Are Vega, OpenCL... working?

[dronefriend]

Success! Z270X-UD5, i7700K, Samsung 960 EVO NVMe M.2, Vega Frontier Edition, OSX WiFi/BT card. Everything OOTB. High Sierra is going to be a major improvement!

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How is that Vega working? OpenCL Geekbench and Luxmark scores?

Can you see the boot screen when booting?

 

[AnAppleADay]

How is that Vega working? OpenCL Geekbench and Luxmark scores?

Can you see the boot screen when booting?

I see the BIOS, Clover, and the macOS kernel when booting. Boot to black screen is fixed.

I'll edit this post once I run OpenCL. BruceX averaged 12.47 seconds over three runs.

Edit: Geekbench 4.1.1 OpenCL returns immediately. Luxmark returns a compile error. I do see this OpenCL result:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/vega-frontier-edition-on-high-sierra.226847/page-3

Edit 2: Under Windows (sorry) I get 202014 for Geekbench OpenCL and 22,785 for Luxmark 3.1 luxball.

 

[dronefriend]

I see the BIOS, Clover, and the macOS kernel when booting. Boot to black screen is fixed.

I'll edit this post once I run OpenCL. BruceX averaged 12.47 seconds over three runs.

Edit: Geekbench 4.1.1 OpenCL returns immediately. Luxmark returns a compile error. I do see this OpenCL result:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/vega-frontier-edition-on-high-sierra.226847/page-3

Edit 2: Under Windows (sorry) I get 202014 for Geekbench OpenCL and 22,785 for Luxmark 3.1 luxball.

If that Luxmark score is around the same in OSX that's a good score!

I wonder if my 430 watt PSU can handle it.. rather not upgrade.

 

[AnAppleADay]

If that Luxmark score is around the same in OSX that's a good score!

I wonder if my 430 watt PSU can handle it.. rather not upgrade.

I investigated further. Geekbench OpenCL and LuxMark v3.1 worked in High Sierra PB2 but not PB3. Others tested in PB2, see http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/926837.

OpenCL is 172,191 (Windows 17% faster)
LuxMark v3.1 LuxBall 19,851 (Windows 15% faster)

I'm using a Corsair AX760 power supply. AMD recommends 850W. I don't suggest using a 430W PSU.

Also as others suggested: wait for RX Vega. It will cost less. Wait for High Sierra release - drivers could change.

 

[dronefriend]

I investigated further. Geekbench OpenCL and LuxMark v3.1 worked in High Sierra PB2 but not PB3. Others tested in PB2, see http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/compute/926837.

OpenCL is 172,191 (Windows 17% faster)
LuxMark v3.1 LuxBall 19,851 (Windows 15% faster)

If anyone has PB2 they can share with me please let me know! I only have PB3 but I want to run the benchmark. I will update this thread with future betas.

I'm using a Corsair AX760 power supply.

I'm expecting improvements here. OSX should match or even beat Windows in OpenCL. Would you agree?

 

[AnAppleADay]

I'm expecting improvements here. OSX should match or even beat Windows in OpenCL. Would you agree?

I'm hoping for improvements, but I'm not sure what to expect. It's a very good question, perhaps others can weigh in.

 

[justr]

I'd file Vega (and High Sierra both generally and with respect to Vega) as-- looking good.

But as we've seen time and time again, final releases and point releases and annual updates can all remove functionality and compatibility-- even from functional betas.

 

[dronefriend]

Any updates on anything, AppleADay or anyone else?

 

[AnAppleADay]

Any updates on anything, AppleADay or anyone else?

 

[dronefriend]

My Strix R9 380X gets about 51% of these numbers. Both LuxMark and Geekbench Compute. This is confusing to me, Vega 64 should beat it by lots more. Why is this?