The RX Vega 56 Owners Thread

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 13:39

Does any one know how to tweak the power limit to +200 like this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMWjJqDJ4Ag - how did he do it?
me want me some of this, +50 is not enough!

T.Kay · 9 Oct 2017 at 13:42

SHOGUNXSHINOBI said:
Does any one know how to tweak the power limit to +200 like this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMWjJqDJ4Ag - how did he do it?
me want me some of this, +50 is not enough!

I'll send you the registry edit file, when im home. Just open, apply and restart and you'll have the higher power limit.

Illuminist · 9 Oct 2017 at 13:55

SHOGUNXSHINOBI said:
Does any one know how to tweak the power limit to +200 like this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMWjJqDJ4Ag - how did he do it?
me want me some of this, +50 is not enough!

I would like this also...
The guy in the video is using a 64 bios though right? and most definately watercooling for him to be at 20.C
What would this +200 power limit do for me on the 56 bios? How would I utilise it to get better oc (on stock cooling)

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 14:12

T.Kay said:
I'll send you the registry edit file, when im home. Just open, apply and restart and you'll have the higher power limit.

For real, that simple? thanks man.

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 14:18

Illuminist said:
I would like this also...
The guy in the video is using a 64 bios though right? and most definately watercooling for him to be at 20.C
What would this +200 power limit do for me on the 56 bios? How would I utilise it to get better oc (on stock cooling)

I'm using a 64 bios also but I don't know yet about the +200, but I hope it boosts the core steadily to them high levels like the one in the video, and regards to the stock cooling which is whats holding this card back, then you just have to tinker with the settings until you get a good balance between the temps/fan curve and boost clock, and what your willing to put up with when it comes acoustics.

Illuminist · 9 Oct 2017 at 14:32

SHOGUNXSHINOBI said:
I'm using a 64 bios also but I don't know yet about the +200, but I hope it boosts the core steadily to them high levels like the one in the video, and regards to the stock cooling which is whats holding this card back, then you just have to tinker with the settings until you get a good balance between the temps/fan curve and boost clock, and what your willing to put up with when it comes acoustics.

I have been tinkering for a long while now, the best i got out of this card so far (i care not for the noise or power) is
1050 p6+p7 6% core (1610 mhz) and 935 memory that gets me 14,737 on superposition benchmark. (70% -87% fan) This is good for gaming
Max so far : 1200 p6+p7 4% core (1645) and 950 memory, this gets me 15,012 on superposition benchmark. (has to be 100% fan to achieve this) This i am scared to use for a long peroid of time.

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 14:42

Illuminist said:
I have been tinkering for a long while now, the best i got out of this card so far (i care not for the noise or power) is
1050 p6+p7 6% core (1610 mhz) and 935 memory that gets me 14,737 on superposition benchmark. (70% -87% fan) This is good for gaming
Max so far : 1200 p6+p7 4% core (1645) and 950 memory, this gets me 15,012 on superposition benchmark. (has to be 100% fan to achieve this) This i am scared to use for a long peroid of time.

The 64 bios will do you much better with the core and hbm and the rest of it. Are you getting 1645mhz while your running something, or do you mean that's just the setting?

Illuminist · 9 Oct 2017 at 14:50

Thats the max it actually reaches but it bobs up and down, this is the most annoying thing about the card. Because i set the % not a manual value i never know what its gonna be until its running the benchmark

Illuminist · 9 Oct 2017 at 14:53

SHOGUNXSHINOBI said:
The 64 bios will do you much better with the core and hbm and the rest of it. Are you getting 1645mhz while your running something, or do you mean that's just the setting?

The issue for me is that is will void the warranty right?

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 16:08

Illuminist said:
Thats the max it actually reaches but it bobs up and down, this is the most annoying thing about the card. Because i set the % not a manual value i never know what its gonna be until its running the benchmark

Yeah that sounds about right, the 56 stock bios is not all that, the 64 bios is much better! and I think its gonna get even better with this power limit tweak.

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 16:13

Illuminist said:
The issue for me is that is will void the warranty right?

Im not to sure about that, but it is a very easy process flashing it back and forth.

Illuminist · 9 Oct 2017 at 16:49

SHOGUNXSHINOBI said:
Im not to sure about that, but it is a very easy process flashing it back and forth.

Can you tell me what settings you use for the 64 bios?
Whats the max stable core and hbm you have used? Im excited now !!!!
Gonna flash

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 16:58

I have done many since I got it, and the one I have at the moment is -
p6 - didnt change clock
p7 - 1645mhz - 1140mv - if you lower mv to much, the core boost diminishes.
Hbm - 1065mhz - 1000mv.

Passed firestrike ultra stress test.

T.Kay · 9 Oct 2017 at 18:25

This is the 200% power limit.

https://mega.nz/#!9xEiVRzS!NlYaKSQg1eX-C-IiXZ6eInD7qKERTSBkrV_lAL4_l_4

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 20:02

T.Kay said:
This is the 200% power limit.

https://mega.nz/#!9xEiVRzS!NlYaKSQg1eX-C-IiXZ6eInD7qKERTSBkrV_lAL4_l_4

Thanks man I appreciate it.

T.Kay · 9 Oct 2017 at 20:08

SHOGUNXSHINOBI said:
Thanks man I appreciate it.

It should cause your card to boost to a higher clock, due to the increased power headroom. Keep in mind your old stable OC might no longer be stable as the card will try to boost higher than before.

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 21:16

T.Kay said:
It should cause your card to boost to a higher clock, due to the increased power headroom. Keep in mind your old stable OC might no longer be stable as the card will try to boost higher than before.

Ok, but I want to know if I did it correctly! I just opened it and pressed ok with out changing any directory, was that right? because I noticed it in wattman and in overdrive tool, also in msi afterburner but when I dialled in the plus +200 power target, it boosted the same as if it was at +50 :confused:

T.Kay · 9 Oct 2017 at 21:23

SHOGUNXSHINOBI said:
Ok, but I want to know if I did it correctly! I just opened it and pressed ok with out changing any directory, was that right? because I noticed it in wattman and in overdrive tool, also in msi afterburner but when I dialled in the plus +200 power target, it boosted the same as if it was at +50

That could mean either your card wasn't power limited in the first place, or that it isn't the number #0000. Download DisplayDriverUninstaller and open the program and it should only detect one GPU with the name #0000, if not boot into safe mode and click clean and restart, then reinstall the latest drivers, and reapply the power limit tweak. Usually the cause of it detecting more than one GPU is - if you haven't reinstalled drivers, after you have flashed a new bios to the card, hence it detects it as a different GPU.

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Oct 2017 at 21:33

T.Kay said:
That could mean either your card wasn't power limited in the first place, or that it isn't the number #0000. Download DisplayDriverUninstaller and open the program and it should only detect one GPU with the name #0000, if not boot into safe mode and click clean and restart, then reinstall the latest drivers, and reapply the power limit tweak. Usually the cause of it detecting more than one GPU is - if you haven't reinstalled drivers, after you have flashed a new bios to the card, hence it detects it as a different GPU.

I think I did reinstall drivers after the flash but no problem I will do it again.

T.Kay · 9 Oct 2017 at 21:35

SHOGUNXSHINOBI said:
I think I did reinstall drivers after the flash but no problem I will do it again.

You have to use DDU to uninstall as it also cleans some reg keys, but you only need to reinstall if more than one GPU gets detected by DDU.