I picked out the Vega 56 as a new Graka and wanted to know if this is good for gaming like Fortnite, LS19 … Since I've seen the sign VR several times but have no VR / I wonder if this is more suitable only for VR.
If you do not care about the power consumption, then grab the Vega 56.
Why is he so high?
Because AMD used to provide their graphics cards with high voltage so that could arrive against NVIDIA. I would rather put on a RX 5700, these are already available from 320 euro and are much more power efficient.
Thanks for the information!
The "VR-Ready" award is more or less just a marketing element and does not have much to do with the general application areas of the graphics card itself.
A Vega 56 you can therefore easily use for general games. Check in advance only if your power supply provides the necessary power and also has the appropriate PCIe - power connectors for a Vega 56.
Thank you!
You are welcome to 😉
How much kW does the Vega 56 need?
If you decide for a Vega 56 - reason model without special factory OC then you can count on an average energy consumption of about 210 to 250 watts of such a card. (at full capacity)
This Vega 56 here is given with a TGP of 210 watts ex factory:
https://www.mindfactory.de/...33947.html
How much kW does the Vega 56 need?
In terms of power consumption that would be about 0.21 KWh. At an electricity price of e.g. 0.3 euro / KWh, the operation of this card would easily cost you around 6.5 cents per hour. (if you load the card fully)
Your power supply should (depending on the remaining hardware) for this card be at least with about 450 to 500 watts permanently resilient and have two 6 + 2 pin PCIe connection cable for graphics cards.
In addition: A Vega 56 is quite warm and loud, with a little undervolting you get that under control.
It also reduces power consumption to 180W.
The linked map of Sapphire is in Silent mode for a Vega 56 with about 34 dBA already quietly from the factory.
Undervolting and underclocking can actually increase the efficiency noticeably if, with a bit of luck, you catch a good GPU with high ASIC quality, but that is not covered by the warranty.
That's why I did not mention this possibility without asking.
In addition, I have already mentioned that the output of my expressed performance data refer to the operation in maximum utilization of the card.
Okay, that's new to me. I doubt, however, that the silent mode is active while playing and the card remains at the specified volume.
That's right, undervolting invalidates the warranty in principle, but that can't be proven and the card can only benefit.
The 180W with undervolting also refer to full load, up to 70W less than without undervolting.
I doubt, however, that the Silent Mode is active while playing
The linked card has two BIOS modes of operation that can be switched as needed. (without warranty loss)
Yes, that is very good for your requirement and more than adequate.
