The RX Vega 64 Owners Thread

LtMatt · 6 Dec 2017 at 05:59

TonyTurbo78 said:
I can't topple an AMD guy can I??

Jokes aside, you know something weird Matt, for love nor money I can't get my core clock higher than 1750mhz on this new hardware. It was hitting 1800mhz all day long on that old Z77 and 3770k so I can't really understand why. I'm starting to actually question now if it was actually reporting the core clock accurately as it was such an old rig. Definitely a weird one.

Most likely your older CPU was holding the GPU back Tony, that's the only logical explanation.

LtMatt · 6 Dec 2017 at 06:01

LoadsaMoney said:
i7 5930K, Asus x99-A mobo, Asus Xonar U7 USB soundcard, Sapphire Vega 64 LC on the 17.11.2 drivers, 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2800Mhz Ram, 2x Crucial M550 1Tb SSDs, Win 7 Pr 64bit.

HWINFO64 v5.60, when going to the Sensor Tab, came up something about reading an Asus one (which im presuming is on the board), but just told it not to bother reading that one (selected skip or whatever it was, forget now ), then it black screened, and all LEDs on the card were off (only the cube and Radeon logo were lit), and the radiator fan span down, so tried a couple of hard restarts, but was still a no go, card wouldn't power up (the single power LED still wouldn't light up), had to do a hard shutdown (with the switch), to get it to come back to life.

Then i went and changed me duds

If you or the other guy (forgot his name

) can find a consistent way to reproduce this we can take a look. I have not been able to consistently do it, it happens randomly maybe once a month or less. :/

Illuminist · 6 Dec 2017 at 11:30

AMDMatt said:
There is a reason for that, 3440x1440 is bugged in this bench sadly, look at your screenshot again.

I welcome your 1080P and 1440P scores though. My Vega 64 rules them all.

I'm going to beat you wattmatt... with my 56... just you see

Kaapstad · 6 Dec 2017 at 11:40

In the Firestrike standard bench there are just two GTX 1080s above my Vega64 card, when I get time I am going to see if I can get past them.

Davedree · 6 Dec 2017 at 12:11

Kaapstad said:
In the Firestrike standard bench there are just two GTX 1080s above my Vega64 card, when I get time I am going to see if I can get past them.

You have beaten them though your v64 graphics score is higher than the 1080's.
This is why I don't agree with the ranking system on P score,

LtMatt · 6 Dec 2017 at 12:24

Kaapstad said:
In the Firestrike standard bench there are just two GTX 1080s above my Vega64 card, when I get time I am going to see if I can get past them.

Nice work Kaap.

Firestrike Standard requires a high frequency CPU to reach full potential with Vega 64.

TrixX · 6 Dec 2017 at 12:32

AMDMatt said:
Nice work Kaap.

Firestrike Standard requires a high frequency CPU to reach full potential with Vega 64.

Only if counting P Score. Gfx score is more important than the overall score as Firestrike is heavily team blue oriented.

LtMatt · 6 Dec 2017 at 12:57

TrixX said:
Only if counting P Score. Gfx score is more important than the overall score as Firestrike is heavily team blue oriented.

Nope, even in GFX score in this bench you still need a high CPU frequency to overcome a CPU limitation.

Illuminist said:
I'm going to beat you wattmatt... with my 56... just you see

Bring it.

balky12 · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:11

If a computer crashes completely, requiring you to turn off and unplug PSU for a short while (Until MOBO lights go out) then replug and start up what is the likely cause of that? I get there is instability, however is it GPU drawing too much power? Not enough power? Or could it be anything of the sort and shutting down completely is just the safeguard regardless of what the cause is?

I am tweaking my Vega 64. Happens a couple time in Firestrike and once whilst playing Destiny 2 even after a few benches in firestrike and Unique.

LtMatt · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:12

balky12 said:
If a computer crashes completely, requiring you to turn off and unplug PSU for a short while (Until MOBO lights go out) then replug and start up what is the likely cause of that? I get there is instability, however is it GPU drawing too much power? Not enough power? Or could it be anything of the sort and shutting down completely is just the safeguard regardless of what the cause is?

I am tweaking my Vega 64. Happens a couple time in Firestrike and once whilst playing Destiny 2 even after a few benches in firestrike and Unique.

Depends, we would need more info on your specs to aid debug.

balky12 · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:18

AMDMatt said:
Depends, we would need more info on your specs to aid debug.

Machine Specs?

Ryzen 1700x (Stock)
16 GB 8pack Team Group running at 3200mhz.
Asus Rog Strix b350
Vega 64 Air Cooled
750w Bitfenix Gold Rated PSU

Believe at time of crash

I was running HBM @ 1000mhz / 1000mv.
P6/P7 was undervolted to 900/1000 and stock clocks.
Power Limit was +50%

LoadsaMoney · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:19

I havn't even bothered touching mine, runs fine as is, just cap my frames to 80, and game.

TNA said:
When did you buy a Vega Loadsa?

LtMatt · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:22

balky12 said:
Machine Specs?

Ryzen 1700x (Stock)
16 GB 8pack Team Group running at 3200mhz.
Asus Rog Strix b350
Vega 64 Air Cooled
750w Bitfenix Gold Rated PSU

Believe at time of crash

I was running HBM @ 1000mhz / 1000mv.
P6/P7 was undervolted to 900/1000 and stock clocks.
Power Limit was +50%

Does it happen at stock clocks/voltage, with +50% power limit and an increased fan speed to maintain target temperatures?

balky12 · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:24

AMDMatt said:
Does it happen at stock clocks/voltage, with +50% power limit and an increased fan speed to maintain target temperatures?

Will test tonight, I assumed it was the increase in PL, having one screen currently makes it trickier to monitor everything. Maybe I will need to have a more aggressive fan profile, however once it starts getting above 2700 it becomes quite the racket

LtMatt · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:26

balky12 said:
Will test tonight, I assumed it was the increase in PL, having one screen currently makes it trickier to monitor everything. Maybe I will need to have a more aggressive fan profile, however once it starts getting above 2700 it becomes quite the racket

Or lower the voltage required and perhaps power limit, but first you need to determine if it is faulty.

essentialblend · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:26

AMDMatt said:
Does it happen at stock clocks/voltage, with +50% power limit and an increased fan speed to maintain target temperatures?

Hello boss, how about the benchmark setting?

Superposition 1440p, it doesn't give black bars on my XR341CK

balky12 · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:28

AMDMatt said:
Or lower the voltage required and perhaps power limit, but first you need to determine if it is faulty.

It ran everything I threw at it fine @ stock settings across the board, so I guess the GPU is fine!

Thanks for your tips/ pointers. No doubt I will be back

TonyTurbo78 · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:56

Kaapstad said:
In the Firestrike standard bench there are just two GTX 1080s above my Vega64 card, when I get time I am going to see if I can get past them.

AMDMatt said:
Nice work Kaap.

Firestrike Standard requires a high frequency CPU to reach full potential with Vega 64.

Gotta get above the other Vega64 score as well as getting above those 1080's Kaap

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/23793903?

Kaapstad · 6 Dec 2017 at 14:08

TonyTurbo78 said:
Gotta get above the other Vega64 score as well as getting above those 1080's Kaap https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/23793903?

I recon I can add a few points to my score.

I will give it a go tomorrow.

TNA · 6 Dec 2017 at 15:00

LoadsaMoney said:
I havn't even bothered touching mine, runs fine as is, just cap my frames to 80, and game.

Question is, do you have one or two of them?

Also what have you done with your Fury's?