Question Pushing my Vega 56 to the limit.

[Dj0gany]

Hi, recently bought a Sapphire Nitro+ Vega 56 8GB, amazing card.
Doesn't get over 65C no matter what I put on it, whether its Superposition benchmark, Unigine Heaven, or any game on high settings, I'm completely satisfied with it.
But, out of curiosity, how far can I push it?
I've read online that, because it has Samsung HBM2 memory, I can put a Vega 64 BIOS on it? is this true? And how much will it benefit the cards performance?
I know I can increase voltage/clock speeds, but I can do that on my own.
Any other things that I can do to it?

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Bios will not give you more power over a software overclock. It could make the base speeds faster, but you run more of a risk bricking your gpu than you ever would getting performance. If you are not satisfied with the extra 5 percent software overclocking can give you, then you need another gpu.

 

[Dj0gany]

So you are saying its pointless upgrading to a 64's bios, considering the possible risk, so Ishould just mess with clock speeds if i want more performance?

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

So you are saying its pointless upgrading to a 64's bios, considering the possible risk, so Ishould just mess with clock speeds if i want more performance?

That would be my advice. To me the risk to reward is just not there.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Just to add, in theory you could do it. But you would have to adjust voltage and cooling and monitor it to make sure you don't burn it up. Risk reward.

 

[Dj0gany]

Just to add, in theory you could do it. But you would have to adjust voltage and cooling and monitor it to make sure you don't burn it up. Risk reward.

Im curious on how big of a reward it really is?

 

[Zerk2012]

Im curious on how big of a reward it really is?

All the flash will do is increase your memory voltage and power limit (if it works)

I would just do a mild overclock if anything. Really not that much to gain if you could get 10% and were getting 100FPS now then you would get 110 FPS is that really worth the chance?

Don't let your next post be help I bricked my card!

 

[Dj0gany]

All the flash will do is increase your memory voltage and power limit (if it works)

I would just do a mild overclock if anything. Really not that much to gain if you could get 10% and were getting 100FPS now then you would get 110 FPS is that really worth the chance?

Don't let your next post be help I bricked my card!

Yeah I understand, thank you for the advice.
Clock speed overclock it is then.

 

[Dj0gany]

One question, why do people recommend under-volting the Vega 56?
Wouldn't that only decrease its TDP and temp, while sacrificing a bit of performance, or am I missing something?

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

The trick with under-volting is to reduce voltage and maintain the same performance, thus reducing operating temperatures. Some people, not unlike yourself like to fiddle with what they have.

 

[Dj0gany]

The trick with under-volting is to reduce voltage and maintain the same performance, thus reducing operating temperatures. Some people, not unlike yourself like to fiddle with what they have.

Nevermind my problem with overclocking, the pc wont even boot past windows ever since i put my gpu on the riser cable...
I will try to troubleshoot it myself, if not, you will see a new thread of mine very soon xD.

 

[Dj0gany]

Seems like a full windows reset fixed the thing, now everything is working perfectly, using a PCIe Gen 4 riser cable.