R9 290X Owners Thread

thefogo · 24 Jan 2014 at 16:47

LtMatt said:
I'll take your word for it mate. Nvidia base clocks and boost clocks confuse me.

Yeah they're a pain in the neck for sure. There's a base clock and a boost clock, but the card won't run at either

Not in my experience of 3 kepler cards, anyway.

setter · 24 Jan 2014 at 16:48

LtMatt said:
I'll take your word for it mate. Nvidia base clocks and boost clocks confuse me.

Same here and i own one lol.

Kaapstad · 25 Jan 2014 at 07:46

Some 290X P0rn for LtMatt

http://imageshack.com/a/img21/4505/la3z.jpg

Just waiting for a couple of bolts from EK and it will be done

LtMatt · 25 Jan 2014 at 07:49

Nice Kaaps. Blue is a real man colour.

r7slayer · 25 Jan 2014 at 10:51

Here's my 290x

Awesome card indeed!

uksoldierboy · 25 Jan 2014 at 11:33

Kaapstad said:
Some 290X P0rn for LtMatt

http://imageshack.com/a/img21/4505/la3z.jpg

Just waiting for a couple of bolts from EK and it will be done

WOW! stunning kaaps, can't wait to see what they can do underwater!

setter · 25 Jan 2014 at 12:27

LtMatt said:
Nice Kaaps. Blue is a real man colour.

I used to think that until i went with an rog board. Now gotta colour co ordinate the rest of the system. At present it's a mish mash of colours, like an explosion in a paint shop.

But seriously, very nice looking setup Kaap, look forward to seeing the finished article.

thefogo · 25 Jan 2014 at 12:58

r7slayer said:
Here's my 290x Awesome card indeed!

Awesome

I want one myself to be honest. Though I'd be wasting money and would probably lose performance D:

r7slayer · 25 Jan 2014 at 13:50

thefogo said:
Awesome I want one myself to be honest. Though I'd be wasting money and would probably lose performance D:

Yea you prob would be loosing few frames in most games lol! The 780Ti is a beast of a card

can't beat it really! Good solid performance out of the box and clocks really well and can cool it quite easily too. Was almost tempted to buy one but only reason I didn't is because the 290x is cheaper and the hope of mantle being something good

But now I have this card I have no regrets truly amazing

quite amazed how quiet it is too!

thefogo · 25 Jan 2014 at 14:07

r7slayer said:
Yea you prob would be loosing few frames in most games lol! The 780Ti is a beast of a card can't beat it really! Good solid performance out of the box and clocks really well and can cool it quite easily too. Was almost tempted to buy one but only reason I didn't is because the 290x is cheaper and the hope of mantle being something good

But now I have this card I have no regrets truly amazing quite amazed how quiet it is too!

Yeah it can clock to ~1250Mhz so the chance of me getting a 290x that performs better isn't likely.
Yeah the cooler looks beast

I've always liked Sapphire's coolers.

KaRLiToS · 25 Jan 2014 at 14:48

Kaapstad said:
Some 290X P0rn for LtMatt

http://imageshack.com/a/img21/4505/la3z.jpg

Just waiting for a couple of bolts from EK and it will be done

Wow Kaapstad, great looking rig. Its my rig's brother

Will you watercool the RIVE BE Vrms?

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy293/Karlitosss/P1010763_zpsc3b29ee5.jpg~original

Kaapstad · 25 Jan 2014 at 15:42

LtMatt said:
Nice Kaaps. Blue is a real man colour.

uksoldierboy said:
WOW! stunning kaaps, can't wait to see what they can do underwater!

KaRLiToS said:
Wow Kaapstad, great looking rig. Its my rig's brother

Will you watercool the RIVE BE Vrms?

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy293/Karlitosss/P1010763_zpsc3b29ee5.jpg~original

Thanks everyone.

I probably won't watercool the RIVE BE Vrms, I have a spare RIVE mobo with waterblocks but when I used it with my 3970X it did not make much difference. I think it is worth watercooling though if you have a CPU that can get over 5ghz along with putting a fan at the back of the mobo to cool the other side.

Kaapstad · 25 Jan 2014 at 15:48

r7slayer said:
Here's my 290x Awesome card indeed!

Very nice.

And on the Roll of Honour.

Wizzfizz · 26 Jan 2014 at 16:56

Got myself a Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X OC WindForce 4096MB for my new build and have to say it's a very nice card! only issue is that it's soo bloody loud in games! It sounds like a jet engine whilst playing Tombraider, way way loud!, is this the norm and can I adjust the fans on it?

MOOGLEYS · 26 Jan 2014 at 16:57

Wizzfizz said:
Got myself a Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X OC WindForce 4096MB for my new build and have to say it's a very nice card! only issue is that it's soo bloody loud in games! It sounds like a jet engine whilst playing Tombraider, way way loud!, is this normal?

My MSI is quite loud when gaming. I was going to return it and go for a Gigabyte but think I will hold off now.

I'm thinking the only way I will get the noise level I desire is to water cool one.

Wizzfizz · 26 Jan 2014 at 17:05

Its as if it's going full pelt whilst playing Tombraider. Can hear it with my headphones on, almost off putting!

dfour · 26 Jan 2014 at 17:34

Wizzfizz said:
Its as if it's going full pelt whilst playing Tombraider. Can hear it with my headphones on, almost off putting!

might be worth using afterburner to create a custom profile to quieten it down and im sure it will still be cooler than a stock cooler even when turned down.

Wizzfizz · 26 Jan 2014 at 19:33

Not happy with this at all. just played for 20 minutes on Tombraider and my card just bombs out, crashes and I get a black screen followed my white noise.

I've set the following profile up

Anything any higher and the fans are crazy loud, feels like the thing is going to take off!

LtMatt · 26 Jan 2014 at 19:37

Showing me the general screen of afterburner which shows clocks, power limit and volts.

Wizzfizz · 26 Jan 2014 at 19:46

I'm running it at stock, not touched any clock settings.

Are the fans meant be so damn loud on these things? If I put the fans to auto (stock) and try game, the card sounds like a jet air craft lol