First want to say if you've never owned an AMD reference gpu before, maybe you should learn a little more about it before you buy and ship it back. Yes it gets up to the low 80'c just like reference 1070's and 1080's. But many people are undervolting this gpu to keep the heat down and then in turn keep the fan noise down. The default fan profile, clock speeds and voltages can easily be adjusted.
Currently with flashed vega 64 bios, here are my settings in wattman
gpu frequency = -1.5% ~ 1607mhz max
voltage = 1.115v
mem frequency = 1025mhz
fan profile low = 700rpm
fan profile high = 3450rpm
card runs between 70c to 79c mostly staying around low 70's and mhz is usually 1530-1570 when being pushed. Yes the noise is a little loud but I wear headphones.
With those settings, it will tie an aftermarket gtx 1080 in timespy gpu scores of around 7,200 points.
Was lucky enough to snag this card for $399 previously, but see many cards are now dropping to $519 and $499, same with vega 64 dropping to $550ish. Please don't be stupid people and give 1 star for a product you don't own and are voting only based upon initial price and not upon actual market demands, we don't live in communism.
Amd cards and Ryzen cpu give the users more opportunity to adjust settings and tune to get more performance. It has plenty of more headroom for user improvements but require you to do some work or provide it aftermarket cooling. I would buy this again but wish game dev's could optimize their games more for vega. Most big name games run great, I usually get 90-160fps at 1440p on medium/high settings. Doom vulkan is a steady 110 to 160fps on ultra/nightmare 1440p with no AA. Great engine, need more programmers to jump onboard vulkan!!!
| RAM | 8 GB |
|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
| Chipset Brand | AMD |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
