The RX Vega 64 Owners Thread

Kaapstad · 16 Aug 2017 at 17:16

MDPlatts said:
I thought you were going to sleep ??

I did for a couple of hours.

At my age even sleeping is hard work !!!!

Kaapstad · 16 Aug 2017 at 18:56

https://www.techpowerup.com/236205/...o-ati-rx-vega-and-the-nexxxos-gpx-for-rx-vega

Kaapstad · 16 Aug 2017 at 19:03

WhistleBlower07 said:
Also good for small steaks, chops and chicken.

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.

Kaapstad · 17 Aug 2017 at 04:26

mattyc123 said:
This one is mine,

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, mattyc123, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.

Kaapstad · 17 Aug 2017 at 08:06

ChosenName said:
Mine arrived yesterday:

.... now to patiently wait until I can install it....

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ChosenName, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, mattyc123, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.

Kaapstad · 17 Aug 2017 at 10:19

AMDMatt said:
Right, my replacement Vega 64 has arrived, time to test.

1980/1100 clockspeed please, nothing less will do.

MD used the above clocks in most of the benches he did yesterday.

Kaapstad · 17 Aug 2017 at 10:24

AMDMatt said:
I did test that briefly on my other card before it conked out and it appeared bench stable at the very least.

The consistent performance he was getting was very impressive.

There are few Pascal cards that can maintain core clocks that good for very long.

Kaapstad · 17 Aug 2017 at 18:20

Smudge said:
Mine just arrived!

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Smudge, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ChosenName, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, mattyc123, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.

Kaapstad · 17 Aug 2017 at 21:13

DazQ87 said:
Not the best picture but:

Apache14 said:
Finally got time after a few days of insane Norwich traffic to replace the old R9 290 with the Vega 64

However still waiting for my replacement R7 1700 from AMD RMA :/

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, DazQ87, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Smudge, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ChosenName, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, mattyc123, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.

Kaapstad · 17 Aug 2017 at 21:25

Apache14 said:
You already added me the other day

Thanks and fixed.

Kaapstad · 18 Aug 2017 at 18:49

Richeh said:
All arrived today. Will build over the weekend.

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Richeh, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, DazQ87, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Smudge, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ChosenName, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, mattyc123, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.

Kaapstad · 18 Aug 2017 at 21:28

Chrisc said:
I'm going to put it out there. I'm the owner of a great card

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Chrisc, Link
Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Richeh, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, DazQ87, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Smudge, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ChosenName, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, mattyc123, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.

Kaapstad · 19 Aug 2017 at 11:16

CapitalOne said:
OCUK and DPD efficient as ever here

Which one have you got, AIO or Air?

Kaapstad · 19 Aug 2017 at 11:37

CapitalOne said:
OCUK and DPD efficient as ever here

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 19/08/2017, Make Reference Air, CapitalOne, Link
Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Chrisc, Link
Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Richeh, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, DazQ87, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Smudge, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ChosenName, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, mattyc123, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.

Kaapstad · 19 Aug 2017 at 14:04

Gerard said:
2 duds in a batch of around 30, (yours and matts), gonna be a pain in the ass waiting on replacement.

I bet it is to do with the HBM memory as it is very delicate and a nightmare to work anywhere near when fitting waterblocks for example.

This is based on my time with the Fury Xs and I am hoping that HBM2 is a bit more robust.

I had 2 dud Fury Xs out of 6 in total, both due to faulty memory chips.

Kaapstad · 19 Aug 2017 at 19:19

Dave2150 said:
How do you know they had faulty memory chips? Did you get a report from the repair/RMA centre, or are you just assuming?

Did the cards only become faulty after you removed the stock thermal solution and fitted waterblocks?

They were faulty on delivery and yes I do know what memory artefacts/faults look like.

Kaapstad · 19 Aug 2017 at 19:19

Tute said:
.

I can not see your pic

Kaapstad · 21 Aug 2017 at 07:40

diziet said:
My Vega 64 AIO arrived safe and sound on Tuesday, no Haribo though! Here's a photo for the record:

I'm more than happy with the performance, it's enabled me to run native 4K with higher FPS, and at the same quality settings or higher than I was running at 1440p and upscaling. Freesync's taken care of the rest. So far I've chucked ME: Andromeda, No Man's Sky, Deus Ex; Mankind Divided, X-Com 2, Dirt Rally (VR), Batman Arkham Knight and Witcher 3 at it.

So that's the positives. Now I need a bit of advice, the performance has been great... the stability not so much. Initially I couldn't even launch games, then I split the power over two PCI-E leads rather than daisy chaining. It's rock solid in most of the above, crashing occasionally in X-Com 2 and regularly in Witcher 3 (maybe every 20 minutes).

I'm running it on a new Corsair HX1000i, and I've removed the overclocks from the CPU just in case.

Here's the things I've done to try and gain more stability, referring to X-Com 2/Witcher 3:

Updated BIOS (should've done it anyway)

Clean install of B6 drivers using DDU (this let me launch X-Com 2)

Removing CPU overclock (not sure, probably no change)

Single/Dual rail mode on PSU (unsurprisingly no discernable change)

Radeon Chill enabled (hard to say, but i'm impressed at how well it works)

Radeon Global Wattman set to Power Save (not tried X-Com 2, but this seems to have worked a charm in Witcher 3 no crashes in an hour of play)

I'm going to gather more data on Tuesday when I can next get some time in, any advice gratefully received in the meantime. I feel my PSU should be more than up to the task so I'm hoping you guys will go "Yeah, but you've not done this". My next port of call will be to log out stats in Witcher 3 without Power Save witched on and compare. The largest power out I have logged at the mo was 503 Watts, with 538 going in but that was in Arkham Knight which never crashed and ran at pretty much 60fps. In Witcher 3 with Power Save i've got 505 Watts in and 472 Watts out.

I'm not convinced the issue is power draw due to the fact the witcher 3 crashes seem like GPU driver barfing as the following sequence happens:

Graphics freeze for 1-2 seconds.

Display turns off.

Keyboard locks up.

HD activity light continues to indicate something happening.

Game music may continue playing.

When the PSU was tripping it was pretty damn obvious what was the problem!

Could it still be a power issue with the HX1000i? I'd hate to RMA the PSU, I only bought it to be ready for Vega, and I really hope I don't have a flaky Vega card even though I'd much rather deal with Overclockers RMA procedure than anyone elses. My hope is that this is iffy AMD beta drivers and it will all come out in the wash over the next few updates. Power save seemed to knock about 5fps off my upper rates in Witcher 3, this is liveable for now but I don't want to be in a position where I can't take full advantage of the card.

** Hmm I forgot to dust the CPU pipes **

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 21/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, diziet, Link
Date 19/08/2017, Make Reference Air, CapitalOne, Link
Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Chrisc, Link
Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Richeh, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, DazQ87, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Smudge, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ChosenName, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, mattyc123, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.

Kaapstad · 21 Aug 2017 at 09:53

https://www.techpowerup.com/236303/asus-announces-rog-strix-radeon-rx-vega-series

Kaapstad · 21 Aug 2017 at 14:53

NathG79 said:
My Msi Vega 64 'Wave' AIO arrived yesterday.

https://ibb.co/c6vDSF

Sorry about missing your post.

Welcome and on TROH.

The Roll of Honour.

Date 21/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, diziet, Link
Date 19/08/2017, Make Reference Air, CapitalOne, Link
Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, NathG79, Link
Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Chrisc, Link
Date 18/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Richeh, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, DazQ87, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Smudge, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ChosenName, Link
Date 17/08/2017, Make Reference Air, mattyc123, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, WhistleBlower07, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Chewie, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, nashathedog, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, heartburnron, Link
Date 16/08/2017, Make Reference Air, vanpeebles, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Morve, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Howling, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, Apache14, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, Dianbobo, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, ubersonic, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, AMDMatt, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference Air, TonyTurbo78, Link
Date 15/08/2017, Make Reference AIO, MDPlatts, Link

To get on the Roll of Honour all you have to do is post a pic with your user name on it of your Vega 64.