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Yeah, the R9s match skline00's results (above) in Firestrike with his Radeon VII. It's clear why I did not upgrade to the 1080Ti three years ago and here comes the Radeon Vii with a 7nm shrink that can only match the 1080Ti.

I was considering getting the Radeon VII, even though the price is nuts, only to support AMD but since the performance won't be significant compared to my R9 290s in CF, I told my wife that I'll wait till next year to gauge the potential of Ryzen 2 and what will come after Navi. At that point, I may consider a totally new build.

What games are you playing? cos in modern titles that 4gb Vram makes even the 570/580/590 a better choice(CF to CF that is)

 

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I just run the fan faster. I race with headphones so not an issue. It is not that loud anyway. BYW in Assetto Corsa my benchmarks are 20% higher than my 1080 ti which matches what I got with the 2080 ti before I returned it. 50% higher than vega 64. This is 4k maxxed, no blur. Blur kills the Vegas.

Ques:The 1080ti matches the 2080ti? or the Radeon VII matches the 2080ti? What about Pcars/2 ie if you have it does the RVII stack up?

 

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Cool , so you don't use monitor at all? looking fwd to your results

 

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Does the 50th anniv ed have the same warranty as the regular vii?

 

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If you chose wisely on coolant you could go 5+ years with only having to top off the solution while maintaining same temps.

Does mayhems Nuke xT-1 clear fall into choose wisely category?

 

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thx +rep

 

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Never used premade stuff. Mixed my own using 60% Distilled Water, 35% Zalman Propylene Glycol and 5% Water Wetter.

Of course if you chose to go with a premix, clear is better then color coolants which tend to gunk everything.

Its an additive not a premixed coolant you add it to distilled water to lubricate pump etc

 

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I'm running Clear Linux, bit of a pain since I have to build my own drivers but the performance is worth it.

https://clearlinux.org/

How often do you have to build drivers and what titles are you running?

That's a joke. Such poor support.

Beginning to think about selling mine.

Ahem ! how much?

 

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I don't have to often/at all but I try to keep up with the testing branch: https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/1640915206474070669/

I am currently playing Borderlands 3, I still jump on Overwatch and Mordhau.

Any racing games like Pcars in your stable?

 

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I'll give you two sources to look up games you're interested in.

Project Cars looks like it runs but saving might not work: https://www.protondb.com/app/234630

https://lutris.net/games/
https://www.protondb.com/

Thx repped up

 

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I'd certainly RMA it with that behavior after exhausting all those options.. Good luck.

Side note:

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/10667947

2000mhz core / 1200mhz mem..

Even at 100% fan speed there's just not enough thermal headroom to maintain clocks high enough.. I was also pushing 1150mV which is probably overly aggressive for 2ghz. Really want to put this guy on water but I just can't justify the cost.

That said, this does put me at the 5th fastest out of all users on a 4790k / VII combo. Top guy also had his 4790k @ 4.9ghz and clocks are way higher so I'll assume he's on water.

Edit:

https://www.3dmark.com/spy/10668163

Now in fourth place for overall with this cpu/gpu combo. 19 points and I'm in second... can't touch that top score.

Edit again:

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/44043532?

2nd place is mine :thumb:. Jumped up 131 points instead. Bumped cpu to 4.7ghz and gave less volts to the gpu's core (1130mV) which kept clocks set at 2025 around 2ghz more consistently. About 200 points away from 1st, but my cooling on my cpu nor gpu will allow it.

Solo what driver are you using ?

 

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Do I need to update bios on this card?

 

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Nope, that's bios v106 which is the latest.

Thx, had to RMA it though

 

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Question, what is the best ryzen to pair with this GPU? currently 2560 x1080 but future either 3440 or 4k

 

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Thx

 

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It recommends I upgrade my Radeon VII to a 5700XT and 7700K@5GHz to 3950x...
Although it also says that 0 games would benefit from a hardware upgrade.

LOL me too, AMD wants me to get 3950x

 

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Any body wanting to sell their Radeon VII? Send me message and lets talk