RDNA Builders Thread - 5700 XT / 5700, etc.

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Michiel de Ruyter

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I put an ASUS Strix 5700 XT in my system. Generally speaking there are a lot of problems, both on Linux (which I prefer to use) and on Windows, here I will only address Windows at first. When I start up Rise of the Tomb Raider it respects the settings which I entered in AMD Settings and Wattman. I use a FPS-cap, I undervolt the GPU and I overclock the GDDR6. It works great, I get around 92 FPS all the time with almost all settings maxed out, I don't hear any noise and I can game for hours without any problem. When I try to limit the FPS or clock frequency for Borderlands3 the settings are not applied. I tried to lower the maximum GPU clock frequency to 1860 MHz, I tried to lower the maximum power and the maximum RPM. Whatever I did, Borderlands3 kept using 1960'ish MHz all the time, in the menu (Why? @Gearbox) and in the game. I tried to restart AMD Settings multiple times, I started up the game after I had AMD Settings open and of course I always hit "apply" in AMD Settings Wattman before starting the game. Nothing helped. The 5700 XT is a solid GPU and with respect to cooling the Strix is a solid card but ASUS really screwed up by not having a powersaving BIOS, you have all that extra heat (100-200 mV to get 100 MHz higher?) for a negligible (2-3% according to Gamers Nexus) FPS-gain, it is not worth it! Borderlands3 also crashed two times after a longer time of playing (over 2 hours) with less than a minute between the crashes. That might be a hardware problem (lack of airflow over my memory B-die or whatever) but just in case others have this problem too I point it out.
 

Veradun

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I bought an XFX 5700 DD because come on 349€ was a price tag I couldn't resist

I played with it in the last week and it seems fine, low temps and quiet operation.
 

Justinbaileyman

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So I finally sold my 1660 ti and plan to upgrade to 5700xt or 2070 super.
As for the 5700 xt I was thinking of getting the Power color Red dragon.
Anyone here like or even know anything about this card? Do you think its any good? Either that Or I was thinking of getting the Evga RTX 2070 super xc 2 slot.
What do you guys think?
 

Shmee

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Red dragon should be pretty good, probably on par with the sapphire pulse model? For the latest AMD cards, I would kinda lean towards a sapphire as you can then use sapphire trixx latest version with trixx boost, which is a very nice feature.
 

Justinbaileyman

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This is for the Dual fan Red dragon 5700xt though not the triple fan Red Devil.
I watched a bunch of video's where a guy played through a crap ton of games and his temps with this card was always around 70c-72c while gaming at 1080p and 1440p and maxed out at around 80c while gaming at 4k.
That seems awfully high temps doesnt it?
My 1660 ti only get up to 62c and maxes out around 70c at 4k gaming..
 

Shmee

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1660Ti is a lower power card I believe, mid 70 C at load is fine.
 

Justinbaileyman

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Yeah I am thinking I am gonna change my mind now and stay away from the red dragon. Not that its a bad card or anything , as its the same layout as the red devil.
My problem is that power color cut 2 vrm modules and 3 capacitors and gave the red dragon 1/3 of the heatsink the red devil has.
So now I am leaning towards the red devil card.
Any of you guys/gals own the Devil card?
Thoughts??
 

Justinbaileyman

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Well I went a head and took a chance and bought the Power Color Red Devil.
Kinda went against my better judgement too, as there are tons of reviews on newegg claiming major issues with this card crash not just games but the entire pc.
God I hope that this doesnt happen to me!!
I am already pissed off about the fake 3950x launch today and dont need more issues to stress over..
 

Shmee

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The red devil is one of the best Navi cards from what I hear.
 

Justinbaileyman

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Guys I need help.. I got my 5700 xt today and my pc will not post with this GPU installed.
I did every thing I can think of including flashing my bios to the very newest on my motherboard.
Posts just fine with tthe other 3 GPU's I have laying around..
 

Shmee

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Hmm, which model? Do you have both 8 pin power plugs in? Also what display out are you using?
 

VirtualLarry

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I had some initial problems installing my RX 5700 (XFX reference) card as well.

Using a B450-F ROG STRIX Gaming ATX mobo. Had to mess wtih UEFI/CSM/Secure Boot/etc. Maybe had to CLR_CMOS, finally, to pick up the card properly. Was a pain. Not entirely sure how I got it working.
 

Justinbaileyman

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Hmm, which model? Do you have both 8 pin power plugs in? Also what display out are you using?
RX 5700 XT Power Color Red Devil and yes I have both 8 pin cables plugged into the Card.
I have cleared Cmos a dozen times and updated Bios to the motherboard.
I am using HDMI out to my TV but that doesnt matter. The fact is that there is something wrong with this piece of crap.
The second I turn on the PC the card gets so hot it starts smelling like melting plastic and I burned the crap out of my finger when I touched the heatsink to check if it was gonna be cool to the touch or not.
Its odd cause the Fans spin up and the LED's light up but the entire pc wont post.
When I take the card out and put in say a Radeon 7850 or gtx 1660 TI both cards allow the PC to post.
Any other thoughts guys??
I am totally bummed out now!!
I guess the cards gonna get sent back and I will probably get a 2070 super or something..
 

Shmee

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Sounds like you got a dud card. I would return and get a Sapphire NItro+ or the 2070 Super, as mentioned.
 

VirtualLarry

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Well, I personally wouldn't have purchased PowerColor, but that's just me.

Edit: That being said, my XFX reference card, I've got it as the top card, with the lower card being a GTX 1660 ti 'Gaming X', and mining on both cards, with the RX 5700 clocked down to 1350Mhz, RAM clock up from 875 to 885 (was 900, but was getting visual artifacting at Windows 10 desktop, and still was a little bit when things warmed up a bit in the room at 885). Getting 49.xx MH/s in ETH with it, around twice that of the GTX 1660 ti, which perhaps ironically, cost me more money.

But F@H only runs on the GTX 1660ti, won't support the RX 5700 yet.
 
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H T C

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Be advised: there's a "bug" with Navi's OpenCL implementation, or so it seems:


Seti@home is affected but other projects are likely affected too.
 

Justinbaileyman

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Well I am not saying Power Color the brand is bad in particular just this 5700 XT is bad.
As I had a RX-590 Red Devil from Power Color and it was just an absolutely amazing card.
I thought this time would go well since last time they delivered an awesome product, but I was dead wrong for this purchase.
I understand things like this happen and it just comes down to a bad run of cards.
No biggie I guess and so I will just end up getting something else hopefully if I cant get this working today.

"Larry" how did you and what did you change in the bios to get your card to work?
DId you have a second gpu to help you get into bios or something because I cant even post at all if this card is any PCI-e slot. I get an error code on the motherboard code reader which is "A0".
I looked up what the code means and it has something to do with an I/O error.
Odd thing is I can boot when using any other GPU!!
 

Shmee

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Yeah, I have heard good things about powercolor as of recently, and I have had good luck with my RX 580 Red Devil Golden Sample in another system.
 

Justinbaileyman

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@Justinbaileyman

Sounds like you just got a bum card. Someone in QC did a poor job. How quickly can you get a replacement?
Looks like I am gonna be using my back up Radeon 7850 for a week and a half to two weeks.
Neweggs return shipping is gonna take 3-5 days to get back to California and then another 5-7 days for them to credit my account so I am able to get something different.
Dont know if I wanna temp fate again with another 5700 XT or not though.
So many issue with this series of card I just dont know if its worth the headaches.
Not only are lots of people reporting issues like mine but those that so get them up and running , then the cards burn out and fail.
This has got me very worried and very paranoid.
 
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Justinbaileyman

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So I shipped my 5700 XT back to Newegg this morning and expect it to arrive by next Friday I am hoping by the latest.
I dont think I am gonna go 5700 XT again unless Newegg pushes the replacement only rule.
If not I am thinking of either Radeon VII or 2070 Super.
Which one of these is faster and more future proof?
Worst comes to worst and I will just go with a GTX 1660 Ti again till newer Gen GPU's come out.
Whats your Guy's/Gal's Thoughts on this??
 

DrMrLordX

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@Justinbaileyman

Radeon VII should be faster than 2070 Super. It's generally a match for a 2080. And they are very overclockable. That being said, supplies on Radeon VII are low. AMD isn't making any more of them. Still, there's this deal on Radeon VII:


Wish I had gotten one for that price!

Oh, also be aware that AMD is doing goofy things to Radeon VII OC with driver updates. Wattman is generally useless for overclocking Radeon VII with the latest driver builds. You have to use other utils plus MorePowerTool (which you should use anyway 'cuz it's awesome). I'm still on an old driver build because of that, though eventually I'll update and get away from Wattman.
 

Justinbaileyman

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OMG I would have loved to get this card..
By the way yes this XFX is the Radeon VII card I was talking about.getting while on sale.
Fat chance that will still be available for that price in 7-10 days huh
Also no Overclocking at all on my GPU's, stock only!!
Maybe under clock or under volt to save on electric and to keep things cool..
 
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DrMrLordX

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Also no Overclocking at all on my GPU's, stock only!!
Maybe under clock or under volt to save on electric and to keep things cool..

Then you can undervolt. Though it's recommended that you go to +20% power limit just to even out clockspeeds. Like Vega10 before it, Vega20 clocks go all over the place. It won't actually pull much more power that way. It'll just downclock less-aggressively that way. Usually.
 
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