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GPU VEGA NANO
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Thanks! This will get me jumpstarted if I ever decide to upgrade my main rig to a Vega Nano. At this point, it's leaning a bit more towards the 1080 mini ATM dur to price and thermals.Here ya go
I just got my Sapphire Pulse last week, this is what I'm running with the stock cooler so far:
Still a WIP. Some more good (if slightly old) info: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3020-amd-rx-vega-56-review-undervoltage-hbm-vs-core
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No difference afaik, I'll probably try a Vega 64 bios at some point (with water) to get a higher ceiling. So far though it's responded really well.
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Here ya go
I just got my Sapphire Pulse last week, this is what I'm running with the stock cooler so far:
Still a WIP. Some more good (if slightly old) info: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3020-amd-rx-vega-56-review-undervoltage-hbm-vs-core
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Interesting... what temp does it run at when gaming? is that as high as the hbm frequency will go?
It's pretty horrible atm haha It's is entirely the wrong setup for air cooling so depending on the game it may hit the thermal limit that's set (SW:BF2 1440p Ultra) or not (Elite: Dangerous VR Ultra).
Haven't played too much with the HBM just yet, that's 100Mhz above stock and 50mv UV to start from.
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Yup, you need 2x 8pin.
I’m running a Corsair SF600 - 400w might be a little tight IMO. The card can easily get to 200W (Wattman figures) under full load with the power limit maxed.
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I've always been planning on a decent undervolt, so I'll have a bit more room to work with
If you click on the package contents, you will see it has two 6 + 2 connectors, so you should be OK.
Yeah, running it at 950mv or 900mv will bring you down under 200w iirc.
How did it go with watercooling this card using the alphacool block?
Here ya go
I just got my Sapphire Pulse last week, this is what I'm running with the stock cooler so far:
Still a WIP. Some more good (if slightly old) info: https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3020-amd-rx-vega-56-review-undervoltage-hbm-vs-core
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How low have you been able to undervolt this particular Sapphire model?
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Without rewatching the video, he says his and somebody else's has issues. This card hasn't been available all that long in terms of both time and stock, so maybe it's just a case of low sample size and online discussion due to the factors I talked about. But I'll be picking one up in a month or two myself for the second round of MI6 cases.
Awesome, thanks! And I'm glad you haven't been put off by the reviews. Would make me get cold feet as well.
There was a 'negative' video online, but according to AMD reddit, the reviewer 'did everyhting wrong' regarding undervolting etc...
i running a stock vega nano i bought from a miner and it says it is only drawing 160w in afterburner. i am going to be soon running it with a i7 6800k on a 500w gunique setup. is my vega actually drawing 160w? whats an accurate way to measure it?
From my understanding, that is just the power being used by the chip. Add more for the rest of the card.
Bad news for my card is that mine has Hynix HBM. The good news is at the moment it seems happy to run at 945mhz, with the core at around 1480mhz and 950mv. This places the chip power at the normal board max of 160w. Interestingly, tweaking mv settings seems to only kick in at 905, 955 and so on. At 900mv it does around 1380 (iirc) and drops to ~140w, at 955mv it sits at about 1530mhz and 180w. I didn't have the ram clocked with those runs though.
