The RX Vega 56 Owners Thread

henson0115 · 11 Dec 2017 at 21:16

Kei said:
Not had any trouble with my 56 on the current 17.11.4 driver. Was quite happy running 1682 @ 1075mV before and still doing that now.

Thanks are you running timespy to bench? I think it's the latest update causing the hard locks. Super position running 1702 at 1080mv no problem.

Kei · 11 Dec 2017 at 22:22

I've run timespy with the same settings that I used previously on 17.11.3 without any issues. (1727MHz/1200mV, which I only use for benching)

sereupin · 12 Dec 2017 at 01:23

Hi all, I would like to ask you what do you consider better from 3 different brand of Vega 56

Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 GV-RXVEGA56-8GD 8GB HBM2 HDMI/3*DP PCi Ex 3.0 16x
Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 HDMI/3*DP PCi Ex 3.0 16x
MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 HDMI/3*DP PCi Ex 3.0 16x

Prices are near but the same.. so, what could be the best brand for this card considering your experiece?

thank you for help

southernorth · 12 Dec 2017 at 01:25

sereupin said:
Hi all, I would like to ask you what do you consider better from 3 different brand of Vega 56

Gigabyte Radeon RX Vega 56 GV-RXVEGA56-8GD 8GB HBM2 HDMI/3*DP PCi Ex 3.0 16x

Sapphire Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 HDMI/3*DP PCi Ex 3.0 16x

MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB HBM2 HDMI/3*DP PCi Ex 3.0 16x

Prices are near but the same.. so, what could be the best brand for this card considering your experiece?

thank you for help

Assuming you're UK based, Gigabyte would be the best option due to UK RMA centre and decent customer service.

henson0115 · 15 Dec 2017 at 20:07

Kei said:
I've run timespy with the same settings that I used previously on 17.11.3 without any issues. (1727MHz/1200mV, which I only use for benching)

thanks and apologies for the late reply. everything fine elsewhere in the latest driver, i haven't tested the new driver in timepsy but i have been gaming at 1702 without issue at 1080mv, also ran 1740 seeing clocks of 1720+ at 1080mv in superposition without issue. will have to try it again at some point

Kaapstad · 16 Dec 2017 at 00:18

https://www.techpowerup.com/239730/sapphire-launches-their-rx-vega-nitro-series-of-graphics-cards

Kaapstad · 16 Dec 2017 at 11:36

EL_JOCK · 18 Dec 2017 at 09:57

Quick question,

Just reading a review of the red devil Vega 56 on Guru3D and they state that overclocking HBM on Vega 56 is locked out by AMD, is that correct?

Geck0 · 18 Dec 2017 at 10:03

Not on the ref cards it isn't.

WigglesGRN · 18 Dec 2017 at 10:15

EL_JOCK said:
Quick question,

Just reading a review of the red devil Vega 56 on Guru3D and they state that overclocking HBM on Vega 56 is locked out by AMD, is that correct?

It might be a driver issue, i have seen that reported elsewhere

Kaapstad · 19 Dec 2017 at 08:07

https://www.techpowerup.com/239810/msi-intros-radeon-rx-vega-56-air-boost-graphics-cards

subbytna · 19 Dec 2017 at 09:41

Look at the size of those rear vent holes! Holy moly batman.

nashathedog · 19 Dec 2017 at 11:50

subbytna said:
Look at the size of those rear vent holes! Holy moly batman.

I had the reference version and briefly considered cutting them all out to make one big hole, I'm surprised people don't do it,

if anyone who reads this has cut out all the holes to make one big air vent it'd be interesting to hear how it went and what difference it made if any.

melmac · 19 Dec 2017 at 13:18

henson0115 said:
Thanks are you running timespy to bench? I think it's the latest update causing the hard locks. Super position running 1702 at 1080mv no problem.

The latest driver has been a pain for me. Lower performance in Superposition and games. And when I try to run Timespy I get hard locks every time. My only solution was to DDU those drivers and reinstall 17.11 drivers.

henson0115 · 19 Dec 2017 at 17:13

melmac said:
The latest driver has been a pain for me. Lower performance in Superposition and games. And when I try to run Timespy I get hard locks every time. My only solution was to DDU those drivers and reinstall 17.11 drivers.

i was having similar issues with the 17.11.4, latest seem ok to me. i think i cleaned installed from 3 to 4 and that was the problem, i normally always DDU. ran 1750 in super position at 1080mv no issues saw 1730 in the bench.

subbytna · 26 Dec 2017 at 00:56

Anyone watercooled their 56? As in a non custom loop but some sort of mod where the GPU only gets cooled?

Geck0 · 26 Dec 2017 at 09:00

subbytna said:
Anyone watercooled their 56? As in a non custom loop but some sort of mod where the GPU only gets cooled?

Yes, NZXT G10. I posted some stuff somewhere here but you'll have to search. I'm not a prolific poster typically so it shouldn't be hard to locate. It's def worth doing.

subbytna · 26 Dec 2017 at 16:12

Cheers, will have a nosey now

Andarne · 28 Dec 2017 at 14:55

So, just received a reply from ********** regarding my Vega 56 RMA;

"Tested in dual and tri screen setups - Unigine Superposition @ 8K resolution render, ran fine - crashes or system hangs - This was run for ~110 hours over the christmas weekend - and was still running fine on Tuesday morning.

Ran Witcher 3 ultra settings on dual and tri-screen setup as well. Ran fine - no crashes over the 3 hours it was run."

They're shipping it back to me for next week.

Backstory; I was getting really weird graphical artifacts on-screen in games like PUBG (Exactly like this user: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a2yy_IoO8w), Dirty Bomb, ESO, etc. Sometimes tabbing out would cause the graphics driver to crash and reboot; and sometimes I'd get a system freeze. All this running the latest drivers on stock settings. Tried using older drivers to no avail...

When I get it back, I plan on wiping my OS drive and reinstalling everything. Nuke the PC to be sure.

Any ideas? Temps seemed okay. Can't afford a watercooling setup.

flea.rider · 28 Dec 2017 at 20:39

This was run for ~110 hours over the christmas weekend.... this I find hard to believe .. as with the store shut any running electrical devices would void there insurance incase of fire without anyone there ?