Gaming on a RX Vega 56 in 2024… Bios Mod and Overclock for under 100$ 

That’s great to hear! I’m a big fan of aftermarket GPUs coolers, love the Arctic Accelero as well and even the NZXT AIO kit. It’s a shame they stopped making them :) Great to hear you’re still putting the card to good use!

@@ImWateringPSUs I looked at both the Nzxt and the Accelero, but I went with the core edition of the Morpheus 2 cooler, I read it had a larger die coverage for the Fiji and Vega cores. It wasn't easy to find one at the time, but I managed.

Same here lmao

Great to see some feedback like this one! I 100% agree with you, it’s probably the best value for money card out there but one has to be prepared to do some maintenance/upgrades in terms of paste and pads and ready to undervolt it!

I agree mate! Have the exact same model and every now and then I get black screen with max fan speed. its annoying AF. I hae yet to find out how to fdix this problem entirely

Very good question: total system power after the flash, with PL unlocked and no tuning was roughly 550W. After the tweak it was roughly 400W. I’d say you can definitely make do with the 550W PSU you have, I’d definitely recommend flashing it because it’s free performance but I would then undervolt (you can copy my curve). Congratulations on your buy and consider taking a look at the full Build video I have on the channel, where we paired it with an 8c i7 and a 500W cheap PSU!

@@ImWateringPSUs You don't actually need to manually undervolt the Vega GPU. It's done in the AMD driver if you choose so and it is almost like someone would do it manually. IO can't stress enough how important is a good PSu for a stable performance. You should recommend at least 650 good quality PSUs. I know what I am saying. I am doing electronics repairs and I know what a low quality PSU that's not giving enough power can do to a gaming system.

And your video is really useful. You tell people how they can seriously strengthen a 100 dollar graphics card with a simple BIOS update. Once people realize this, they will stop buying cards like RTX 3050 or RTX 2060/s.

You got a massive score there! Great settings :) Also thanks a lot for your feedback, I really hope GPUs like these go more mainstream! My Vega drew roughly 180W under full load, total system power was roughly 350W. The UV settings I show a bit in the video, I show the curve. Memory overclock 1150/1200Mhz

Rx vega 64 or Rx vega 56 ?

@@NicHolasBrody44 Nvidia is like Apple. People buy it because it's a brand, "it just works" and fEaTuReS as if RT works on a 3060. They aren't doing it because they're informed and looking for good price/performance.

I'm in the same situation, lets see if he answers you...

​@@narcsba Disregard my last comment. The bios flash supports Samsung and Hynix memory modules. Should be just fine.

It's written in the "details" section what memory timings it supports (8192 MB, HBM2, Samsung KHA843801B) or whatever memory supports

It will 100% be worth it! But your limiting factor is also the CPU, you should get a R5 5600X if you can

It’s all about how you set it. After the undervolting in the end, the card drew 150W to perform dramatically better than at stock. But if you only bios mod it with no Undervolt, it can draw as high as 300W. It will definitely work fine for your P650G PSU, check out the build video I made with it as I used it with a 550W PSU. Also consider dropping a like and subscribing if the content was useful and/or interesting:))

@@ImWateringPSUs fasho thanks man! Lovelots from Philippines

You would be better to upgrade your cpu first. The FX 8350 even when overclocked is serving as a bottleneck for your RX 580. If you spend money on your GPU, you will not see much performance gained

@@liferescripted Welp, my RX Vega 64 just arrived. Guess I used it 'till next CPU upgrade then.

I think you made a great purchase with the Vega, it will go a lot faster than the 580 if tweaked properly. But yes I’d upgrade the CPU asap as well!

@@ImWateringPSUs Yep it's true. I undervolt and OC my RX Vega 64 and get 3-5W on idle, 60-70W while playing MGSV and Nier Automata without anti aliasing on 1280x1024 resolution. I'm happy enough with the result!

no please do not pair any vega card with any fx cpu. Both of those parts were famous for using waaaay too much power for their respective times. unless you have a high wattage, high dollar psu, and do not care about how much your power bill costs, upgrade your cpu to something newer first like any amd ryzen, ddr4 intel cpu, hell even a ddr3 intel cpu would do better than an fx.

Fan quieter under load is the stupidest thing anyone would possibly think about. Video cards have a long life if they get cooled well not if their fans are quiet. If someone need a quiet PC they should buy a sound dampening PC case not spin the fans at a lower RPM.

Absolutely yes!

@@ImWateringPSUs thank god you help me

Dopo la bios mod e l’overclock/undervolt riesce a raggiungere una 3060, rimane tuttavia priva di ray tracing etc etc. Sicuramente come rapporto qualità prezzo è superiore!

If the card boots and sometimes black screens, a different bios can help. If it doesn’t boot at all heh, it’s difficult to fix my man😅

@@ImWateringPSUs Bro are you using windows 11? I'm in 10 right now, does it make any difference if I upgraded to 11? Also what driver and driver version are you using right now.

same red dragon version. I used standart 64 it has power limit 220w. red devil version has 260. My stock vega56 185w - i was afraid to choose red devil version

Ryzen5 1600 or Something Like a 8600k should bei plenty of Power. My sister rund an ryzen 5 1400 Quad Code 16gb RAM and an rx580. She quiet Happy with this Setup

@@danielbernhard1250 i have a 1600af and is not powerfull enough cpu will 100% lagging in 1440p i got finally 5600x and was perfect even for som 4k

Come rapporto qualità prezzo vince la Vega nettamente! Ma ovviamente la 3060 è molto più semplice come upgrade dato che basta collegarla, installare i driver e giocare :)

I would definitely recommend doing this, yes! No need to uninstall anything :))

I have same card. It should have dual bios. You can flash the 64 bios on one and have the regular 56 bios on the other. I have had that card draw upwards of 300 watts of power and it is really finicky. When the 5600XT came out I compared the vega 56 to it and ran benchmarks. Always got ~10-15% better performance on the 56 over the 5600XT(with the 56 bios on the vega). However over the last year and a half, that has drastically changed. I am talking a 20-30% swing. Haven't really delved into it much, although I have used modded AMD drivers from NimeZ for SAM and other features but really no difference. I am running a 5600X processor and I have since it was released. I jumped about 10-15 fps in Heaven and in the games I play like WoW, COD, The assassin's creed franchise, on both cards, upgrading to the 5600X from the 3600. And that drastically changed sometime in early 2023 I believe because on Heaven alone, I would average about 100-105 fps total in the full benchmark with the 5600XT and anywhere from 110-115 with the vega in 1080p. Now, its the opposite. 95-105 fps on vega, 110-115 with 5600XT. nothing changed in my PC but the updated drivers. I firmly believe AMD has purposefully left out the vegas in driver optimizations because its coming up on EOL. And is exactly why last summer I switched to team green and will never buy another AMD video card. Their decision to scuttle Polaris and Vega architecture support is mind boggling. I have never owned anything but AMD Video cards until they pulled this crap. Shame on them.

@@jasonphillips6400 so what are the down sides?

Honestly, 100% yes! Considering that you can also sell your 1070 it’s really a no brainer

Tricky question😂 But if you take a look at the PC build from this Friday, in which we used this RX Vega 56, you’ll see that the PSU had a single 8Pin! So I’d still say Vega 56 :)

Ciao complimenti per il video! Se capisco bene riesci a fare girare la Vega 56 con un solo connettore 8PIN? Chiaramente dopo che hai fatto UV giusto? Grazie mille!

Yes!!! This is actually an underrated question with a very tricky answer. You need to get the 2016-2018 version of Aura from Asus. It’s the old lighting control software. It’s a bit tricky to find online, but once you get it you’ll have full control. Took me a while too lol

Troppo gentile :) Con un buon 650W bronze, se la CPU non è un i9/Ryzen 9 decisamente si!

Troppo gentile :) Con un buon 650W bronze, se la CPU non è un i9/Ryzen 9 decisamente si!

@@ImWateringPSUs ti ringrazio! Se trovo una buona offerta su quella scheda la valuterò per qualche flip!

I tested with a R7 5800X3D but I also a build video with it paired to a 10th gen i7

To be honest that was a VERY good deal in 2018! Great stuff :)

I show that and a lot of benchmarks in the full build video!

​@@ImWateringPSUscould you link iy please

100% yes, if you check on the channel we actually used it with a PSU with just 380W effective power on the 12V line!

Man that’s a REALLY good buy! Pretty much the exact same deal I got :))

Basically on some GPUs you do need to unlock the flash manually via CMD. Worst case you’ll need to actually perform the flash via CMD so you have higher privileges, but it’s truly simple, just copy the commands I use in the video and run everything as an admin and CD C:/yourpath to run the exe

i made it and did everything but i get artifacts on my screen when i game is there a solution ?@@ImWateringPSUs

lol. better safe than sorry. cmd is always better for flashing

Ahahahah we can’t generalize but yes, that’s definitely the case this time :)

Hi, thanks a lot for reaching out but unfortunately I sold it already😅

@@ImWateringPSUs thats a shame. What other good gpus you have which you cleaned and repasted? My pc is not working im on igpu and price of new gpus are skyrocketting and I am only able to afford used