The Vega VII Owners Club

Durvelle27 · Feb 15, 2019

Hey guys, just wanted to create a club for those who decided to make the jump to the Radeon 7 GPU after its launch. I myself decided to take the leap and ordered a Sapphire Radeon VII. Should be here within the week and I’m excited.

Post what you have

Dbiggs9 · Feb 15, 2019

I get mine Tuesday.

GamerGuy · Feb 15, 2019

I've had a VII since the 9th, running just fine with the latest 19.2.2 driver (was also fine with the 19.2.1 Radeon VII only driver). I was thinking of starting a VII owners' club not an hour ago, but decided to wait for someone else to start it.....

jesdals · Feb 15, 2019

I am waiting for delivery on the 22 feburary - model Sapphire - wonder if it will have UEFI bios preinstalled, some seem to have gotten them already after the launch date. Any one done any bios update yet?

And undervolting seems to be the good rute to take with this card.

moproblems99 · Feb 15, 2019

I may pick one up just to aggravate people. Sell a few of those old mining gpus to pay for it. If I decide to pick up Metro then I probably will as the ole Vega 56 doesn't look like it will cut it. If I get the in-stock email alert at the right time I may just pull the trigger.

Voluman · Feb 15, 2019

Looks awesome, have fun with it girls, guys.

Durvelle27 · Feb 15, 2019

jesdals said:
I am waiting for delivery on the 22 feburary - model Sapphire - wonder if it will have UEFI bios preinstalled, some seem to have gotten them already after the launch date. Any one done any bios update yet?

And undervolting seems to be the good rute to take with this card.

It’s possible but it depends on the store stock and if it was updated with a newer shipment.

And I think the Vega architecture in general responds well to undervolting as AMD seems to always set to high of a stock voltage that’s not needed.

moproblems99 · Feb 16, 2019

Durvelle27 said:
AMD seems to always set to high of a stock voltage that’s not needed

I don't think they are arbitrarily picking the voltages, it has be tied to yield. Much like going one clock bump lower on your overclock for an extra cushion. That said, I still wonder why pretty much every Vega can substantially undervolt. I don't think I have run into someone with one that can't.

Durvelle27 · Feb 16, 2019

moproblems99 said:
I don't think they are arbitrarily picking the voltages, it has be tied to yield. Much like going one clock bump lower on your overclock for an extra cushion. That said, I still wonder why pretty much every Vega can substantially undervolt. I don't think I have run into someone with one that can't.

I mean honestly it’s not just Vega. All AMD GPUs have had this trait. I don’t think it’s much of a yield thing but so as run higher voltage giving more possible stable clocks instead of actually testing variable different clocks to see where it crashes or becomes unstable

My 2 Hawaii GPUs from 2 different AIBs ran the same high voltage and one was reference and the other custom and both ran perfectly fine at much lower volts.

Honestly I like that AMD does that as it gives more headroom to play with clocks and voltages.

moproblems99 · Feb 16, 2019

Durvelle27 said:
Honestly I like that AMD does that as it gives more headroom to play with clocks and voltages.

I'm on the fence about it. I like the flexibility but I don't think they do it because they want to.

eidairaman1 · Feb 16, 2019

Durvelle27 said:
I mean honestly it’s not just Vega. All AMD GPUs have had this trait. I don’t think it’s much of a yield thing but so as run higher voltage giving more possible stable clocks instead of actually testing variable different clocks to see where it crashes or becomes unstable

My 2 Hawaii GPUs from 2 different AIBs ran the same high voltage and one was reference and the other custom and both ran perfectly fine at much lower volts.

Honestly I like that AMD does that as it gives more headroom to play with clocks and voltages.

Its a sloppy approach but its easier to do what they did than trying to find the absolute minimum voltages for the clock speeds.

BoxOChocolates approach for the End User.

Dbiggs9 · Feb 19, 2019

Got it installed barley fits

moproblems99 · Feb 19, 2019

Dbiggs9 said:
Got it installed barley fits

Yeah, that is about a 6-pack away from not fitting. I bet you can't get a credit card to slide through there.

eidairaman1 · Feb 19, 2019

Dbiggs9 said:
Got it installed barley fits

Probably like my 290

Dbiggs9 · Feb 19, 2019

jesdals · Feb 20, 2019

Saw a German Youtuber run Radeon VII in crossfire, just a couple of games but nice scaling and full functionality in drivers and Wattman

HD64G · Feb 20, 2019

jesdals said:
Saw a German Youtuber run Radeon VII in crossfire, just a couple of games but nice scaling and full functionality in drivers and Wattman

As usual with CF or SLI. Sometimes works well, some times not so well and other times not at all.

Dbiggs9 · Feb 20, 2019

I'm getting artifacts after about 10-15 mins of RE2 game play(stock setting) . I set setting down to 1600mhz and lowered power and still artifacts after 30+ mins

HD64G · Feb 20, 2019

Dbiggs9 said:
I'm getting artifacts after about 10-15 mins of RE2 game play(stock setting) . I set setting down to 1600mhz and lowered power and still artifacts after 30+ mins

Max temps of the junction spot especially? Monitor and post back.

Dbiggs9 · Feb 21, 2019

Set to 1800 @ 1000mv

moproblems99 · Feb 21, 2019

I would like to see if they have water blocks for Instinct cards and see what these really top out at.

eidairaman1 · Feb 21, 2019

moproblems99 said:
I would like to see if they have water blocks for Instinct cards and see what these really top out at.

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/gp..._be_preparing_an_amd_radeon_vii_water_block/1

HwGeek · Feb 21, 2019

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/amd-radeon-vii-16-gb.251935/page-21#post-3999343
New Atiflash inside asus Radeon VII vbios update.

Vayra86 · Feb 21, 2019

Moar bench results! Come on bois, put those beauties to work

Durvelle27 said:
I mean honestly it’s not just Vega. All AMD GPUs have had this trait. I don’t think it’s much of a yield thing but so as run higher voltage giving more possible stable clocks instead of actually testing variable different clocks to see where it crashes or becomes unstable

My 2 Hawaii GPUs from 2 different AIBs ran the same high voltage and one was reference and the other custom and both ran perfectly fine at much lower volts.

Honestly I like that AMD does that as it gives more headroom to play with clocks and voltages.

Agreed, not a fan of Nvidia's lockdown either, but the bonus is efficiency. I guess its a trade off.

Dbiggs9 · Feb 22, 2019

Seems like 12.4GHZ GPU & 12.8GHz HBM is cake.

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The Vega VII Owners Club

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