The RX Vega 64 Owners Thread

Nemesis.ie · 15 Sep 2017 at 16:59

TonyTurbo78 said:
I've a 1200w Superflower PSU.

I have the same. Good news: My AIO Vega cooler is shipping today/tomorrow (from Germany) so it looks like I will have an LC card soon but not the original one which is still pending stock.

Sunday/Monday for stress testing/error checking loops to make sure the card is stable before pulling the cooler off.

TonyTurbo78 · 15 Sep 2017 at 17:02

Nemesis.ie said:
I have the same. Good news: My AIO Vega cooler is shipping today/tomorrow (from Germany) so it looks like I will have an LC card soon but not the original one which is still pending stock.

Sunday/Monday for stress testing/error checking loops to make sure the card is stable before pulling the cooler off.

Good luck

Nemesis.ie · 15 Sep 2017 at 17:27

Dicehunter · 15 Sep 2017 at 18:57

Playing ME: Andromeda and it stays at around 1100MHz on the core instead of boosting up to 1500/1600 :confused:

chaosophy · 15 Sep 2017 at 19:15

Nemesis.ie said:
I have the same. Good news: My AIO Vega cooler is shipping today/tomorrow (from Germany) so it looks like I will have an LC card soon but not the original one which is still pending stock.

Sunday/Monday for stress testing/error checking loops to make sure the card is stable before pulling the cooler off.

Which AIO did you go for?

I've been keeping an eye on the Alphacool Eiswolf but it's looking like the end of the month for that one. Thanks.

heartburnron · 15 Sep 2017 at 19:27

Dicehunter said:
Playing ME: Andromeda and it stays at around 1100MHz on the core instead of boosting up to 1500/1600

What is you're GPU activity showing as? Is it close to 100%? I imagine it should be given the grunt required to power that game. Also what FPS are you getting - you wouldn't have inadvertently limited the frames in the settings somehow?

heartburnron · 15 Sep 2017 at 22:13

AMDMatt said:
Try dialing back the HBM to 1050 and then eventually 1075 to see if that fixes it.

Only my 1st Vega 64 does 1100Mhz reliably 24.7 gaming, the others top out at 1075Mhz for full 24/7 gaming stability.

This turned to be a good shout Matt - turned the memory down a bit and had no further issues. Cheers!

Dicehunter · 15 Sep 2017 at 22:37

heartburnron said:
What is you're GPU activity showing as? Is it close to 100%? I imagine it should be given the grunt required to power that game. Also what FPS are you getting - you wouldn't have inadvertently limited the frames in the settings somehow?

Usage is at 100%, No frame limiting options are being used, Just odd that the GPU clock shoots down to 1100MHz.

Also Wolfenstein The New Order from 2014 runs like a dog with random CTD's, Put a 970 in and it runs smooth as butter with no crashes.

lordhawkwind · 15 Sep 2017 at 22:57

Dicehunter said:
Usage is at 100%, No frame limiting options are being used, Just odd that the GPU clock shoots down to 1100MHz.

Also Wolfenstein The New Order from 2014 runs like a dog with random CTD's, Put a 970 in and it runs smooth as butter with no crashes.

Yeah been there done that. Unfortunately that's an AMD/Bethedsa issue that never got fixed as both blamed each other. Locate the .exe file and run in compatibility mode (Win7/8) and you should be able to at least finish the game although you'll still get some CTD's but you'll be able to resume (in compatibility mode) from the same place. I'm up to about level 6 now and the game is interesting but is frame locked so doesn't really make use of my freesync monitor. Apparently the same issue happens with Old Blood but although I've got I've not played it yet. Good luck.

Twyst · 16 Sep 2017 at 02:44

Playing a lot of Quake Champions on my Vega64 AIO.
I get in excess of 120fps on ultra without dips ....... but frankly that's crap because it stutters and slows down like **** especially when close to another player.
Wattman claims max temps of 60c, GPU @1694.
But what is very noticable is that the HBM speeds bouce a lot between 500Mhz and something higher.

Just for kicks I slapped my GTX770 2G card back in the same machine - much lower fps and much lower settings, but at least the FPS given matched the on screen enjoyment.

Any other Vega users getting bad stuttering but yet high FPS in this title?

LtMatt · 16 Sep 2017 at 06:59

heartburnron said:
This turned to be a good shout Matt - turned the memory down a bit and had no further issues. Cheers!

Excellent!

docious · 16 Sep 2017 at 07:33

Morning @AMDMatt. Since you're up, do you usually run the newest VBIOS for your cards? Like should we generally assume new is better? I'm pretty sure changelogs don't exist and Sapphire don't have a clue when asked.

LtMatt · 16 Sep 2017 at 07:58

docious said:
Morning @AMDMatt. Since you're up, do you usually run the newest VBIOS for your cards? Like should we generally assume new is better? I'm pretty sure changelogs don't exist and Sapphire don't have a clue when asked.

I'm using the latest version, yes. You can try it here > https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/194844/194844

We write the bios, but there won't be much difference between the publicly available VBIOS.

I'm not aware of any publicly available changelogs, so can't comment on what is changed.

docious · 16 Sep 2017 at 08:29

AMDMatt said:
I'm using the latest version, yes. You can try it here > https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/194844/194844

We write the bios, but there won't be much difference between the publicly available VBIOS.

I'm not aware of any publicly available changelogs, so can't comment on what is changed.

Thanks. I'll give it a go but before I do, am I right to think that since all these V64 LC cards (and AC) are reference designs then a Powercolor BIOS will be fine on a Sapphire card?

Dicehunter · 16 Sep 2017 at 11:25

Just curious but what does the little switch on the side of the reference card do ?

muziqaz · 16 Sep 2017 at 11:25

So I'm trying to challenge nvidias dominance in luxmark, but I see I will be failing in a minute. Funny thing is when I tried googling Vega 64 overclocking, resulted sites are posting 1700Mhz or 1716Mhz as overclocking achievement, while my sample runs happily at 1750Mhz@1100mV all day long, even folding. Is the a thread here with you guys overclocking successes and failures, or do I need to read the whole thread here?

Oh, before I forget:
https://flic.kr/p/YxHiGt

P.S. you image attachment is broken in this forum

docious · 16 Sep 2017 at 11:27

Dicehunter said:
Just curious but what does the little switch on the side of the reference card do ?

There are 2 bios options. Left switch position (when card installed) is primary bios with full power and right is secondary with a reduced power limit.

muziqaz · 16 Sep 2017 at 11:30

Dicehunter said:
Just curious but what does the little switch on the side of the reference card do ?

LEDs and BIOS switch I think

Dicehunter · 16 Sep 2017 at 11:30

docious said:
There are 2 bios options. Left switch position (when card installed) is primary bios with full power and right is secondary with a reduced power limit.

Interesting thank you

V F · 16 Sep 2017 at 13:09

Twyst said:
Playing a lot of Quake Champions on my Vega64 AIO.
I get in excess of 120fps on ultra without dips ....... but frankly that's crap because it stutters and slows down like **** especially when close to another player.
Wattman claims max temps of 60c, GPU @1694.
But what is very noticable is that the HBM speeds bouce a lot between 500Mhz and something higher.

Just for kicks I slapped my GTX770 2G card back in the same machine - much lower fps and much lower settings, but at least the FPS given matched the on screen enjoyment.

Any other Vega users getting bad stuttering but yet high FPS in this title?

The stuttering in the game is not your hardware. It is the game and always sending debugging information across the servers. I get it as well. Some servers are better and worse than others.

The higher your fps the more stutters which affects your upload.