My 7,1 arrived a few hours ago. 16 Core/580X/32GB RAM/2TB
Since launch day on the 10th, I've been heavily debating on whether I should order with the Vega II, or save some money and add a pair of VIIs instead (and potentially have GPU power approaching a Vega II duo for 1/5th the upgrade price).
I ended up going the VII route. It all fits fine and there doesn't seem to be any issues with power. I spaced them out a bit to allow sufficient airflow.
So far I've barely had a chance to try anything out. Unfortunately my 3rd party RAM didn't arrive today (I have 6x32GB Micron DIMMS that will be here tomorrow).
I'm doing my best to try some benchmarks that people with Vega IIs have tried. I've tried the Unigen Heaven "Extreme" preset, and was pretty happy how it compared to the Vega II that Max Tech tried last week. I'll note that the 2nd VII was completely idle for this test, so this is only one of them at work. Its also interesting to note that the single VII was only using about 20% of its memory throughout the test (but spiked to 100% processor use at times).
VII - Score: 2351
Max Tech's Vega II - Score - 2936
As far as the Geekbench 5.1 Tests go, I'm getting the following
VII #1 - 63749 Metal
VII #2 - 63169 Metal
The 16 Core scores in Geekbench 5.1
1167 Single
14095 Multi
Based on the GB5 GPU tests I'm pretty happy with my decision to go the VII route. The performance seems to be knocking on the door of the Vega II.
I'd love to find a few benchmarks that utilize both GPUs. I've never really been one to run benchmarks on anything, so I'm open to any suggestions on some things to try.
This is the most high end computer that I've ever owned. Once I get all the "new system benchmarks" out of my mind, I'll be putting it to use with video editing in Davinci Resolve and Premiere. I'm confident it'll serve me well for many years to come. Very excited to do some real work with it (and will be glad to not have to think about another computer purchase for many years!)
UPDATE 12/30/19:
As I noted lated on in this thread, there is currently (Catalina 10.15.2) as issue with the fans on the VII when the computer goes into sleep mode. Basically if the computer goes to sleep, the fans on the VIIs ramp up to full speed until you wake the computer.
My fix was simply to go into the Energy Saver settings and make sure the computer never goes to sleep. I instead just have it shut the displays off when its idle, and I shut it down when I'm finished using it for the day. It's a small inconvenience, but in the grand scheme of things I think the VIIs are still very much worth using given their compute performance at such a tremendous cost savings over the MPX Vega II.
I'll also make a small note about the GB5.1 Single and Multi scores. Adding more RAM (switching from the factory 4x 8GB strips, to Micro 6x 32GB strips) showed a score increase.
The new scores with 192GB:
1175 Single
15891 Multi
Since launch day on the 10th, I've been heavily debating on whether I should order with the Vega II, or save some money and add a pair of VIIs instead (and potentially have GPU power approaching a Vega II duo for 1/5th the upgrade price).
I ended up going the VII route. It all fits fine and there doesn't seem to be any issues with power. I spaced them out a bit to allow sufficient airflow.
So far I've barely had a chance to try anything out. Unfortunately my 3rd party RAM didn't arrive today (I have 6x32GB Micron DIMMS that will be here tomorrow).
I'm doing my best to try some benchmarks that people with Vega IIs have tried. I've tried the Unigen Heaven "Extreme" preset, and was pretty happy how it compared to the Vega II that Max Tech tried last week. I'll note that the 2nd VII was completely idle for this test, so this is only one of them at work. Its also interesting to note that the single VII was only using about 20% of its memory throughout the test (but spiked to 100% processor use at times).
VII - Score: 2351
Max Tech's Vega II - Score - 2936
As far as the Geekbench 5.1 Tests go, I'm getting the following
VII #1 - 63749 Metal
VII #2 - 63169 Metal
The 16 Core scores in Geekbench 5.1
1167 Single
14095 Multi
Based on the GB5 GPU tests I'm pretty happy with my decision to go the VII route. The performance seems to be knocking on the door of the Vega II.
I'd love to find a few benchmarks that utilize both GPUs. I've never really been one to run benchmarks on anything, so I'm open to any suggestions on some things to try.
This is the most high end computer that I've ever owned. Once I get all the "new system benchmarks" out of my mind, I'll be putting it to use with video editing in Davinci Resolve and Premiere. I'm confident it'll serve me well for many years to come. Very excited to do some real work with it (and will be glad to not have to think about another computer purchase for many years!)
UPDATE 12/30/19:
As I noted lated on in this thread, there is currently (Catalina 10.15.2) as issue with the fans on the VII when the computer goes into sleep mode. Basically if the computer goes to sleep, the fans on the VIIs ramp up to full speed until you wake the computer.
My fix was simply to go into the Energy Saver settings and make sure the computer never goes to sleep. I instead just have it shut the displays off when its idle, and I shut it down when I'm finished using it for the day. It's a small inconvenience, but in the grand scheme of things I think the VIIs are still very much worth using given their compute performance at such a tremendous cost savings over the MPX Vega II.
I'll also make a small note about the GB5.1 Single and Multi scores. Adding more RAM (switching from the factory 4x 8GB strips, to Micro 6x 32GB strips) showed a score increase.
The new scores with 192GB:
1175 Single
15891 Multi
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