The RX Vega 56 Owners Thread

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Nov 2018 at 21:28

I put it into power save mode in WattMan (sometimes it crashes, sometimes it doesn't) and that didn't make a difference, is that the same as the BIOS switch?

gpuerrilla · 29 Nov 2018 at 21:54

Hard to say but I would always go hardware/physical over software tweaking to rule things out. Shame you dont have a spare PSU to trial and error that. Modular doesnt mean they are better by the way.

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Nov 2018 at 22:15

it's now starting to more frequently show a bunch of vertical stripes of various colours instead of the windows desktop.

I was running GTX 980 SLI on this PSU, can it really not run one Vega 64?

henson0115 · 29 Nov 2018 at 22:46

GoogalyMoogaly said:
it's now starting to more frequently show a bunch of vertical stripes of various colours instead of the windows desktop.

I was running GTX 980 SLI on this PSU, can it really not run one Vega 64?

It's hard to say for sure without other equipment to test, but it's not always about the amount of watts, power delivery can vary massively across cards and some more sensitive to voltage spikes,dips, fluctuations etc. According to the reviews your 12v rail isn't stable under heavy load an Vega appears to be sensitive in the PSU department so could indicate so. Try lowering volts on p6 and p7 to around 1080 for further testing. Undervolting may bring stability temporarily. however its still unclear to me if it's a card fault or something else. Your symptoms could be a result of either still a this point.

gpuerrilla · 29 Nov 2018 at 22:50

Yes undervolt just to see if it behaves better. Also if the PSU has aged you cant blame the new GPU x year after as even I would invest in a new PSU every so often as they degrade.

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Nov 2018 at 23:44

Yeah, it's annoying not knowing what it is. I'd be annoyed if I got a new PSU only to find it was a faulty card. And a new PSU isn't cheap, I'd be looking at what ~£100 for a Superflower or Seasonic 750W?

I might put the Fury X back in and see if it behaves nicely with that one again.

HeX · 30 Nov 2018 at 00:08

Coloured stripes is nearly always a sign of a faulty GPU.

gpuerrilla · 30 Nov 2018 at 07:54

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Yeah, it's annoying not knowing what it is. I'd be annoyed if I got a new PSU only to find it was a faulty card. And a new PSU isn't cheap, I'd be looking at what ~£100 for a Superflower or Seasonic 750W?

You could always return under the cooling off period.. but I would get one to donate for a spare rig and have a new one under warranty for peace of mind if you have new equipment thats expensive enough to protect.

Dennis Persson · 30 Nov 2018 at 08:04

So i just did some tweaking om My Asus strix, the hottest it ran with p6 1050 and p7 1100 is 89 degrees on vr Soc but gpu temp was max 68.. its a bit high isnt it?

henson0115 · 30 Nov 2018 at 08:43

Dennis Persson said:
So i just did some tweaking om My Asus strix, the hottest it ran with p6 1050 and p7 1100 is 89 degrees on vr Soc but gpu temp was max 68.. its a bit high isnt it?

did you replace the thermal pads?

Dennis Persson · 30 Nov 2018 at 08:45

I did not, i was just testing to see if i can Keep it or its a lot higher than pulse. Cause i Love this card hos silent it is. Cant hear it att all

henson0115 · 30 Nov 2018 at 08:54

Dennis Persson said:
I did not, i was just testing to see if i can Keep it or its a lot higher than pulse. Cause i Love this card hos silent it is. Cant hear it att all

only 3 choices are to put up with it, replace it or replace the pads. replacing the pads is really straight forward btw it wont take very long and will significantly drop the vr soc temps, have a search on the forum a few people have done it on here posting results.

link here if interested:https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/32096317
edit: not sure if you brought it from ocuk and they actually did this on there older stock. might want to ring them and ask if so

Dennis Persson · 30 Nov 2018 at 09:09

Is 89 degrees hot Tho? I Read that pulse can get those temps too.

henson0115 · 30 Nov 2018 at 09:11

Dennis Persson said:
Is 89 degrees hot Tho? I Read that pulse can get those temps too.

my reference doesnt reach those temps.

OLDPHART · 30 Nov 2018 at 09:44

Dennis Persson said:
Is 89 degrees hot Tho? I Read that pulse can get those temps too.

Try taking the side panel off to see if that makes a difference to your GPU temps.

If it does its your case air flow, how warm is your room?

Dennis Persson · 30 Nov 2018 at 09:50

Nevermind, it reached 105 degrees now. Which is more than im comfortable with. My room is 20 degrees, i got a well ventilated case. Seems i should just return this and buy a pulse instead

OLDPHART · 30 Nov 2018 at 09:52

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I've had:
290X (fine)
GTX 980 (fine)
Fury X (driver issues)
Fury X (different one) (fine)
Vega 56 (driver issues)

Not sure what's likely wrong with the system that would cause one Fury X not to work but the other one does. Don't even know what to test for if it was something to do with the system.

Did you use Display Driver Uninstaller[ new card option] them install latest AMD drivers?

GoogalyMoogaly · 30 Nov 2018 at 10:16

OLDPHART said:
Did you use Display Driver Uninstaller[ new card option] them install latest AMD drivers?

Yeah. Ran it again while the card was in the machine too.

Dennis Persson · 30 Nov 2018 at 10:18

Dont understand how there can be a 24 degree difference between gpu temp and Soc temp.

OLDPHART · 30 Nov 2018 at 10:24

Can you not borrow a PSU to try so as to rule out your PSU.

One or two Vega reviews also have said "if you have problems try a fresh install" but it might well be your PSU.

Sorry@GoogalyMoogaly^^^^