AMD R290X NOW AVAILABLE & OVERCLOCKING REVIEW!!

Uncle Petey · 24 Oct 2013 at 13:47

Gibbo, what happens to all the cards you've unboxed/removed coolers and benched etc?
Do they end up as future B-grade or marked for extra staff discount or something?

I simply must know...

bemaniac · 24 Oct 2013 at 13:51

Uncle Petey said:
Gibbo, what happens to all the cards you've unboxed/removed coolers and benched etc?
Do they end up as future B-grade or marked for extra staff discount or something?

I simply must know...

they go back in the box get taped up and you buy them

Fotek · 24 Oct 2013 at 13:51

Should have released these with none stock coolers, from what I can see there is no difference between each brand, same cooler, clocks and package, what gives?

I really want to get one but not going to touch it with stock cooler and I don't have time to wait a week let alone months?? Is there any speculative dates on when none stock will be released?

Uncle Petey · 24 Oct 2013 at 13:54

bemaniac said:
they go back in the box get taped up and you buy them

Y'know, there have been a few posts here from people that have received what appear to be used cards now that you mention it.

Of course, I wouldn't suggest anything of the sort.

Phot3k said:
Should have released these with none stock coolers, from what I can see there is no difference between each brand, same cooler, clocks and package, what gives?

Some have different brand memory chips (OC potential between the two brands) and of course, there's the varying RMA situations with each manufacturer. Other than that...

shadow_boxer · 24 Oct 2013 at 13:59

Phot3k said:
...
I really want to get one but not going to touch it with stock cooler and I don't have time to wait a week let alone months?? Is there any speculative dates on when none stock will be released?

December time from what I've heard. Probably around the time the 780Ti gets released.

Fotek · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:03

shadow_boxer said:
December time from what I've heard. Probably around the time the 780Ti gets released.

Ehh, looks like an EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX then...

CaptainUnlikely · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:10

Gibbo, or anyone available/interested - would love to see some distributed computing benchmarks, how about running a 290 on F@H for a little while to get some numbers for us?
Looks like they might have potential.

HeX · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:20

CaptainUnlikely said:
Gibbo, or anyone available/interested - would love to see some distributed computing benchmarks, how about running a 290 on F@H for a little while to get some numbers for us?
Looks like they might have potential.

Odd thing is, it seems to do very well in all the other compute tests...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7457/the-radeon-r9-290x-review/18

CaptainUnlikely · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:22

Ah, thanks HeX, haven't been around the web checking the reviews yet as I'm not in the market myself.
Interesting results.

HAz · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:40

They probably go into their systems, its a good way to test them first too.

Gibbo · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:50

**UPDATE**

Hynix and Elpida are both just as good as each other.

I took my Elpida card which could only do 5700MHz, flashed the Asus BIOS to it, pumped up the voltage and now the Elpida card is matching with 6600MHz.

So there you go, Elpida, Hynix, it don't matter. What matters is voltage control.

Asus BIOS FTW.

By the way this is an R290 I've flashed with R290X BIOS, works a tread, but shaders not unlocked, but can now hit 1220 core and 6600 RAM on the regular R290 as well. At these speeds this also obliverates Titan. Incredible value!

Addicted · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:51

Gibbo said:
**UPDATE**

Hynix and Elpida are both just as good as each other.

I took my Elpida card which could only do 5700MHz, flashed the Asus BIOS to it, pumped up the voltage and now the Elpida card is matching with 6600MHz.

So there you go, Elpida, Hynix, it don't matter. What matters is voltage control.

Asus BIOS FTW.

By the way this is an R290 I've flashed with R290X BIOS, works a tread, but shaders not unlocked, but can now hit 1220 core and 6600 RAM on the regular R290 as well. At these speeds this also obliverates Titan. Incredible value!

That's really good news!

Do you know the ETA of the non-BF4 cards? I'm confused by these, as I thought these would be up too?

Gibbo · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:53

Addicted said:
That's really good news!

Do you know the ETA of the non-BF4 cards? I'm confused by these, as I thought these would be up too?

They are on the website, can you not see them?

ETA approx 2 weeks.

Addicted · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:54

I can see them, just didn't see an ETA on them

Cheers!

edit: Also, any word on MSI RAM type?

snips86x · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:55

Gibbo said:
**UPDATE**

Hynix and Elpida are both just as good as each other.

I took my Elpida card which could only do 5700MHz, flashed the Asus BIOS to it, pumped up the voltage and now the Elpida card is matching with 6600MHz.

So there you go, Elpida, Hynix, it don't matter. What matters is voltage control.

Asus BIOS FTW.

By the way this is an R290 I've flashed with R290X BIOS, works a tread, but shaders not unlocked, but can now hit 1220 core and 6600 RAM on the regular R290 as well. At these speeds this also obliverates Titan. Incredible value!

Would this work for the 7970's too?

shadow_boxer · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:00

Gibbo said:
**UPDATE**

Hynix and Elpida are both just as good as each other.

I took my Elpida card which could only do 5700MHz, flashed the Asus BIOS to it, pumped up the voltage and now the Elpida card is matching with 6600MHz.

So there you go, Elpida, Hynix, it don't matter. What matters is voltage control.

Asus BIOS FTW.

By the way this is an R290 I've flashed with R290X BIOS, works a tread, but shaders not unlocked, but can now hit 1220 core and 6600 RAM on the regular R290 as well. At these speeds this also obliverates Titan. Incredible value!

Great work. Flashed R9 290 with voltage control is extremely interesting.

Gibbo · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:08

Addicted said:
I can see them, just didn't see an ETA on them

Cheers!

edit: Also, any word on MSI RAM type?

We won't bother checking now, as it seems both RAM types are equal, the overclock is down to voltage.

Simply buy any card, flash the Asus BIOS to it and overclock.

Lets remember all this knowledge was provided to you by OcUK, no review site, not a competitor, OcUK!! We go the extra mile and don't just shift the boxes, we give you everything!

snips86x · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:09

Gibbo said:
We won't bother checking now, as it seems both RAM types are equal, the overclock is down to voltage.

Simply buy any card, flash the Asus BIOS to it and overclock.

Would this work for the MSI 7970 Twin Frozr III? Flashing to the Asus BIOS?

Gibbo · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:10

snips86x said:
Would this work for the MSI 7970 Twin Frozr III? Flashing to the Asus BIOS?

I am talking R290X / R290.

No idea on older cards.

snips86x · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:13

Gibbo said:
I am talking R290X / R290.

No idea on older cards.

I know, but I thought I would ask!

** AMD R290X NOW AVAILABLE & OVERCLOCKING REVIEW!! **

AMD R290X NOW AVAILABLE & OVERCLOCKING REVIEW!!