The RX Vega 56 Owners Thread

SkeeterUK · 29 Feb 2020 at 14:38

Yes the fans dont spin till needed usually when in a game. The fans dont kick in till a certain temp is reached as mine can be hot as 40+c and still be zero rpm on the fans.

Meridiusuk · 29 Feb 2020 at 15:09

thank god for that i thought there was somthing up, lol first gpu upgrade in 8 years as i am getting back into gaming, also happy it does that as its a work machine also so that would make it even more silent.

i have bios 2018/03/15 04:39 is that the latest as i can not find any info on sapphire website.

what do i need to undervolt the gfx card to get better performance and reduce the heat from the card as i hed some software does not work now

thanks

Yadda · 29 Feb 2020 at 18:13

I finally decided it was time for a graphics upgrade so have just ordered one of OCUK's B Grade Sapphire Pulse Vega 56 cards.

Time to start swotting-up.

SkeeterUK · 29 Feb 2020 at 18:17

Did you get that £179 one i saw today in b grade if so its a bargain price as its 100 less than i got it for last year tho mine was new, still.

Yadda · 29 Feb 2020 at 18:51

SkeeterUK said:
Did you get that £179 one i saw today in b grade if so its a bargain price as its 100 less than i got it for last year tho mine was new, still.

Yes, that's the one! (and there are/were 2 more in stock, too. Edit: only 1 left now.)

SkeeterUK · 29 Feb 2020 at 19:56

Meridiusuk said:
thank god for that i thought there was somthing up, lol first gpu upgrade in 8 years as i am getting back into gaming, also happy it does that as its a work machine also so that would make it even more silent.

i have bios 2018/03/15 04:39 is that the latest as i can not find any info on sapphire website.

what do i need to undervolt the gfx card to get better performance and reduce the heat from the card as i hed some software does not work now

thanks

gpuz website would have latest bios. Only update if really need to tho.

Mine is 03/15/18 04:39

Yadda · 29 Feb 2020 at 20:37

I've been doing some research and was surprised to read that the Vega 56 will draw less power than my current card - a GTX 780.

Experienced Vega owners, does that sound right to you?

Steampunk · 29 Feb 2020 at 20:47

Yadda said:
I've been doing some research and was surprised to read that the Vega 56 will draw less power than my current card - a GTX 780.

Experienced Vega owners, does that sound right to you?

Under load, or idle? Vegas have lots of power saving features, so when it's not gaming, it will reduce power a lot. If you consider that most of the time your PC is on you're doing things other than gaming, then there's a lot of time when the GPU is using very little power.

Mine's currently using 3-4 watts running a browser, desktop, and TV stick.

Yadda · 29 Feb 2020 at 20:53

Steampunk said:
Under load, or idle? Vegas have lots of power saving features, so when it's not gaming, it will reduce power a lot. If you consider that most of the time your PC is on you're doing things other than gaming, then there's a lot of time when the GPU is using very little power.

Mine's currently using 3-4 watts running a browser, desktop, and TV stick.

I was thinking max power draw, although the article I was reading didn't state which, it just said "40w less power draw".

Edit: Looking at both card's specs, it seems correct:

Vega 56 TDP = 210w
GTX 780 TDP = 250w

gpuerrilla · 29 Feb 2020 at 20:59

At stock it can be upto 300w. Most people once they hear about it will undervolt to get same performance but uses less power (~250w *dependent on your settings)

Yadda · 29 Feb 2020 at 21:12

Th0nt said:
At stock it can be upto 300w. Most people once they hear about it will undervolt to get same performance but uses less power (~250w *dependent on your settings)

That's good to know, thanks. Yes, I intend to undervolt it. Does flashing a Vega 64 bios affect undervolting and/or power draw?

Steampunk · 29 Feb 2020 at 21:12

Yadda said:
I was thinking max power draw, although the article I was reading didn't state which, it just said "40w less power draw".

Edit: Looking at both card's specs, it seems correct:

Vega 56 TDP = 210w
GTX 780 TDP = 250w

You can change the power available in the drivers, so it can use more/less power, but you can also lower power using features like "chill" to restrict framerates to what you want.

Yadda · 29 Feb 2020 at 21:16

Steampunk said:
You can change the power available in the drivers, so it can use more/less power, but you can also lower power using features like "chill" to restrict framerates to what you want.

Ah, that's useful. Thanks.

I think I'll start with a basic undervolt, do some more reading and take it from there.

Thanks for the replies, I realise I'm going over very old ground for most of you.

gpuerrilla · 29 Feb 2020 at 21:33

Its a fantastic piece of kit especially if you got it for way under £200. Would pick up another at that price.

Yadda · 29 Feb 2020 at 21:59

Th0nt said:
Its a fantastic piece of kit especially if you got it for way under £200. Would pick up another at that price.

£179 for a b grade Sapphire Pulse from OcUK's clearance lines. They had 4 in stock. When it dropped to 3 I decided to bite, taking it down to 2. It dropped to 1 sometime after, which might still be there if you're quick!

gpuerrilla · 29 Feb 2020 at 22:17

Yadda said:
It dropped to 1 sometime after, which might still be there if you're quick!

Would have to pick and choose my friend, the wife would notice and it would not be worth the grief but I have my eye on them.

Yadda · 1 Mar 2020 at 11:58

Th0nt said:
Would have to pick and choose my friend, the wife would notice and it would not be worth the grief but I have my eye on them.

Very wise.

Well, I've decided not to risk my current PSU (EVGA 600W). It's done surprisingly well up to now for a cheapy but it must be close to its limit so I'm going to swap it out for my old unit - a Seasonic based PC Power & Cooling 910W. It's quite old but has had an easy life so it should be ok. I only replaced it because of the noise so I'll see if I can quieten it down a bit.

SkeeterUK · 1 Mar 2020 at 13:53

Im just hoping my hx 620w is still ok, i think it is but its getting on at 10 years or more by now. Still solid tho, built to last these ones were.

Yadda · 1 Mar 2020 at 16:08

Yes, I remember those. They had/have a good reputation and are far better than my chintzy 600W.

kyle carson · 1 Mar 2020 at 21:24

hi ive been trying to play fortnite on my pc
specs: Gigabyte Radeon RX VEGA 56 Gaming OC 8GB
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
16GB ram
however i seem to always stutter
does anyone know what i could do or the best settings in the AMD radeon software ive messed around with the settings multiple times but nothing seems to work