290 watercooling questions

[ratters]

Right so after the January news i think I am going to consider getting a closed loop just some initial questions.

Are the reference cards a good choice for this will a custom PCB with great memory come out that would make for better overclocking ? I know some of the custom cooler options might not have voltage control ?

What sort of real performance gain can be had from overclocking underwater for the 290?

Cheers for any advise etc.

 

[ratters]

One thing to add I would like to run these in crossfire

 

[BubbySoup]

You have to buy a reference card if you want to fit a waterblock as blocks are only made to fit reference boards. Custom boards rarely use the reference layout.

The only exception to this are cards that come pre-fitted with blocks from certain partners, but these tend to be ridiculously over priced.

 

[Gregster]

You have to buy a reference card if you want to fit a waterblock as blocks are only made to fit reference boards. Custom boards rarely use the reference layout.

The only exception to this are cards that come pre-fitted with blocks from certain partners, but these tend to be ridiculously over priced.

This is wrong. Very often, EK make blocks for various GPU'S.

 

[flopper]

some partners will make better pcb with voltage like asus.
if a waterblock will be made to support such is hard to say.

if you OC a 290x seems to do 1230-1300mhz on water currently.
a 290 a bit less.
these cards begs for water cooling.
I got 500p more in firestrike by opening my door to the cold here with the same settings as previously.

 

[teppic]

You could get hold of the VTX3D one and see if it'll flash to a 290X.

 

[BubbySoup]

This is wrong. Very often, EK make blocks for various GPU'S.

Really? I can't find any for AMD cards other than reference ones.

 

[Uncle Petey]

They made matrix and lightning blocks for example.

 

[BubbySoup]

Wow, so they did.

You live & learn