Dead Port, Hard Crashes PC after about an Hour of Use

Product showed up with one broken DisplayPort port, and will hard crash (Instant black screen/no video, no BSOD) the system, most likely from the same hardware fault that is the cause for the dead port (Electrical short on port?). I have diagnosed the card in three different systems, all with same results. My original Gigabyte Vega 56 that I have had for a year or so does not show any of these symptoms, showing that it is not a driver issue. Shame as I was hoping to use both cards to supply 6 displays and 1 VR headset off the same system (No Crossfire since I needed one more port than the cards offered). I have since remedied the issue by buying 2x Nvidia 2060 Supers to use in the system instead. This is not a bash on AMD for the Vega cards, as my original Vega 56 is still kicking strong. Just unfortunately got a bad unit that sat on a shelf for too long (It was a factory sealed package, so it was a new unit), or was just bad from Factory with no way to RMA since it is now an End of Life product. The one star rating is only because of the DOA card, but should not be reflective to the Vega 56 as a whole. I am sure if would have been an awesome card like my original one, if it wasn't for the hardware issues. Still highly recommend a Vega 56 to anyone looking for a mid-range card, as long as it is working.Read full review

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