Need serious help.

[Dinnerb0n3]

I saw that the Gigabyte Vega 56 was on sale for 269.99$ on Newegg and it came with 3 free games too. So I got and and it came after a few days, but since I had some important work and had to go, I couldn't test it. I thought that since it is a gigabyte card I wouldn't have to worry about QC issues, but today I just went through Reddit and I found a thread where they ranted about the gigabyte Vega GPUs. Then out of curiosity I checked other reviews and threads. Most of the people have gotten defective GPUs which stopped working sometimes just after 30mins.

Apparently it has vrms on the back instead of the front and the vrms receive no cooling, so they Ben themselves it. I haven't opened the packaging yet and it is past the return period, what should I do?

[LukeSavenije]

vrms on the back? really?

 

funny idea, i do kinda get it

 

try to test it, I've seen many doing just fine

[GoldenLag]

If it experiences issue, then you return it. Its easy as that.

 

Only way to tell is after some usage. 

[Dinnerb0n3]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

vrms on the back? really?

 

funny idea, i do kinda get it

 

try to test it, I've seen many doing just fine

Should I put thermal pads on them and undervolt the card.

[Dinnerb0n3]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

If it experiences issue, then you return it. Its easy as that.

 

Only way to tell is after some usage. 

 

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, Dinnerb0n3 said:

Should I put thermal pads on them and undervolt the card.

first see how it does in something like unigine superposition

[Dinnerb0n3]

1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

first see how it does in something like unigine superposition

Ok, thanks I'll get back to you once I test it.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Dinnerb0n3 said:

Ok, thanks I'll get back to you once I test it.

sure, let me know... i might need it for my list

[Dinnerb0n3]

21 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

sure, let me know... i might need it for my list

Oh yea I just wanted to make a suggestion, you should remove the asrock mobos from tier b, because they are listed as being capable of r7oc but you pointed out that it is not suitable for overclocking an r7 1700x, it might confuse some people.

 

[Nocte]

Gigabyte is ignoring RMAs / sending back defective cards also when it comes to NVIDIA cards. 

Just avoid giving them money until they fix their #@!$

[Dinnerb0n3]

28 minutes ago, Nocte said:

Gigabyte is ignoring RMAs / sending back defective cards also when it comes to NVIDIA cards. 

Just avoid giving them money until they fix their #@!$

I bought the card, my only hope in this case is to contact Newegg and if they don't do anything I'll complain to PayPal.

[xAcid9]

Gigabyte and their shitty Radeons.. i was skeptical when they got pretty cheap here then and then i saw an influx of local forumer with their Vega 56 having issues and they all have Gigabyte version.