A Personal Experience with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 64: A Tale of Temperamentality and Troubleshooting

I must say, I'm very impressed with how it cut through my demanding games collection at 4K. I did note that you would probably see just as decent results within overclocks Vega 56 though especially at these higher resolutions initially. I paired it with my Rison 530, 616 gigs of 32 hundred megahertz DDR4, and a Sea Sonic Focus Plus Gold 550 watt power supply which handled the power-hungry Vega just fine for about two weeks. However, I started experiencing black screens in specific games such as Red Dead Redemption 2 whereby I noted that the temperature was well within a safe limit. My next thought was that the power supply was in fact too weak and over the past fortnight, I had just been lucky that I hadn't had any issues with that in mind, I switched to another gold-rated unit, this time an older but very capable Antec True Power 750 watt box.

After a 20-minute gaming session, the same thing occurred, and I took to the forums during my research into the Vega's issues, I discovered that black screens can be caused by using two 6-pin connectors on the same cable instead of separate cables. I checked my setup, and sure enough, I had used one power cable to power the card, my bad not that it mattered much because I was still getting black screens after this, finally, I switched to a Be Quiet! 850 watt PSU as well as testing new HDMI and DisplayPort cables just in case both of which didn't help the situation. So, I then thought that perhaps it was a driver issue not only did I roll back to an earlier version but also waited until AMD released their next Adrenalin software as I have been experiencing issues with various AMD cards lately with some drivers causing problems like this.

Despite the constant issues even with the newest drivers, the temperatures continued to remain stable which made it clear to me that overheating wasn't a problem. Sure, the fans do get quite loud under load but the Gigabyte Calliper does a good job of keeping temperatures in check even after hours of gameplay and the card doesn't exceed 65 degrees. How do I know that well? I actually managed to play a game for a few hours without any issues at all over the weekend, and that's part of why my Vega ownership has been so frustrating sometimes it will work absolutely fine as was the case when I made my Witcher 2 PC melter video, it was a flawless day for the Vega 64. Then while the card was running fine, I decided to see if there were any BIOS updates available but there weren't.

So, we were on the latest version after the next crash, I followed a few guides regarding Whatman settings AMD's tweaking tool to see if any adjustments there would stabilize things. After a little while, the system black screened yet again this was about two weeks ago and I've since used different graphics cards in my PC so I had to do another completely clean AMD driver installed this morning to make this video. It's been about six hours since then, and there have been no crashes, and again, I was able to enjoy the card as it was meant to be enjoyed but I know my happiness will soon enough turn to disappointment once again.

It's clear that despite my Vega being sold as sort of faulty and continuing to exhibit odd behavior to this day it wasn't the only one with issues many people still report problems with this power-hungry GPU, and don't get me wrong half of me really likes it still but it's probably the most temperamental graphics card I've ever owned. Now though, it's off to its new home where its new owner may have more luck with it than I ever did.

I thought I'd give you guys an update on this situation because I said in the original video should we make any discoveries with the Vega 64 after apparently fixing it with a simple clean that I would update you and well, consider yourself updated. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all Vega 64s are unreliable or they overheat or shouldn't be used, I'm just giving you details of my personal experience with one after all, I did buy a card that was described as temperamental in the first place.

I promised you guys that I would let you know if we had any further developments after I thought that I had fixed it and well, it turns out that this what seemed like a simple fix wasn't to be. With that, I hope you enjoyed it, I'd love to hear your suggestions as to what personal graphics card I should get next because I'd love to make a video about it, I'm thinking about going back to an aftermarket 5700 something like that perhaps an RT X 2060 but the most up-voted comment will be the card that I buy so that's probably going to lead to disaster.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone and welcome to another video now some of you may remember the Vegas 64 here that I reviewed in November of 2019 since then I've been using it on a near daily basis and because of this my last two months of PC gaming have been both enjoyable and frustrating I don't often follow up on Hardware once I've reviewed it but I seem to recall saying the following at the end of the original video I did take a massive risk and I don't really advise you do the same but yeah I'll have to update you out over the coming weeks as to how long this card lasts it might just fail tomorrow but believe me you'll know about it if it does well everyone the time has come it's time for an update so the card itself is the gigabytes win force OC edition I purchased it secondhand for 165 pounds with the knowledge that it was displaying the occasional black screen though after cleaning it up this problem seemed to have disappeared and I was very impressed with how it cut through my demanding games collection at 4k I did note that you would probably see just as decent results within overclocks Vega 56 though especially at these higher resolutions initially I paired it with my Rison 530 616 gigs of 32 hundred megahertz ddr4 as well as a sea Sonic focus plus gold 550 watt power supply which handled the power-hungry Vega just fine for about two weeks I started experiencing black screens in specific games such as Red Dead Redemption 2 whereby I noted that the temperature was well within a safe limit my next thought was that the power supply was in fact too weak and over the past fortnight I had just been lucky that I hadn't had any issues well with that in mind I switched to another gold rated unit this time an older but very capable antique true power 750 watt box and after a 20-minute gaming session the same thing occurred I took to the forums during my research into the Vegas issues I discovered that black screens can be caused by using two aping connectors on the same cable instead of separate cables I checked my setup and sure enough I had used one power cable to power the card my bad not that it mattered much because I was still getting black screens after this finally I switched to a be quiet 850 watt PSU as well as testing new HDMI and DisplayPort cables just in case both of which didn't help the situation so I then thought that perhaps it was a driver issue not only did I roll back to an earlier version but I also waited until AMD released their next adrenaline software as I have been experiencing issues with various AMD cards lately with some drivers causing problems like this despite the cars constant issues even with the newest drivers the temperatures continued to remain stable which made it clear to me that overheating wasn't a problem sure the fans do get quite loud under load but the Gigabyte caller does a good job of keeping temperatures in check even after hours of gameplay the car doesn't exceed 65 degrees how do I know that well I actually managed to play a game for a few hours without any issues at all over the weekend and that's part of why my vague ownership has been so frustrating some days it will work absolutely fine as was the case when I made my witcher 2 pc melter video it was a flawless day for the Vegas 64 then while the card was running fine I decided to see if there were any BIOS updates available but there were not so we were on the latest version after the next crash I followed a few guides regarding Whatman settings AMD's tweaking tool to see if any adjustments there would stabilize things after a little while the system black screened yet again this was about two weeks ago and I've since used different graphics cards in my PC so I had to do another completely clean AMD driver installed this morning to make this video it's been about six hours since then and there have been no crashes and again I was able to enjoy the card as it was meant to be enjoyed but I know my happiness will soon enough turn to disappointment once again it's clear that despite my car being sold as sort of faulty and continuing to exhibit odd behavior to this day it wasn't the only one with issues many people still report problems with this power-hungry GPU and don't get me wrong half of me really likes it still but it's probably the most temperamental graphics card I've ever owned now though it's off to its new home where its new owner may have more luck with it than I ever did I thought I'd give you guys an update on this situation because I said in the original video should we make any discoveries with the Vegas 64 after apparently fixing it with a simple clean that I would update you and well consider yourself updated now don't get me wrong I'm not saying all Vegas 64 s are unreliable or they overheat or shouldn't be used I'm just giving you details of my personal experience with one after all I did buy a card that was described as temperamental in the first place I just promised you guys that I would let you know if we had any further developments after I thought that I had fixed it and well it turns out that this what seemed like a simple fix wasn't to be and with that I hope you enjoyed it I'd love to hear your suggestions as to what personal graphics card I should get next because I'd love to make a video about it I'm thinking about going back to an aftermarket 5700 something like that perhaps an RT X 2060 but the most up voted comment will be the card that I buy so that's probably going to lead to disaster leave a like on this video if you enjoyed it leave it is like if you didn't subscribe if you haven't done so already and hopefully I'll see you all in the next onehello everyone and welcome to another video now some of you may remember the Vegas 64 here that I reviewed in November of 2019 since then I've been using it on a near daily basis and because of this my last two months of PC gaming have been both enjoyable and frustrating I don't often follow up on Hardware once I've reviewed it but I seem to recall saying the following at the end of the original video I did take a massive risk and I don't really advise you do the same but yeah I'll have to update you out over the coming weeks as to how long this card lasts it might just fail tomorrow but believe me you'll know about it if it does well everyone the time has come it's time for an update so the card itself is the gigabytes win force OC edition I purchased it secondhand for 165 pounds with the knowledge that it was displaying the occasional black screen though after cleaning it up this problem seemed to have disappeared and I was very impressed with how it cut through my demanding games collection at 4k I did note that you would probably see just as decent results within overclocks Vega 56 though especially at these higher resolutions initially I paired it with my Rison 530 616 gigs of 32 hundred megahertz ddr4 as well as a sea Sonic focus plus gold 550 watt power supply which handled the power-hungry Vega just fine for about two weeks I started experiencing black screens in specific games such as Red Dead Redemption 2 whereby I noted that the temperature was well within a safe limit my next thought was that the power supply was in fact too weak and over the past fortnight I had just been lucky that I hadn't had any issues well with that in mind I switched to another gold rated unit this time an older but very capable antique true power 750 watt box and after a 20-minute gaming session the same thing occurred I took to the forums during my research into the Vegas issues I discovered that black screens can be caused by using two aping connectors on the same cable instead of separate cables I checked my setup and sure enough I had used one power cable to power the card my bad not that it mattered much because I was still getting black screens after this finally I switched to a be quiet 850 watt PSU as well as testing new HDMI and DisplayPort cables just in case both of which didn't help the situation so I then thought that perhaps it was a driver issue not only did I roll back to an earlier version but I also waited until AMD released their next adrenaline software as I have been experiencing issues with various AMD cards lately with some drivers causing problems like this despite the cars constant issues even with the newest drivers the temperatures continued to remain stable which made it clear to me that overheating wasn't a problem sure the fans do get quite loud under load but the Gigabyte caller does a good job of keeping temperatures in check even after hours of gameplay the car doesn't exceed 65 degrees how do I know that well I actually managed to play a game for a few hours without any issues at all over the weekend and that's part of why my vague ownership has been so frustrating some days it will work absolutely fine as was the case when I made my witcher 2 pc melter video it was a flawless day for the Vegas 64 then while the card was running fine I decided to see if there were any BIOS updates available but there were not so we were on the latest version after the next crash I followed a few guides regarding Whatman settings AMD's tweaking tool to see if any adjustments there would stabilize things after a little while the system black screened yet again this was about two weeks ago and I've since used different graphics cards in my PC so I had to do another completely clean AMD driver installed this morning to make this video it's been about six hours since then and there have been no crashes and again I was able to enjoy the card as it was meant to be enjoyed but I know my happiness will soon enough turn to disappointment once again it's clear that despite my car being sold as sort of faulty and continuing to exhibit odd behavior to this day it wasn't the only one with issues many people still report problems with this power-hungry GPU and don't get me wrong half of me really likes it still but it's probably the most temperamental graphics card I've ever owned now though it's off to its new home where its new owner may have more luck with it than I ever did I thought I'd give you guys an update on this situation because I said in the original video should we make any discoveries with the Vegas 64 after apparently fixing it with a simple clean that I would update you and well consider yourself updated now don't get me wrong I'm not saying all Vegas 64 s are unreliable or they overheat or shouldn't be used I'm just giving you details of my personal experience with one after all I did buy a card that was described as temperamental in the first place I just promised you guys that I would let you know if we had any further developments after I thought that I had fixed it and well it turns out that this what seemed like a simple fix wasn't to be and with that I hope you enjoyed it I'd love to hear your suggestions as to what personal graphics card I should get next because I'd love to make a video about it I'm thinking about going back to an aftermarket 5700 something like that perhaps an RT X 2060 but the most up voted comment will be the card that I buy so that's probably going to lead to disaster leave a like on this video if you enjoyed it leave it is like if you didn't subscribe if you haven't done so already and hopefully I'll see you all in the next one\n"