The RX Vega 64 Owners Thread

TrixX · 27 Sep 2018 at 14:43

Yeah Vega64 is definitely a Tweaker's card. Not really great for the mainstream user as it's quite a finicky card to dial in, but that's the fun for the enthusiast

Panos · 27 Sep 2018 at 21:22

bcham said:
thanks when it arrives ill try it,do you think that was a fair price,this is the psu ,
https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?area=en&pid=464

Yeah thats why I said use my settings to cut down from the normal power over volting settings the card has also. (Turbo mode).
You should be fine with your PSU, if you do not go down to 1200mv + 50% PL route.
There the PSU might struggle. But even myself with a watercooled card don't do what, because is counter productive to overclock the Vega 64 believing it is an Nvidia card. Except if you are a "retarded" reviewer...

Panos · 27 Sep 2018 at 21:27

TrixX said:
Yeah Vega64 is definitely a Tweaker's card. Not really great for the mainstream user as it's quite a finicky card to dial in, but that's the fun for the enthusiast

Amen mate. Amen.

Wrote this many times. Had the GTX1080Ti Xtreme and was a boring card to "play with". Normal factory OC was 2021, and the card couldn't do above 2063 on air.
So only spend 1 hour trying to tweak the card before I gave up for 10 months.

3 months now with the Vega 64, I have spent a lot of time looking at the card behaviour on Air, on Air with Liquid Metal, and under water (with Liquid Metal).
I have tried numerous downvolted settings (including the "power save 176W cap" mode).

For an overclocking enthusiast like myself (of 30 years), this card is the most interesting card to tweak and "play with", since the Club3d ATI 9500"Non Pro".....

pooley · 27 Sep 2018 at 22:41

@Panos is it worth it to stick some liquid metal on this red devil?

majestynl · 27 Sep 2018 at 23:32

X3T said:
Managed to find a new Vega 64 LC somehow.

Nice one.. enjoy it!!

TrixX said:
Yeah Vega64 is definitely a Tweaker's card. Not really great for the mainstream user as it's quite a finicky card to dial in, but that's the fun for the enthusiast

Totally true m8..

By the way saw your score on Timespy leaderboards..
Sorry...

GoogalyMoogaly · 27 Sep 2018 at 23:38

Panos said:
Amen mate. Amen.

Wrote this many times. Had the GTX1080Ti Xtreme and was a boring card to "play with". Normal factory OC was 2021, and the card couldn't do above 2063 on air.
So only spend 1 hour trying to tweak the card before I gave up for 10 months.

3 months now with the Vega 64, I have spent a lot of time looking at the card behaviour on Air, on Air with Liquid Metal, and under water (with Liquid Metal).
I have tried numerous downvolted settings (including the "power save 176W cap" mode).

For an overclocking enthusiast like myself (of 30 years), this card is the most interesting card to tweak and "play with", since the Club3d ATI 9500"Non Pro".....

Unfortunately for AMD they should probably be trying to target the people that like to plug-and-play.

I imagine if a car company released a car where to get it to do more than 15 mpg you had to strip and rebuild the engine I don't think it'd be a big seller, despite the mechanics/petrolheads loving it.

Panos · 28 Sep 2018 at 00:13

pooley said:
@Panos is it worth it to stick some liquid metal on this red devil?

If you do not want to lose the warranty, and you have high temps, it will drop them especially the HBM.
How high are your temps when undervolted? Can you use HWInfo to tell us the HBM temp also? Can you hear the fan?

If your temps are high, I would advice first to put something powerful (and quiet) like an Enermax Magma to blow cold air directly to the heatsink from directly bellow.

Panos · 28 Sep 2018 at 00:14

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Unfortunately for AMD they should probably be trying to target the people that like to plug-and-play.

I imagine if a car company released a car where to get it to do more than 15 mpg you had to strip and rebuild the engine I don't think it'd be a big seller, despite the mechanics/petrolheads loving it.

TVR comes to mind

GoogalyMoogaly · 28 Sep 2018 at 01:01

Panos said:
TVR comes to mind

I was thinking Alfa Romeo, but that works too

pooley · 28 Sep 2018 at 01:06

Panos said:
If you do not want to lose the warranty, and you have high temps, it will drop them especially the HBM.
How high are your temps when undervolted? Can you use HWInfo to tell us the HBM temp also? Can you hear the fan?

If your temps are high, I would advice first to put something powerful (and quiet) like an Enermax Magma to blow cold air directly to the heatsink from directly bellow.

i have the card in a meshify c with two 140mm fans on the front grill blowing air in the case and the temps are not high as such but the fans are quite audible and is a distraction
the HBM temps are mid 40's idle and reaches 72c when gaming...

Panos · 28 Sep 2018 at 01:12

pooley said:
i have the card in a meshify c with two 140mm fans on the front grill blowing air in the case and the temps are not high as such but the fans are quite audible and is a distraction
the HBM temps are mid 40's idle and reaches 72c when gaming...

What are your wattman settings?

TrixX · 28 Sep 2018 at 01:15

majestynl said:
By the way saw your score on Timespy leaderboards..
Sorry...

Your card is stronger than mine, nice steal of the top

Still fastest ThreadRipper/Vega combo

Panos said:
TVR comes to mind

Literally my favourite cars

Panos · 28 Sep 2018 at 07:53

@TrixX, @majestynl sec guys. Which board? I cannot see your scores here

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/time-spy-standard-dx-12-bench.18740536/

Figo · 28 Sep 2018 at 07:54

Panos said:
Amen mate. Amen.

Wrote this many times. Had the GTX1080Ti Xtreme and was a boring card to "play with". Normal factory OC was 2021, and the card couldn't do above 2063 on air.
So only spend 1 hour trying to tweak the card before I gave up for 10 months.

3 months now with the Vega 64, I have spent a lot of time looking at the card behaviour on Air, on Air with Liquid Metal, and under water (with Liquid Metal).
I have tried numerous downvolted settings (including the "power save 176W cap" mode).

For an overclocking enthusiast like myself (of 30 years), this card is the most interesting card to tweak and "play with", since the Club3d ATI 9500"Non Pro".....

Absolutely, and thats why I love mine.... and got shot of the GTX 1080... it was just ... well boring.. and the fact that it doesn't offer up any better performance than the V64 meant that there was no real reason for me to keep it around.

pooley · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:52

Panos said:
What are your wattman settings?

i'm going to try your settings panos and i will see how it goes

Kidge · 28 Sep 2018 at 13:05

Is a Vega 64 a worthy upgrade from RX 480 8GB guys?

Hades · 28 Sep 2018 at 13:38

Kidge said:
Is a Vega 64 a worthy upgrade from RX 480 8GB guys?

I went from a 290 to a V64 and love it. It's a huge boost. But a 480 is a lot faster than a 290 and is still a great card. I think I'd be asking what the purpose of an upgrade is. Is it because your games now aren't playing as you'd like them, or is it just because you fancy something new? If you need to upgrade now then a V64 will be great. But it it's just because you have the upgrade itch then I'd only buy (any card) if a good deal comes up.

Martini1991 · 28 Sep 2018 at 14:02

A 480 isn't a lot faster than a 290 at all.
My 290x was arguably faster than a 480 or at least as fast.

480 to vega 64 is a solid upgrade.

Shiari · 28 Sep 2018 at 14:04

Kidge said:
Is a Vega 64 a worthy upgrade from RX 480 8GB guys?

Depends a lot on the resolution you're running. If you're on 1080p 60Hz ... probably not a lot of improvement to be had there.

RBImGuy · 28 Sep 2018 at 15:02

Kidge said:
Is a Vega 64 a worthy upgrade from RX 480 8GB guys?

usually double the fps
that is the variable I go after when I upgrade.
It also depends on resolution, what cpu and such along the way.
Many buy a 1080ti thinking it be so great and runs 1080p and are cpu bound wasting money.

so yea, a vega is a great upgrade from a 480