A Closer Look

AMD's thermal solution uses a cooler with a copper vapor-chamber baseplate and heatpipes to keep the GPU (and its HBM memory chips) cool. This part of the cooler also provides cooling for the voltage regulation circuitry on the board, as indicated by the gray thermal pads.


The backplate is made from metal and protects against damage during installation and handling.


The Radeon RX Vega 56 comes with a dual BIOS switch.


Just like on the Radeon R9 Fury X, this bar of LEDs will indicate GPU activity. Using the DIP switches, you can turn this feature off if you prefer no lighting, or can select a blue color, instead of the default red color.


AMD is using dual 8-pin power inputs on the RX Vega. This input configuration is specified for up to 375 watts of power draw.


AMD CrossFire has been running over the PCI-Express bus for a few generations now. The Vega Series is no different.