The RX Vega 56 Owners Thread

Scougar · 16 Feb 2019 at 20:33

Samsung mem should do much better than that.. I am guessing it is memory voltage you are having issues with on that.

MyBrainz · 16 Feb 2019 at 20:39

Scougar said:
Samsung mem should do much better than that.. I am guessing it is memory voltage you are having issues with on that.

Im not sure what the max mem volts are although im happy with 950Mhz atm, i hardly ever see HBM temps go over 60c unless running a benchmark.

djshauny1 · 17 Feb 2019 at 16:20

I currently have a Corsair 500w PSU. Will that be enough for the 56? Or do you recommend I upgrade?

gpuerrilla · 17 Feb 2019 at 16:31

Depends what your other system draw is. I know they can be fussy cards that seem to need a solid draw from the PSU and would only know that if you tried it. You will obviously undervolt it but the box says '750w minimum' albeit others are using it on lesser rated supplies.

stuartharrison · 17 Feb 2019 at 17:18

My 64 runs better on the power saver bios - more stable undervolts and faster min fps.
I'd try that first with your psu.

the_chez · 17 Feb 2019 at 19:50

djshauny1 said:
I currently have a Corsair 500w PSU. Will that be enough for the 56? Or do you recommend I upgrade?

http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/ try this website as it might help you calculate your wattage

djshauny1 · 17 Feb 2019 at 23:00

the_chez said:
http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/ try this website as it might help you calculate your wattage

Thank you. I'll check this out now

Marcus Böpple · 18 Feb 2019 at 10:49

Sent my Red Dragon back - showed me colourful screens after 1 day

Must decide now between a Red Devil and a Sapphire Pulse.
With which one would you go for ?

phatboy · 18 Feb 2019 at 17:20

Casdawer said:
So like a lot of you, I pulled the trigger on the VEGA 56 pulse.

Coming from a 980ti so getting a good 10-15% increase (more in some games) plus I can now use FreeSync on my monitor.

Sold the 980ti for £170 so only cost me £120 and I'm more than happy.

Had a few hiccups installing but DDU helped with that.

Only issue I've had so far is that after playing anything '3D', I just get a black screen. I looked around and found that adjusting memory to stay at 500mhz instead of 167Mhz seems to do the trick.

This is really interesting for me as I am sat on the fence of doing exactly the same and moving away from my 980Ti SC+ as I have built a Ryzen rig and fancy a full AMD base.

I have potentially found a well priced Powercolor Reference Blower card, is the noise REALLY that bad? I have every intention of doing the undervolt etc if I get it.

Casdawer · 19 Feb 2019 at 13:20

phatboy said:
This is really interesting for me as I am sat on the fence of doing exactly the same and moving away from my 980Ti SC+ as I have built a Ryzen rig and fancy a full AMD base.

I have potentially found a well priced Powercolor Reference Blower card, is the noise REALLY that bad? I have every intention of doing the undervolt etc if I get it.

Can't speak for the Powercolour Reference but I highly recommend the Sapphire Pulse. It's been a blast being able to play APEX, BF5 and Anthem on Ultra at 1080p and having stable FPS. Freesync is just the cherry on top.

A great upgrade from the 980ti and seeing good performance boosts, especially on DX12 games.

SmithySilks · 21 Feb 2019 at 08:00

Hey all,

I'm hoping some of you may be able to help, I got my Red Dragon about a week ago. A little but if whine but nothing crazy. I now get "application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware"

This is only happens in WoW, doesn't happen in any other game. I've done everything the internet has said. Could it be a bad card?

Marcus Böpple · 21 Feb 2019 at 17:38

Ordered the Sapphire Pulse now for 299€ from Mindfactory

+ the Gamebundle seems to be a nice price.
Hope for no coil whine and quiet Fans

DragonQ · 21 Feb 2019 at 21:52

Anyone got any settings suggestions for Apex Legends @ 1440p with a Vega 56? I can't get a steady decent frame rate or 100% GPU or CPU utilisation.

Andygully · 23 Feb 2019 at 17:04

i received mine today and im really happy with it.

eeii · 23 Feb 2019 at 18:58

I see this forum has got a lot more busy

djshauny1 · 24 Feb 2019 at 01:18

Anyone with the Pulse vega 56 here?

Theres a bios switch on the card. Which way is it supposed to be facing for high power mode?

Thanks

JediFragger · 24 Feb 2019 at 08:47

DragonQ said:
Anyone got any settings suggestions for Apex Legends @ 1440p with a Vega 56? I can't get a steady decent frame rate or 100% GPU or CPU utilisation.

Get one tomorrow or Tuesday man to play with, will see how it goes on my platform with Apex.

Andygully · 24 Feb 2019 at 11:51

djshauny1 said:
Anyone with the Pulse vega 56 here?

Theres a bios switch on the card. Which way is it supposed to be facing for high power mode?

Thanks

Towards the faceplate is default, towards the fan is the second BIOS which has a tighter power limit and delivers a bit less performance.

I found that on reddit hope that helps

djshauny1 · 24 Feb 2019 at 16:34

Andygully said:
Towards the faceplate is default, towards the fan is the second BIOS which has a tighter power limit and delivers a bit less performance.

I found that on reddit hope that helps

Ahh my switch only goes from left to right. Not top to bottom. Like say front or back of the case.

555BUK · 24 Feb 2019 at 17:16

Had a little play with my Sapphire Pulse today. GPU runs happily with boost clocks set to 1677MHz @ 1070mv & power limit @ +25%. Heavier benchmarks drop sustained boost to 1600MHz at these settings. Increasing GPU volts and power limit further allows the card to hold 1632 during benches but consumption shoots up for minimal gains.

My HBM is Samsung, but with the V56 bios voltage restrictions it only goes to 950MHz before glitching-out. Flashing a V64 bios may give an extra 100MHz but not worth losing the warranty for .