The RX Vega 56 Owners Thread

LoadsaMoney · 11 Nov 2017 at 18:57

AMDMatt said:
Why would anyone power off the PSU?

I power mine off, as if left on, i hear a humming from my rig, and my mouse stays lit up

nashathedog · 11 Nov 2017 at 19:27

AMDMatt said:
Out of interest and i appreciate we're drifting off topic, but how much do you guys spend on your gas+leccy per month?

Around 40-45 quid a month in the Summer and somewhere from 50 to 55 in the winter. That's for a 2 bedroom semi in Surrey, The provider is Utility Warehouse.

Kei · 11 Nov 2017 at 19:39

nashathedog said:
I booted up this morning and again my gpu's reverted to the balanced setting so I applied each change one at a time so fingers crossed for tomorrow morning.

If I turn the PC off right now and then turn it back on in a a few minutes or so the tweaked gpu settings will still be there,
However, When I turn it off at night I also flip the switch at the back of the psu, and then the next day the gpu has reverted back to it's default settings,
That shouldn't be the culprit though should it?

Just turned mine on now and it's finally remembered everything. I had to reset the power target to +50 again yesterday and that was all.

old gamer · 11 Nov 2017 at 21:01

AMDMatt said:
Out of interest and i appreciate we're drifting off topic, but how much do you guys spend on your gas+leccy per month?

About £120, not as bad as it sounds as I have a 6000 gal koi pond running 24/7

Illuminist · 12 Nov 2017 at 10:25

Jon_Snow said:
My GPU is R9 Fury Tri-X, unlock the SP to 3840, i can reach the stable frequency at 1040mhz.
Is it worth buying a RX Vega 56 to replace my R9 fury?

I read many posts, it seems we can flash Vega 64(Air or liquid?) BIOS to 56 and get the performance close to gtx 1080.
Is it right?

Not sure the reference cooler can reach the stable frequency after flashing Vega 64 liquid BIOS or should i wait for the non-reference card?

thanks.

I had a Fury X and was lucky enough to sell it at the right time when vegas first came out and were out of stock, got £325 for it. So then bought the vega 56 at £385, best thing I could have done.
Flashed to 64 air bios (you cannot go to 64 water bios the temperature max cut off thing is too low, unless you liquid cool it) and it is amazing compared to the fury.
I get performance well past a 1080, more like 1080 custom card speed when i'm overclocked. But I was also very silicon lottery successful.

So in short, yes, if you can get a decent price selling your fury you will be spending around £100 to get a vega 56, then saving another £100+ by 64 bios'ing it, and although the vega takes a bit of getting used to with tweaking the settings.
When you do get the hang of it, it makes it feel like you have cheated the system somehow with the frames you get in games, and also the card feels more like your own as you know how to command it

Hope thats of use to you Mr Snow.

Jon_Snow · 12 Nov 2017 at 12:38

Illuminist said:
I had a Fury X and was lucky enough to sell it at the right time when vegas first came out and were out of stock, got £325 for it. So then bought the vega 56 at £385, best thing I could have done.
Flashed to 64 air bios (you cannot go to 64 water bios the temperature max cut off thing is too low, unless you liquid cool it) and it is amazing compared to the fury.
I get performance well past a 1080, more like 1080 custom card speed when i'm overclocked. But I was also very silicon lottery successful.

Thanks, it is very useful.

I prepare to get C32HG70 and maybe spend more money to pick Vega 64 LC.

shankly1985 · 12 Nov 2017 at 14:52

Just a FYI post for anyone interested in reading more into VEGA

http://radeon.com/_downloads/vega-whitepaper-11.6.17.pdf

Illuminist · 15 Nov 2017 at 18:49

Ok so Vince has kindly sent me his Eiswolf 240 to try and get working, I'm going to do a little progress report on here mainly to help anyone else who possesses one and to possibly help me if something goes horrifically wrong.

Wish me luck peeps!

Vince · 15 Nov 2017 at 18:58

Illuminist said:
Ok so Vince has kindly sent me his Eiswolf 240 to try and get working, I'm going to do a little progress report on here mainly to help anyone else who possesses one and to possibly help me if something goes horrifically wrong.

Wish me luck peeps!

Good luck buddy. Look forward to your results.

Vince · 16 Nov 2017 at 08:25

Illuminist said:
Ok so Vince has kindly sent me his Eiswolf 240 to try and get working, I'm going to do a little progress report on here mainly to help anyone else who possesses one and to possibly help me if something goes horrifically wrong.

Wish me luck peeps!

Well I haven't seen you online or on steam so lets just hope you haven't nuked your card

Illuminist · 16 Nov 2017 at 08:35

Vince said:
Well I haven't seen you online or on steam so lets just hope you haven't nuked your card

I've been on really stupid shifts at work but tonight is the night!
I will don my scientist lab coat and glasses and sit down to it tonight, taking pictures of my heroic attempt for future generations

I just hope it doesn't turn out as useful as taste buds on a bumhole!

subbytna · 16 Nov 2017 at 09:22

AMDMatt said:
Out of interest and i appreciate we're drifting off topic, but how much do you guys spend on your gas+leccy per month?

£30 gas and £30 leccy - for 12 months of the year. During summer when it is warmer and we don't have the heating on, I still buy the gas so that when winter is here I can turn on the heating and not even think about cost as we've built up a good balance of credit. We use a card top up meter.

Geck0 · 16 Nov 2017 at 09:37

AMDMatt said:
Out of interest and i appreciate we're drifting off topic, but how much do you guys spend on your gas+leccy per month?

Electricity is billed quarterly here, I have not yet received a full bill for the new house but the old house was between AUD$630 and $830 per quarter depending on summer & winter. Gas is on top of that and it's $120 a cylinder of LPG which typically lasts 2-3 months at best.

Electricity just went up 20% - we are getting bent over down under LOL.

LtMatt · 16 Nov 2017 at 09:40

Everything is expensive in Aus. If you thought the GPU prices were bad here, they are worse in Aus.

Geck0 · 16 Nov 2017 at 09:53

I bought my 56 from here and even with shipping I still saved $50 over what the AUD LAUNCH price was, let alone what the street was demanding.

On the flip side, nobody explodes on our trains (yet).

LtMatt · 16 Nov 2017 at 09:57

Geck0 said:
On the flip side, nobody explodes on our trains (yet).

That's because Australia is sensible with regards to immigration. Every cloud.

old gamer · 16 Nov 2017 at 10:00

AMDMatt said:
That's because Australia is sensible with regards to immigration. Every cloud.

on the downside ozzzies cant go out for a walk in the woods or swim in the sea without something trying to eat you

LtMatt · 16 Nov 2017 at 10:09

old gamer said:
on the downside ozzzies cant go out for a walk in the woods or swim in the sea without something trying to eat you

Lol, true.

Geck0 · 16 Nov 2017 at 10:13

AMDMatt said:
That's because Australia is sensible with regards to immigration. Every cloud.

Not as sensible as I would hope. It'll happen in my lifetime sadly.

Been away for a week, just drove back from Sydney to Beerwah - left at 04:45 and arrived 18:00hrs, went up "Thunderbolts Way" and the New England Hwy - nice drive but the roads have seen better days. Big Country. Anyway, off track enough.

Vince · 16 Nov 2017 at 11:08

Illuminist said:
I've been on really stupid shifts at work but tonight is the night!
I will don my scientist lab coat and glasses and sit down to it tonight, taking pictures of my heroic attempt for future generations
I just hope it doesn't turn out as useful as taste buds on a bumhole!

We shall see. Did it all arrive without taking too much damage? Well apart from the damage I had already done?