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Just received 2x Power color 290's... Black Screen

LtMatt said:
Blimey where to start.

1. Did you update your motherboard bios to the latest version?
2. Update afterburner. The version you're using is older than Jesus H Christ.
3. Once the new version is installed, disable ULPS in settings. Its a nice power saving feature but unless you're worried about that its better to disable it and get a few percent extra performance.


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4. Set the power limit at +50% and away you go.

On and btw, crossfire only works in full screen mode. See this thread to setup some overlays to monitor performance in game.
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Will try this bud thanks :)

You have any idea on the gpu usage however?
 
Just to add what LTmatt has said, setup a manual fan curve or set the fan to a constant fixed 66%, otherwise the card will aim to run at 94-95c always and keep fan speed to minimum.
 
Gibbo said:
Just to add what LTmatt has said, setup a manual fan curve or set the fan to a constant fixed 66%, otherwise the card will aim to run at 94-95c always and keep fan speed to minimum.
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Roger -

I intend to only run these on air until the Waterblocks arrive :).

Updating MSI AB right now.
 
Allnamestaken said:
Anyone got a quick pic to show me how to setup this curve?

Sorry im acting like such a noob guys lol.
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Try this for size. :cool:

I run a similar profile on my reference cards, but i have the max fan speed at 60% instead of 70%. Seeing as you've the quieter cooler, can raise the limit a bit further than me.


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Allnamestaken said:
Just put that in lets see how it goes :).

I hope there both actually geting used lol whats the best way to tell :O
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Did you read my post above? I linked to a thread that will tell you how to setup monitoring overlays while you game. That way you can monitor gpu usage, gpu temps, etc.
 
Hmm the driver keeps crashing since ive done this :| the hell.

The fleeting moments i got in game showed 100% gpu 1 and like 15 % gpu 2 im going to try and reset it all and see what happens.

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The overlay crashes the driver LOL???


Also look at the gpu usage ive been watching it jumps from 10 to 40 maybe for gpu 2 but rarely above.

Hmm -

My head is falling apart.

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Did you update RivaTuner as well? The file was included in the afterburner download.

Are you running in full screen mode? Because it looks like you are running Windowed or border mode because of the temps, core clock and gpu usage of gpu2.
 
the only file in the download was MSI AB and riva installed side by side.

I did run it in full screen too.

It seems the overlay crashes the display driver so cant really tell.

Hmm
 
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