · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:14

I keep hearing talk of undervolting the Vega 56 for better performance. Can anyone point me in the direction of some good info on this please? Cheers.

Illuminist · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:17

Yadda said:
I keep hearing talk of undervolting the Vega 56 for better performance. Can anyone point me in the direction of some good info on this please? Cheers.

Try it yourself is my advice, or google undervolt guide for vega, i would do it but im at work and most websites are blocked

Yadda · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:24

Illuminist said:
Try it yourself is my advice, or google undervolt guide for vega, i would do it but im at work and most websites are blocked

Thanks. Alas, I don't have one to play with. Just wondered what it was all about and thought I'd ask the learned for a good source of info before having a rummage myself.

Illuminist · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:27

Yadda said:
Thanks. Alas, I don't have one to play with. Just wondered what it was all about and thought I'd ask the learned for a good source of info before having a rummage myself.

Having previously owned 2 vega 56's and 2 vega 64s, and holding the top spot on 3dmark for 64 score, considering everything on the market right now, a vega 56 flashed to 64 is the absolute best price to perfomance money can buy, you are talking 1080 levels of performance for £250, then sell the two games that come with and you are laughing

Yadda · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:31

Illuminist said:
Having previously owned 2 vega 56's and 2 vega 64s, and holding the top spot on 3dmark for 64 score, considering everything on the market right now, a vega 56 flashed to 64 is the absolute best price to perfomance money can buy, you are talking 1080 levels of performance for £250, then sell the two games that come with and you are laughing

Yea, must say it's very tempting. Do you know how the power draw of a modded/flashed 56 compares to stock?

Illuminist · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:32

Yadda said:
Yea, must say it's very tempting. Do you know how the power draw of a modded/flashed 56 compares to stock?

It's lower, i could run it overclocked and undervolted at 180-220 watts , you can run it at stock 64 speeds with an undervolt at about 140-160watts

Yadda · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:34

Illuminist said:
It's lower, i could run it overclocked and undervolted at 180-220 watts , you can run it at stock with an undervolt at about 140-160watts

I thought so, crazy. Is it known why they use such high volts out of the box? It seems very odd.

Illuminist · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:37

Yadda said:
I thought so, crazy. Is it known why they use such high volts out of the box? It seems very odd.

Never known why they are 300w tdp, it caused bad publicity and many memes, yet a quick undervolt makes it run cooler, faster, quieter and less power hungry

Yadda · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:42

Illuminist said:
Never known why they are 300w tdp, it caused bad publicity and many memes, yet a quick undervolt makes it run cooler, faster, quieter and less power hungry

Indeed. The TDP was one of the things holding me back (my PSU is more-or-less at its limit) but 220w is less draw than the overclocked 780 that's currently in my system so that'd be ok.

Hmm. Thanks for the info.

Illuminist · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:44

Yadda said:
Indeed. The TDP was one of the things holding me back (my PSU is more-or-less at its limit) but 220w is less draw than the overclocked 780 that's currently in my system so that'd be ok.

Hmm. Thanks for the info.

What is your psu?
I was running 2 vegas in crossfire on a 750w PSU and never had a problem (they were undervolted as spoken about)

Yadda · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:47

Illuminist said:
What is your psu?
I was running 2 vegas in crossfire on a 750w PSU and never had a problem (they were undervolted as spoken about)

The PSU isn't great: EVGA 600W.

I have a far superior Seasonic 900w unit too but it's quite old and a bit noisy so I'd rather not have to revert back to it if I can help it.

Illuminist · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:50

Yadda said:
The PSU isn't great: EVGA 600W.

I have a far superior Seasonic 900w unit too but it's quite old and a bit noisy so I'd rather not have to revert back to it if I can help it.

A 650w is the recommended minimum for a vega 64, you would still get away with it if undervolted, but I wouldn't want to risk that, I ignored the psu part of my pc for many many many years and only just bought a really decent one, it made a world of difference for cpu and gpu overclocking stability

Yadda · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:53

Illuminist said:
A 650w is the recommended minimum for a vega 64, you would still get away with it if undervolted, but I wouldn't want to risk that, I ignored the psu part of my pc for many many many years and only just bought a really decent one, it made a world of difference for cpu and gpu overclocking stability

What was the rating of the 12v rail on the 750w PSU you ran the two Vegas on?

Illuminist · 12 Jun 2019 at 21:58

Yadda said:
What was the rating of the 12v rail on the 750w PSU you ran the two Vegas on?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...us-platinum-power-supply-black-ca-040-sf.html
Not sure how to find that, im at work and everything apart from ocuk is blocked

Yadda · 12 Jun 2019 at 22:03

Illuminist said:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...us-platinum-power-supply-black-ca-040-sf.html
Not sure how to find that, im at work and everything apart from ocuk is blocked

62A.

If 62A 12V can handle a system with 2x Vegas then my PSU (49A 12V) should be able to handle a single undervolted 56. 220w TDP is below the card it'd be replacing (GTX 780, 250w @ stock).

subbytna · 13 Jun 2019 at 12:39

Jenkojr95 said:
That is the perfect reply i was looking for thank you, i have been struggling to find an answer like that. You've pretty much made my mind up to get the v56, thanks again.

Vega 56 is a brilliant card. Too many Nvidia snobs saying it's crap when it's a tinkerers dream for tweaking and playing with. Great fun.