Are custom AMD RX VEGA cards good?

[@Jayztwocents]

Hit like for that edit mistake at 3:46 .... I'm leaving it in. It was a closeup of what the core looks like

[@eowen-to1oj]

JayzTwoCents wow you beat me to it hahahaha

[@ZedVisuals]

JayzTwoCents I thought my phone died there for a second hahaha

[@eowen-to1oj]

Omg your right I thought the same for a second sitting here like....... Umm

[@0theenemy]

I thought it was my phone that broke all of a sudden.

[@DzinkyDzink]

You're bigger than your hometown!

[@carig121]

Asus RX Vega 64, Republic of miners ...

[@neat2014]

LOL

[@DolfyHitler]

"ROM" Special Edition XD

[@sniperunrepeat752]

carig121 gg but Vega is a worse buy than Polaris for mining

[@connivingkhajiit]

sniperunrepeat nope. Its comoute performance is just wayyy too good per watt when its undervolted

[@cidsapient7154]

miners dont like asus coolers well not ppl who own a lot of cards and like dude up there said vega isnt a very good card for mining costs too much and uses too much watts to justify the cost

[@Bozar069]

I would rather see reviewers get lottery losers as it is way more useful to know the minimum performance one could expect then being dissapointed later.

[@klubstompers]

Yea, when i see a review of a slow card, i go right out and buy it, hoping mine is not slow.

[@mitchell3876]

@@klubstompers well it just gives an honest review. For example, nvidia's Founder's Edition cards are the best binned silicon. So not everyone may get the same boost clocks on AIB cards

[@loomnatinoscopers]

@@klubstompers strix is a trash one anyway, also dont get a gigashite one, but I would recommend undervolting any vega anyways but if you havent bought a vega 56 yet then just dont buy a gigashite or strix one

[@DummyAccount]

03:46 I can see forever

[@stuwoac]

scared me then thought I had a bug with that black screen

[@TehObLiVioUs]

you overclocked your GPU too far!!!!! /s

[@christopheror9833]

Same, my monitor was acting weird, I was about to punch the screen

[@0s0sXD]

stuwoac lol I thought my phone died

[@1337Ox]

dammit, I also thought my gpu fucked up

[@onboard3]

Talk about it, just installed brand spanking new GTX 1080 couple hours ago and screen goes black.. :D Thanks Jay for the little heart attack.

[@BrKnOblivion]

@JayzTwoCents - There's a lot more you can do from an undervolting perspective. Seeing as it's a custom PCB, flashing with a stock AMD BIOS may not work so we'll skip that part. Currently I'm running a stock AMD RX Vega64 black (not special edition) and running much lower voltages than expected and hitting high 1500's purely because I have high ambient temps (30+C). I know I can extend my car past 1700 MHz core but that's not the aim. The aim is reliable and fast clocks with the temp target at roughly 65 C. Personally I'd put the target at 60C so when it boosts past it a little when the fans ramp up then it won't pass 65 C as there's a ~20% HBM performance loss above 65 C and that just gets worse as you saw with the STRIX card. So for numbers, currently I'm running 1750MHz for P7 core state with 950mv P7 voltage. Running 1667 MHz P6 state with 900mv P6 voltage. HBM is set to 1000MHz and 900mv with fans set to max for benchmarking and a min start at 1200rpm for normal mode. Temp targets are 70 C Max and 65 C Target, though normal mode is 65 C Max and 60 C Target. Power target with stock BIOS is between +10% and +20% and wattage draw for the card should be targeted to be below 220W. Once you have something in that range that's stable (with those settings you are voltage throttling the OC and shouldn't really hit anything above 1580MHz) you can start adjusting the P6 and P7 clock states to suit requirements and start pushing the envelope a bit. In the end though any temps above ~65 C lose performance and this card really prefers to be under water rather than on air.

[@RukaGoldheart]

I am getting an rx vega 64 and I'd like to know how undervolting works

[@KillaMurda1871]

@@RukaGoldheart Same here

[@PowBamZing]

Don't listen to the haters Jay, I love the subtle hint at world blindness at 3:46 of the magical and beautiful world of PC's those who play consoles cannot see. Deep, man. Totally heavy.

[@Bowlofpineapples]

Ask Hallgrim Fuhr you can't either

[@Aereto]

I play consoles and PC, but I'd say Nintendo is the only Console design these days that have what non-ARM PCs can never have. Raspberry Pi is a ARM PC, so that a build that rivals Switch' s adaptability using it won't count. Sony and Microsoft are practically trying to be like PCs , though Microsoft XBox is designed to utilize its own DirectX technologies for games.

[@wyvern4588]

I got a Gigabyte Vega 64 air. I quickly slapped a EKWB block on it. Then I updated the firmware to Water. I feel I hit an average lottery, My core will hit around 1762 stable with no additional voltage (other than 50% MPL) and the Ram hits 1060 stable at a lower voltage of 920. The card quickly becomes unstable beyond 1777mhz core and 1100mhz ram, though, my processor Bclk of 103.3 COULD be causing instability because everything attached to the board becomes overclocked to some point and being that I have HBCC enabled and Vega uses infinity fabric like my R7 1700X, it's possibly talking faster than normal. If you want a Vega, and I mean REALLY want it, the only way to go is water cool it, because the difference in real life is night and day- cost be damned.

[@FKN1990]

I have the sapphire vega64 air cooled and i got 1670~1700 Mhz on the core at 60°C and 1100 Mhz HBM at 65°C

[@thelongslowgoodbye]

I did the exact same thing as you with the same card and got similar results. Best thing I ever did. The best part is how it doesn't sound like a hair dryer at full speed when it's on water.

[@jabumaho]

Don't want to nitpick, but theres a teeny editing error at 3:46. Please don't fire Nick if he did it.

[@TheTopMostDog]

...black? OH NO MY 1070 IS DEAD I FINALLY HAVE A REASON TO HAVE TO BUY VEGA oh nevermind

[@BornaPrpic]

To me it looks like the "Usual" premiere bug where it just decides not to render in this case probably one b-roll.

[@paddypat]

nickpick

[@mannygoesmeow2618]

if i was on my main rig and not my moms laptop from 2008 then i would have too xD my reaction was more like, oh man did this crap die? oh well i'll just go to my roo...oh it was the video?

[@MrJahgrid]

actually this card is better than your 1070.

[@YoWho-88]

The only Vega card im really waiting to see is a Sapphire Nitro + 56

[@fratsahin7958]

@@rogehmarbi 5 hours later.

[@BackdraftCS]

Just got one for 215 lol

[@fratsahin7958]

@@BackdraftCS omh so cheap

[@fsisrael9224]

@@fratsahin7958 4 days later

[@piev4166]

1 week later

[@bestill3x]

"in games, CPUs dont get nearly as hot as GPUs" My 7700k begs to differ. Delid Tool cannot get here soon enough.

[@bestill3x]

i've got a single 280m rad for the cpu. temps are really the only complaint i have about the 7700k.

[@bestill3x]

i run 4.8ghz and it is usually around 65-70c in game, sometimes spike close to the 80s but goes back to average temps. which i feel is too hot for my tastes and i want to overclock more while also keeping my temps within the range im comfortable with. So i'm gonna delid and hope to run 4.9/5.0ghz while staying at the same or a little less temps than i currently have and hope it doesnt spike anymore.

[@bestill3x]

@Jerry C k

[@doomslayer5044]

im kinda sick of people suddenly complaining about the temps of intel cpus....with an h100i v2 aio cooler from corsair, my i7 7700k OC to 4.7 Ghz, i can oc more but i like to keep it like that, the temps never go beyond 60-61°C on AIDA 64, tested for about 30 mins.....

[@BodethIII]

meanwhile my 1950x is 65c loads with its 3.7 ghz all core boost on a 360mm aio. bird poop on a CPU is a bad idea, who knew?

[@harima7757]

Omg I had jitters when u pulled that huge box! Congratulations jay!!!!!

[@move177]

Did i miss something or does he not talk about acoustics and thermals on a card that was designed for acoustics and thermals? 15 Min. about how bad it OC... Don't get this wrong Jay, love your videos. Not that it matters, cause no one will read that. I'am a bit late.

[@ryanhall8770]

2020

[@cesarpalmos8235]

2021

[@snowman22ism]

That's awesome homie. You deserve it. You're fun to watch and have absolutely earned every one of us.... I'll be here when you hit 2 million my good man...

[@moldoveanu8]

Congrats! This made me so happy for you :) Good Guy Jay, you and your team earned it.

[@johnnydoucet2277]

Congrats on 1 million plus subs jay! :D

[@Zonjiru]

What's up with the black 6 secs from 3:46?

[@Dogsparkster]

Read jayz comment on this video at the top

[@comedyman112]

Censored core

[@paarthdesaai]

Vals editing was mistakenly mistaked

[@LegendSeekerX]

Congrats Jay + everyone at JayzTwoCents

[@neerithedragon298]

Must say, your videos make more sense when I'm drunk.

[@K-Anator]

I don't often comment on your vids, if at all. But I just want to say thank you. I've been in to computers as long as memory serves me. Starting with my uncle's Daewoo when I was toddler, through learning web design in my teens and in to the present, which is where you come in. I recently put together a gaming/production rig for school/play and absolutely love it. It looks and performs better than any PC I've ever had. And I owe it partially to you Jay. Thanks to you and other insightful Tech KZbinrs, I was easily able to find all the resources and recommendations that I needed. And I couldn't be happier. You totally deserve that gold play button man, and can't wait to join you on the journey to diamond.

[@justreflex3404]

"I no longer accept review samples" - JayZTwoCents **Accepts review sample right after**

[@Kureiji-Desu]

JustRefleX dont remember these exact words + context matter boi

[@alexandsimba]

He ask for retail samples now, so it's up to the company to be honest about it. You just have to watch this video to see it was a bad retail sample. I think he started that after it was discovered that they were tweaking them to perform better for benchmarks only.

[@AMDRyzenEnthusiastGroup]

JustRefleX - I know you're talking about the twitter rant, however, Jay made a video a day or two later, admitting that he might have overreacted, given the myriad of false info & rumors going around about who was to blame for the "pricing scandal." He owned his shit & moved on.

[@Bourinos02]

Maybe that's the reason behind the fact that he hasn't gave any pricing for this card...

[@feilox]

Why is AMD still sending cards to Jayz2nvidiaShill ??????

[@Lmmolsen]

Congrats on the one million! Keep being awesome!

[@meh757]

sounds like asus forgot the thermal paste because i can't fathom how that massive heatsink is less efficient than the stock one

[@youridv]

meh757 temperatures were fine

[@jacktumbleweed]

meh757 nothing to do with temps, it's a power problem. Check out Gamers Nexus to learn more about it.

[@dennis-br6vr]

Danny Boi wont help anything mate, its not a temp problem

[@danielcox3983]

Liquid metal is still cool AF tho.

[@dennis-br6vr]

Danny Boi until it destroys you gpu.

[@trevneuzerling4708]

Congrats on over a million subs ! Watched since you had just over ten thousand subs and uploaded from your home :) watched you grow and move house twice and move studio three times

[@Tech-Gamer444]

Lets see if a bios update or two can fix that. This is what happens when a brand new product(though it may be a revision of another one) comes out into the market. Usually its best to wait a while until the product has seen a few cycles before going with it.

[@svfutbol20]

Travis The Gamer I’m waiting till the holidays to get one, I have a freesync monitor I’d love to pair with it

[@Tech-Gamer444]

That would be a good idea since etherium mining is still relevant and GPUs are expensive. Although the prices of GPUs have gone down, its best to get the cards either bundled or on sale. A few extra bucks can go a long ways.

[@jdrok5026]

Well I hope amd will start letting Vega actually do what it wants people have notice on sub zero they can hit the cards max clock without just the card hitting the Max voltage

[@MrTourist76]

I just love the view out your window Jay!!

[@ContainerAcre]

Got tired of watching your videos over my husband's shoulder! Finally got around to subscribing to you on my own account!

[@DeeP-_PerspectivE]

Container Acre oh look a gamer girl that isn't a landwhale

[@ContainerAcre]

😆😂 Thanks!

[@KpK1Cioby]

so you couldn't watch his videos without subscribing? Wow

[@ContainerAcre]

Just trying to give Jay a more accurate Subscriber count 😉

[@vespaman101]

you dont get updates if u dont subscribe..duh

[@T0bimaru]

Regarding your Pascal comment; I've had the same experience! On an Acer Nitro 5 laptop with 4GB 1050 Ti (LOCKED voltage and power settings) I was still able to boost the core clock 200MHz and the memory clock 800MHz on stock voltage. In-game it's a super stable 1860MHz core and 2152MHz memory. Despite what I've heard about the Nitro 5 having heat issues, I'm witnessing a MAX of 65C under load with the GPU after several hours of gaming and the clocks speeds never fluctuate due to thermal throttling. Combined with a CPU undervolt and enabling Cool Boost (fan profile), it performs really well for a budget laptop! Love your vids Jay, I always learn so much. Getting back into the PC scene after nearly 15 year hiatus.

[@mouthbreather280]

i own 1/1.2 million shares of that play button

[@rflxna3227]

You have stocks in AMD?

[@27hydn]

Soona Nazha no he I think at the time jay had 1.2 million subs and he’s saying he was one of them that contributed to his play hutton

[@mouthbreather280]

SpiicyRamenn brooo. 3 years later, and KZbin puts a notification in my feed haha. And Yeah your right, that’s what I meant.

[@27hydn]

plopnow lmao didn’t think you would respond to my response on your 3 year old comment

[@mouthbreather280]

@@27hydn I didn't know it existed. I do remember making the comment now though. Never had a 3 year old comment of mine ever get updates to my notifications. have had 1 or 2, 2 year old comments.

[@ReDHaWko]

Congrats on reaching 1 Mill Subscribers JaysTwoCents :). Always Bringing Interesting Benchmarks and Tests.

[@discostoo]

3:46 - "They took my eyes Master Robin".

[@TheHuckeberrie]

your lighting is just awesome man. props

[@firstnamelastname6525]

Video starts at 5:05

[@shalinisujesh7671]

Thank

[@uriahbenjamin638]

Congrats on the million subscribers Jay!

[@MinazukiKajishiro]

So the difference between stock & custom is not that BIG.

[@jdrok5026]

Well on air or water no I think buildzoid was having the best luck on ln2 and it was absolutely loving it and he need more power because that was really the cards limit was just power limit

[@michaelsummerlin3858]

Shellz Hilol Strix AMD cards are trash that’s why. My Asus strix 480 was the worst card I’ve owned. It wouldn’t budge past the 1330Mhz stock overclock and would peak at 80c. I paid $300 for that pos on Newegg and sold it to someone on Craigslist. I replaced it with a $200 sapphire nitro 480 8g (its the non plus and 1750Mhz memory) and instantly had the core running at 1390Mhz and the memory at 2200Mhz while running in the low 70s at full load.

[@Tomatenmark-Mark]

Congrats to 1 Million subscribers! Keep it up, you are simply great at what you're doing!

[@Poise716]

So happy i didnt waste my time waiting for this card months ago and just go a 1080. Couldnt be happier with my ryzen 7 tho

[@jdrok5026]

Philip Leone the 1080 is normally slower but still a good buy just doesn't completely compete with the 1080ti but it was literally made to be that stop gap card between the two unless amd has a even bigger Vega chip then omg hide your power supplies

[@ridethenorthwest5853]

I got a ryzen with a 1070 cause I over spent on water-cooling 😂 and my 1070 has a better clock then that

[@deepbludreams]

jdr ok that's not true? Most 1080s push 3-7% better preformance then Vega 64, and the 1080TI roasts the Vega 64.

[@spreaddeezhazelnutz7511]

Philip Leone I agree, Vega was a huge disappointment besides the Vega 56 but the Ryzen cpus are awesome, especially Threadripper ones that still cost less than an i9. lol

[@frankvandepol7101]

There are a few things i want to add: 1: With 8xAA Vega is frond-end limited you. You can also see it when you check power draw at the wall. It will be lower with 4x/8x AA vs 0 or 2x. 2: Vega also boosts according to voltage: Fictional example 1600MHz max boost on 900mv i get +-1350MHz on 1100mv i will get 1475MHz (if it is not hitting any power or temp limits) 3: check GPU-Z for the applied voltage (if the voltage readout is the same as the referenced cards) When your clocks on stock setting where dropping i think the voltage was also dropping and you where hitting a TDP limit. Its true lower voltages can give you beter performance but that because the card wont hit limits that fast and it will take longer to heat up. With 1200mv spikes it will hit limits fast. If you limit the max to 1100 it will take longer. But even at 1100mv you will see the card go down even further with heavy load. And undervolting only really happens when you go to 900mv currently lower is not possible it will still read 900 (sometimes it it shows 870mv and power draw is lower but i cannot duplicate the results/settings yet to make it work all the time). But refferenced cards on balanced: the card will go down to 950-1050mv quite a lot.

[@JackLe1127]

What core?

[@MaxWeir]

Well done on the 1m!

[@Lein385]

3:46 yes i can totally see the size

[@Theninja114]

I'm thinking he was told to black it out.

[@robertorebola7532]

Congrats JayzTwoCents for the gold play button you deserve it and all the success you are having You got me into Pc building and gaming.... Thanks for giving me the confidence to build my first pc in 2017 and jump into over clocking

[@kamrankazemi-far6420]

You’re among the few tech channels on KZbin I believe deserve a millions subs and more, keep up the great content Jay

[@Felipe03000]

Keep up the black screen. Just kidding, his content is gret

[@trexgamer73]

Well done on 1 million subs Jay!

[@wintdkyo]

3:48 ish black screen, just wanted to let you know.

[@TheAmanor123]

wintdkyo thats the core of the gpu

[@richardshippful]

Congrats on 1 million subs, good solid content, great channel.

[@oso1165]

now why arent there custom pcb radeon 7s ???

[@rexyoshimoto4278]

Wow. Thanks, Jay. What an enlightening video. Last year, I was wondering if I should've a waited a month before purchasing an aftermarket Vega 64. I got excited about buying one at the right time I guess and got a reference Vega 64 for $500 (Oct/Nov '17). I'm looking forward to water cooling it so I get more performance out it (another nice video you made).

[@Fals3Agent]

video goes blank momentarily at 3:46

[@koolaidirm]

congrats on 1 million subs :) keep on trucking

[@HashbrownNav]

The video cuts out at 3:46-3:52

[@gonzos-twin]

Naveen Benjamin not on my screen I saw the GPU

[@Earthworm_Jim_86]

Congratulations on the subscribers! You’re a great bloke, be proud.

[@Terrorist939]

TL;DR - NO.

[@azziyt888]

/\ TL;DR NO

[@cheekitb]

thanks b

[@ZANGMadMan]

Alex939 tl;dw*

[@damcrac]

Knew I could count on someone. Thanks.

[@AlfaPro1337]

Thanks made a lot of people a great day. #RXFlop, can't even compete against the Titan Xp. I think it would be forgivable if it was called RX 590

[@Jrock420blam]

You did a good job with the office man, I'm glad you didn't black out or block the windows. Those are perfect

[@no_sauz_no_lyfe1420]

Can i buy this on 2019 ??

[@Fearzzy]

impossible!!

[@recyclebin4148]

@@Fearzzy just bought it, for 270 eur :)

[@AaronAlso]

They are hard to find. The coin miners bought them all up in 2017.

[@recyclebin4148]

@@AaronAlso look for them, just got strix vega 56, mining is crashed, 5700xt is out, you can get some nice custom pcb vega for les than 300usd, sold that crap 2070 for whatever i could get at moment, that was -130eur

[@MrDavoz28]

Congrats on 1 mill. Keep being genuine and you should keep climbing!

[@DaveGamesVT]

Well... guess I'm saving up for that 1080ti. I love my Fury X but Vega seems like a stinker.

[@matic6423]

DavidGX Wait for volta....

[@o.i.]

ba ba ba ba raca, Volta won't be arriving anytime soon, no sense to wait for that. AMD hasn't put enough pressure on Nvidia to give them a reason to release it.

[@noisyboy971]

Wait for navi

[@juhopetrell1878]

It doesnt mean that if Jay losses silicon lottery, you will. And Vegas performance will skyrocket when AMD gets the drivers right, based on huge raw performance. (13,7TeraFLOPS)

[@juhopetrell1878]

Or buy just another Fury X for CrossFire and call it a day. :D

[@Tpbmods]

Congrats on a million!!!

[@DJ_Dopamine]

Asus really messed this one up. It's a pig. Get a Sapphire card for best results...

[@NicknackLP]

New themal pad good fix

[@wrighrw2]

Yea they stuffed up the vrm thermal pad.

[@FeuerblutRM]

Turned my back on _Sapphire_ after my Radeon 7000 series back then. That bitch was loud as a hair dryer. Did sapphire improve since? Currently bought an Asus Strix Vega64 and it runs almost inaudible even above 80% fan speed and stays

[@Joe_Bader]

Love the throw back cuts!

[@moldoveanu8]

-I would pick Asus over PNY, Biostar and maybe even PowerColor. -But I would pick Zotac 1st then EVGA 2nd as the OC and quality seems unmatched on those...maybe I just keep winning the lottery with them idk. -Past-(Zotac 980TI Amp Extreme Ed.) Now-(EVGA 1080TI Black dual fan model) -Semi unpleasant experiences 1-R9 380 Strix from Asus (4Gb). 2-R9 270 from Powercolor (2Gb). -Asus performed a bit better (less screen tearing and such) out the 2 and was newer tech...i suppose that was an advantage. The R9 380 is great budget card when found for around $100 However both cards overclocked like garbage and the ASUS actually would often crash more than Powercolor, but performed with less issues at stock. PNY and Biostar I would be afraid to try as they are used to covering lower end and my trust with them ends there.

[@D_2_da_K87]

moldoveanu8 +1 for evga, my 1070sc overclocks like a beast. 2086mhz at 78c pretty quite too. Winning.

[@moldoveanu8]

I have to say with the 1080Ti there has not been a need to OC so far. It is just a beast regardless. As for the 980ti I OC that Zotac hard to amazing levels of gtx 1070 and a bit beyond that in performance.

[@ridethenorthwest5853]

I agree my evga 1070SC is a lil beast

[@teppest11]

congratz on the many subs

[@C0manso]

I find it super funny how only 1080p is only available, usually it's 360p haha

[@TheDocDrey]

lol you`re right

[@C0manso]

There we go, fixed now

[@sippe3985]

Yea i am lmai

[@brettvanniekerk8705]

Congrats on the Subs Bud, keep up the awesome vids

[@rucarnuts13]

RX-64? I don't see any rotors. ... Sorry for that joke...

[@iaial0]

Dr. Weird oh boy

[@GhostlyGhille]

Got Brap ?

[@tpnxl]

Lol in 3017 that’s actually gonna be a Mazda if we still have cars by then

[@Wokiis]

The RX vision is cancelled for all we know :(

[@TheReclaimerRx7]

I have 3 rotors

[@teched7226]

Congratulations on the 1 million subs! You deserve it. I love the videos! Keep it up!

[@omarhassan1426]

I don't really care I'm just waiting new gpu's so I can buy the old one's.

[@armandb.8737]

well problem is if new gpu's are shit old ones not going to get cheaper xD

[@omarhassan1426]

Armand B. Lol u made m day 😂😂😂

[@sammus1412]

I'm running a Reference Air V64 with EK waterblock and an MSI Liquid V64 Bios, holds 1700-1706mhz range in games all day with +50% power target and no other tweaks. Glad I didn't bother waiting for aftermarket cards.

[@bengrams6289]

Wish i could afford one of them, i still have a RX 480 hahaa

[@mumin84]

With current mining craze, you can. Just sell your 480 and buy vega, or even 1080Ti, if you can sell it right. 1080Ti is not that good for miners, so the price is still reasonable, unlike the 480, which is the best mining card right now (and therefore you can sell it for a very good price).

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

Mining craze is over. Prices already plummetted. Too much competition to sell on ebay rn. You must be repeating shit you've heard because only two months ago I would say its worth it to sell. Not anymore. Things change.

[@mumin84]

+falt I sold my two R9 290 (that I bought in 2014) two weeks ago for $450 total, then I sold 1 ETH I mined with them for 380. Sure, the craze is over.

[@jakegarrett8109]

You can actually buy GTX 1060 for under $200 on Newegg, that's a sign the mining craze is going down. Its not down all the way though, but its finally getting a bit better for gamers. The 480 (if its 4gb) is about $280 used (checked a week ago), and the 8gb version is more. Its still rather pricey, so if you want to sell it to upgrade, sell it now and survive a month or 2 on an old card if you have one.

[@kelpygsus132]

Jake Garrett the lowest priced 1060 6GB card is 265 still. You probably saw the 3GB model which miners don't want

[@dmtphone]

My Sapphire nitro+ vega 64 loves undervolting. 1050mv on core sustained clocks of between 1570-1625 with occasional spikes of up to 1675. Samsumg hbm running stock voltages, but clocked to 1050. Power consumption lower than stock in 'performance mode' with noticibly better performance. Never go over 45% fan speed and edge temp stays under 65c. Was nervous I'd have some buyers remorse over navi launch but considering partner cards aren't very available yet, I'm getting close to same performance per $ but many months sooner which makes it a win in my book.

[@Pholiage]

So basically a Fiat 500 engine in a Aventador chassi... What a joke

[@jdrok5026]

Pholiage well remember there's always a bad chip look up what buildzoid could do with his Vega chip

[@Celician83]

When I first got my old Gigabyte Windforce II 1GB GTX460SEv1, at first it did not like to overclock. But, after a few revisions in drivers, and working it up slowly, letting it burn in a little, it ended up over clocking very well, out-performing quite a few EVGA and ASUS OC design cards, which came with a higher clock and more CUDA cores! So what I'm saying is sometimes to get better results, it's best to allow a small burn-in cycle and up it slowly over the course of a few days to achieve those higher results

[@DG2assassin]

Yo, 3:47 is a blank screen

[@meduglennon]

Congratulations on the 1 million subs!! You deserve it man!

[@ali99_82]

Another Prey to those pesky miners

[@ezekielwillmott9735]

Congratulations on a million subscribers!

[@m.s.8879]

3:50 u got edditing hole there o smthing

[@bartholomew4487]

Happy Torrent lol.

[@Disi2008]

I have mine custom water cooled (Gigabyte Revision C0 and over a year old card), using the LC BIOS. It goes up to 1790MHz (~270W) on balanced driver settings. All stock settings and I was always happy with the performance.

[@ShallowDepression]

When is it due? The baby, not the card.

[@klausedwin]

Double unboxing and no accidents. Good work.

[@xcinper498]

Didn't you say that you will not receive any VEGA review samples? Could you please send this sample to me?

[@TheCriticizer811]

Congrats on the 1m subscribers reward!!

[@maydaygoingdown5602]

So bored with Vega now...Total snooze fest of a card...Enough of last year's performance already...Yawn!!

[@jdrok5026]

MayDay GoingDown!! Well check out buildzoids stuff on Vega or any other stuff I mean he murders the cards but you get to see what Vega really likes I mean it's still probably way to power limited to beat a ln2 1080ti but it and Vega 56 crush the 1080

[@maydaygoingdown5602]

jdr ok yeah I'm just bored of looking at it's benchmarks... it's nothing I haven't already seen 2 years ago when the 1080 launched. Just a boring performer already. I find that the RX 56 is more interesting than RX64 really, just because it can match a 64 with bios etc...at least that's a bit more interesting than looking at Nvidias 2 years old performance today. I still think the RX 56 is simply a binned 64 though.

[@jdrok5026]

MayDay GoingDown!! The 64 is probably more limited by power then the 56 which would explain why a 56 can steam roll a 1080 overclocked and some have even show a 56 steam rolling a overclocked 1080 because amd would be stupid to give Vegas buyers access to control everything while I'm sure everyone would love that because Vega is much stronger then the 1080 core and even on ln2 is apparently power limited still as far as I've hear but I'm thinking amd is literally trying to do something weird idk Vega is very power hungry being able to pull 400-600 watts of power and some have recorded clocks of 1800 plus and still going and if you overclock it right will just sit there and not move maxing out its power limit idk what amd did but Vega is a monster but we didn't need a monster that needs ln2 and 2 1600 watt psu and a lot of bios mods to control everything to really unlock I think we need something that was a competitive card that can actually compete in games not just workstation stuff

[@jdrok5026]

Sorry for grammar I want Vega to be able to be good but if navi is its successor Radeon needs to get the power consumption down and Vega performance but more hopefully but I would take less power and a Vega like performance because Jesus Vega is a fun card to watch as it just keeps going but I think amd needs another 7970 where they are just on top but right now I'm just waiting to buy 2 Vegas most likely a 64 and a 56 and water cooling them on a threadripper or a i9 depnding on when I get the Vegas but I would love a 1080ti to but right now I have cars to build and they are eating into the computer fund even tho the computer is being built for a dual injection system for a engine build lol

[@maydaygoingdown5602]

jdr ok yeah I agree, if we go back 8 months ago we were all expecting Vega 64 to be a monster easily beating a 1080ti for the same price or even less. We all seen that AMD marketing ploy of "poor Volta" and got stiff dicks...or was that just me:)... Anyways...After all the waiting...delays...hype...we find out it's basically a 2 years old 1080....Sigh!! Before launch I watched a few leaked benchmarks of its gaming performance compared to 1080 at stock and 1080 overclocked (average overclock nothing special)...it lost out to the overclocked 1080 by quite a bit in AMD titles so I knew their and then that Vega wasn't isn't for me. I was gutted to be honest...i didn't want the high temps and high power draw either...it would have meant I would also have to buy a new PSU to accommodate it and that meant spending more than an Asus Strix oc 1080ti. So rather than spend that on Vega 64 or liquid 64 I purchased the Asus Strix oc 1080ti as this meant not only I have a much faster cooler and less power hungry card but I didn't need to spend extra on a new PSU. I'm very glad I did now, I made the right choice and that was just before Vega launched so I got it before all the mining prices hikes.

[@Enzo187]

CONGRATS on 1 mill!

[@RambUz]

The scandal is that you still talk about it.

[@LongBarrelJoe]

Congrats for your achievement Jay!

[@ronald4life1]

Did you buy the card yourself? You made AMD look bad but never apologized about being horribly wrong!

[@jakegarrett8109]

What was he wrong about? Its not bad reviewing if he was correct. If he was correct, he will need to do an update vid. From everything I've seen, Vega is currently a bad idea for gaming, but its totally worth it for mining (even the RX 470 is 2x what it cost a year ago, prices are crazy). That doesn't make it a bad card, just a bad price *for gaming*, right now. For mining, the thing is a monster beating literally everything Nvidia has, and its only like $500-600. In a year, they may be super cheap, and a great deal for gamers, in 2 years they may be a bargain from a flood of old mining cards. Its all price dependent. He has no reason to apologize if nothing is incorrect, that's the point of a reviewer, to let people know what to expect. I would be really upset if I expected something more and got less (why I never pre-order anything, I want to know what I'm getting).

[@T51B1]

He was wrong about the whole AMD launch pricing thing. That's when he made the "I no longer recommend Radeon" or w/e BS tweet. Not sure if that tweet is still up, IIRC he deleted it.

[@jakegarrett8109]

Well then he should do an update then called, "economics 101, supply and demand".

[@frankopanklaric]

Jake Garrett But he wasn't wrong. Amd did mislead us into thinkkng we could fet their cards for 100 bucks cheaper.

[@jakegarrett8109]

+K-plus tunjevina MSRP is just suggested selling price. Retailers can sell if for whatever they want (just like cars are sometimes over or under MSRP, its all about supply and demand). For instance, the RX 480 is still MSRP at $200, but that doesn't mean you can find one used at that price. Usually at launch they go a little over MSRP anyways, but this mining situation is massively different than a typical scenario, so it really screws up all the pricing. You can't bl aim AMD for miners buying these up as soon as any are in stock, they are just a great card at a really good price for mining.

[@danielburgos3817]

Congrats Jay! So crazy to see you from such a long time ago and now seeing you wow what a "huge" difference :p get it? Sorry was going on your bigger joke lol always a fan of you

[@Budisgud69]

What a shit card, couldn't even boost pass the reference model.

[@rerunrehak]

Budisgud69 wasnt that the whole gtx 1080 launch too?

[@ldiego2601]

rerunrehak people tend to forget and just criticize when they are hating on something...

[@rerunrehak]

Luis Diego Fonseca Navarro yeah they do. Just like how nvidia cards ran stupid how during the 400 series. This is from a 970, 980ti, titan xp user.

[@james2042]

i mean my 1080fe clocks to 2100, most aftermarket cards can't say the same

[@rerunrehak]

James Mastroianni thats what i mean. There were only 2 aftermarket cards that could get past reference clocks.

[@Krydolph]

I just love how half the comments are about the black scren at 3:46... Like we never would have seen if they didn't comment it... even though several others already did, and jay himself did at least twice!

[@tommyagnello4100]

Nice plaque, but can it run crysis

[@Duedain]

Congrats on 1 Million subs!

[@nickmudd]

Good thorough work with testing, liked

[@Excalabur50]

Congrats on the 1mill Jay

[@justinparry5197]

Congrats Jay on 1 million and the gold button! You deserve it with the great content you put out here

[@SIMPhony]

Congrats on being so big!

[@XxSrelhowxX]

Congrats on 1 mil subs

[@_BangDroid_]

Wow Jay! Great moves, keep it up, proud of you!

[@JoesTech]

Congrats on the milestone, Jay! Thanks for the great ongoing content, and for being a great inspiration to the rest of us!

[@deansmith4752]

there are always variations in output from any manufacturing process, in silicon manufacturing the manufacturers will perform performance checks which will allow them to charge a premium price for the better performing parts. the net result of all of this - the silicon lottery can create a higher proportion of different grades of devices