AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 8 GB

[Vayra86]

I'll take my class action money for Nvidia lies about memory in their GTX 970's and use that to make up for AMD's lies about Vega pricing..............

Sounds like a great way to end up losing no matter what

 

[Footman]

Sounds like a great way to end up losing no matter what

Either way the consumer gets screwed, it's not just an AMD issue. Nvidia and Intel are far from innocent!!!

 

[Artas1984]

Well the Evga GeForce GTX1080 SC Gaming that i've bought (all be it with 2 year warranty) is 180 EU cheaper than reference Vega 64 while beating it, using 190 W max power from it's single 8 pin connector and making low noise whatsoever. To think that i've bought the best bang for buck high-end card after it being on the release for 14 months already just shows in what kind of regress the AMD video card market has fallen. GF GTX1080 did not have competition when released, and does not have now.

Thank you for the review Wiz!

 

[Footman]

Just to update this thread, I now have my Ryzen under water and it is extremely well behaved. Assuming that it is 'tweaked' appropriately.
Yes, it uses more power than the GTX 1080 (my last video card), and it is no faster than the GTX 1080..... But, it runs well enough and is smoother than my GTX 1080 in the two games I currently play, Prey and BF1.

For anyone interested I am using Wattman to adjust global settings.
I have increased power target +50, I have set DMP6 and DMP7 at 1632mhz and have undervolted DMP6 from 1150mV to 1120mV and DPM7 from 1200mV to 1120mV. Full load temps are a ridiculous 48C, which is lower than my watercooled GTX 1080! With these settings I am consistently at 1600+mhz. With out of the box balanced mode load frequencies would hover around 1400mhz. Vega is obviously power starved and needs the additional 50+ power target, however this additional power requirement can be offset by a simple undervolting.

My current loop consists of 1x360mm rad and 1 x 240mm rad, Swiftech MCP355, Thermaltake Riing 120mm fans, Eisblock XPX waterblock on my Ryzen 1600X (at 4.0ghz), and the EK Vega waterblock on my Sapphire Vega 64... The motherboard is an Asrock Taichi, I am using the excellent onboard sound and have the Rosewill Cullinan tempered glass case.