NVIDIA or AMD?

[wago]

Should I rather go with an AMD Vega 64 (Asus strix) or an RTX 2060 (EVGA)? And would be paring it with an AMD Ryzen 3600x

[Omega]

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There is little to no difference in performance between cards of the same series but from a different manufacturer. Just grab the one you think looks best.

Isn't the Strix bad because the cooling isn't great(some components are running over 100c)? They fixed it sometime but who knows which one uk sells. I would rather buy the Vega56 Pulse.

You mean the Vega hotspot "issue"? That isn't exclusive to the Strix, all Vega cards are affected by this. It's not really an issue, other chips also have this. The difference between the Vega and other chips is that the Vega uses multiple temperature sensors while most other chips only use one. The Vega reports temps from multiple points on the die including the "hotspot" which is the hottest point on the chip.

[wago]

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Isn't the Strix bad because the cooling isn't great(some components are running over 100c)? They fixed it sometime but who knows which one uk sells. I would rather buy the Vega56 Pulse.

You mean the Vega hotspot "issue"? That isn't exclusive to the Strix, all Vega cards are affected by this. It's not really an issue, other chips also have this. The difference between the Vega and other chips is that the Vega uses multiple temperature sensors while most other chips only use one. The Vega reports temps from multiple points on the die including the "hotspot" which is the hottest point on the chip.

Should I change to the Sapphire or stick to Asus strix?

[Omega]

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You mean the Vega hotspot "issue"? That isn't exclusive to the Strix, all Vega cards are affected by this. It's not really an issue, other chips also have this. The difference between the Vega and other chips is that the Vega uses multiple temperature sensors while most other chips only use one. The Vega reports temps from multiple points on the die including the "hotspot" which is the hottest point on the chip.

Should I change to the Sapphire or stick to Asus strix?

Both are fine. It really doesn't matter which one you pick.

[Ralf]

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Isn't the Strix bad because the cooling isn't great(some components are running over 100c)? They fixed it sometime but who knows which one uk sells. I would rather buy the Vega56 Pulse.

You mean the Vega hotspot "issue"? That isn't exclusive to the Strix, all Vega cards are affected by this. It's not really an issue, other chips also have this. The difference between the Vega and other chips is that the Vega uses multiple temperature sensors while most other chips only use one. The Vega reports temps from multiple points on the die including the "hotspot" which is the hottest point on the chip.

If the voltage regulator a hotspot? https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/96l9da/strix_vega_fixing_the_horrendous_vrm_heat/

[Omega]

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You mean the Vega hotspot "issue"? That isn't exclusive to the Strix, all Vega cards are affected by this. It's not really an issue, other chips also have this. The difference between the Vega and other chips is that the Vega uses multiple temperature sensors while most other chips only use one. The Vega reports temps from multiple points on the die including the "hotspot" which is the hottest point on the chip.

If the voltage regulator a hotspot? https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/96l9da/strix_vega_fixing_the_horrendous_vrm_heat/

No that is something else. These components are fine well in to the 120c range. If this affected the card in any way Asus will have most likely solved it already by making a new revision of their Strix card.

[wago]

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If the voltage regulator a hotspot? https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/96l9da/strix_vega_fixing_the_horrendous_vrm_heat/

No that is something else. These components are fine well in to the 120c range.

Should I avoid asus or..?

[Omega]

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No that is something else. These components are fine well in to the 120c range.

Should I avoid asus or..?

You could if it makes you happier about your purchase. The Sapphire Vega cards are really nice and you won't regret picking up one of these.

[wago]

Do they have there own software to oc or is that done in the asus bios?

[Omega]

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Do they have there own software to oc or is that done in the asus bios?

You can use AMD Overdrive in the GPU control panel or another third party tool like MSI Afterburner.

Asus probably has their own GPU overclocking software but I am not familiar with it.


These overclocking tools will work with any card. You can use Asus overclocking software on a Sapphire card if you want.

[wago]

I might go with the sapphire but then again i kinda wanna stay on the same brands but I am seeing reviews on the strix cards of having heat problems

[wago]

Should I use Linux rather than windows 10?

Edit: Should I go with the Vega 64 other the 56 or keep the 56? I'll only be gaming and programming with a lot of scripts.