The RX Vega 64 Owners Thread

shankly1985 · 21 May 2018 at 21:52

One of the biggest performance jumps I have made. from a 290 to VEGA 64 has been a true upgrade thats for sure. Zero disappointment from my 4GB 290 though it lasted me long enough and hold up well at 1440p mixed settings mind you.

LoadsaMoney · 21 May 2018 at 21:59

Cracking tune! :cool:

arc@css · 21 May 2018 at 22:06

LoadsaMoney said:
Cracking tune!

I enjoyed it, too.

More of a difference between the 290 and V64 than I was aware of. Quite a bit more, in fact.

Nexus18 · 21 May 2018 at 22:14

Just need them to drop to appropriate prices now....

JediFragger · 21 May 2018 at 22:29

Nexus18 said:
Just need them to drop to appropriate prices now....

Yup, the 64 is a great card at the right price combined with a good Freesync screen to take care of the lows

Nexus18 · 21 May 2018 at 22:38

JediFragger said:
Yup, the 64 is a great card at the right price combined with a good Freesync screen to take care of the lows

Problem is, I can't see the prices of these dropping much, if at all come nvidia's new cards, even though they will probably get their asses handed to them not just on performance, power efficiency (in return less power, cooler and quieter) but also pricing.... The fact that nvidia cards have been dropping back in price and well to be quite honest, making vega prices look extremely silly now and with no sign of AMD competing back says it all.....

Miners and the cost of HBM will keep them high

shankly1985 · 21 May 2018 at 23:10

Am just happy I made the jump when they was £470 just below the max £500 I willing to spend on a GPU.

JediFragger · 22 May 2018 at 00:26

shankly1985 said:
Am just happy I made the jump when they was £470 just below the max £500 I willing to spend on a GPU.

Great value at that price, even if you have to factor in a waterblock or AiO kit!

Illuminist · 22 May 2018 at 10:36

Hey there fella's

Wanted your advice, I rma'd my reference 56 at the beginning of the month and power color are taking their sweet time to send a replacement so I am being offered the option of the power color Red dragon, does anyone know anything about this card?
Will it still be compatible with any EK water blocks, and can you still 64 bios it?

p.s is it any good?

ubersonic · 22 May 2018 at 15:52

Illuminist said:
Hey there fella's

Wanted your advice, I rma'd my reference 56 at the beginning of the month and power color are taking their sweet time to send a replacement so I am being offered the option of the power color Red dragon, does anyone know anything about this card?
Will it still be compatible with any EK water blocks, and can you still 64 bios it?

p.s is it any good?

People have asked about this before, IIRC no blocks yet as it uses a proprietary Nano style PCB (the same one Powercolor have been showing off with a Nano cooler recently), it won'e take a reference 64 BIOS AFAIK but "may" take a red dragon 64 BIOS.

I would assume it performs like a reference 56 just with better cooling.

nashathedog · 22 May 2018 at 16:42

shankly1985 said:
Am just happy I made the jump when they was £470 just below the max £500 I willing to spend on a GPU.

When was that?

I've never seen a V64 LC for under £600

LtMatt · 22 May 2018 at 16:45

Shanks bought a air cooled Vega 64 i believe and not the limited edition air cooled or the liquid version, which were both more expensive.

LoadsaMoney · 22 May 2018 at 16:53

nashathedog said:
When was that?

I've never seen a V64 LC for under £600

Mine was under

By a penny!

nashathedog · 22 May 2018 at 16:58

AMDMatt said:
Shanks bought a air cooled Vega 64 i believe and not the limited edition air cooled or the liquid version, which were both more expensive.

Fair enough, I thought that was his video which say's Liquid version,

LoadsaMoney said:
Mine was under

By a penny!

I remember, I wish I'd grabbed one then as well.

TonyTurbo78 · 22 May 2018 at 17:16

shankly1985 said:
Am just happy I made the jump when they was £470 just below the max £500 I willing to spend on a GPU.

Indeed. I Feel like for £459 launch price, I got one hell of a card.

Now I've the 1080ti 2nd pc build next to my gaming rig using the same freesync monitor, there's no comparison to how incredible gaming is on V64 paired with a freesync screen. Even though obviously the 1080ti is a better card, the gameplay experience feels lumpy even when gaming way above 100fps on it.

It's a bloody great card on water though, should have been better overall but upgrading from that 390 crossfire rubbish to V64 has been a quality upgrade all round.

pete910 · 22 May 2018 at 17:35

All still a long way off I got my LTD for

LoadsaMoney · 22 May 2018 at 20:36

TonyTurbo78 said:
It's a bloody great card on water though, should have been better overall but upgrading from that 390 crossfire rubbish to V64 has been a quality upgrade all round.

Amen to this

melmac · 22 May 2018 at 21:13

TonyTurbo78 said:
Indeed. I Feel like for £459 launch price, I got one hell of a card.

Now I've the 1080ti 2nd pc build next to my gaming rig using the same freesync monitor, there's no comparison to how incredible gaming is on V64 paired with a freesync screen. Even though obviously the 1080ti is a better card, the gameplay experience feels lumpy even when gaming way above 100fps on it.

It's a bloody great card on water though, should have been better overall but upgrading from that 390 crossfire rubbish to V64 has been a quality upgrade all round.

Totally agree. I thought the Vega64 card was great when I had it. Now I have the 1080Ti and I haven't noticed that much of a difference. It looked stunning in the case too

(mine was the silver limited edition one from Nashathedog)

Dicehunter · 23 May 2018 at 19:06

Work mate of mine is pondering making an all AMD rig, He found a 1080 for the same price as a V64 and is having a hard time deciding, What's the verdict ? Do I tell him the V64 may have better long term support etc... ?

pete910 · 23 May 2018 at 19:11

Dicehunter said:
Work mate of mine is pondering making an all AMD rig, He found a 1080 for the same price as a V64 and is having a hard time deciding, What's the verdict ? Do I tell him the V64 may have better long term support etc... ?

Having owned both (1080 for a year +) I'd say RX hands down. Though if he has a g-sync monitor then obviously GTX

But tbf think he'd be happy with either ! So flip a coin