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MSI R9 290 / 290x gaming edition - powertune throttling the core clock discussion...

ASIC Quality: 84% - which seems really good compared to others

Have mine at 1100/1400 at stock voltage , and not had any issues, and not bothered trying to get anymore out of it, then would probably need to up voltages, so just happy at what its on right now
 
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uscool said:
ASIC Quality: 84% - which seems really good compared to others

Have mine at 1100/1400 at stock voltage , and not had any issues, and not bothered trying to get anymore out of it, then need to play with voltages etc
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Yep both mine do 1100/1400 at stock clocks. Any higher needs a voltage bump.
 
atomic7431 said:
mmm Do i get a new 290x or a 780ti seeing as so many still seem to suffer with the lottery that is AMD ??

My VTX 290 unlocked to x has gone wrong and is being rmad, im debating what to get next
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If you get a 290/X, I'd go for the Tri-X from Sapphire. I RMA'd an MSI Gaming 290X a few weeks ago for a clicking/buzzing fan. My replacement card has just started to do the same... :mad:

I'm ditching this card for a Tri-X the second OcUK get stock. I cannot be bothered to go through RMA again for the same issue, they'll most likely think it's my fault.
 
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thefogo said:
It's possible the cooler has bad contact with the die, it shouldn't run like that even with the worst airflow.
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Tried loads of things today; moved the PC from the enclosure (which gave a marginal improvement), increased the case fan speeds, took the side of the case but all in all without any real significant reduction in GPU temperature.

I then decided to take a look at the graphics card (whilst the side was off the case) and noticed only one of the two fans spinning!!!!!!! Gave it a little helping hand to start spinning and the temperature came right down to 72oC from the 84oC I had just recorded.

Still seeing core throttling but I am sure a driver update will sort that in due course.

For now I am though I am happy playing BF4 with all settings on ultra with MSAA x 4 and FPS maxing out at 100 (got max FPS set at 100 in a config file) and FPS averaging above 60 (32 and 48 player maps)!!!!

Andy
 
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shankly1985 said:
@LtMatt
What's the lowest Under-volt you have had ?
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-0.050mv, but it wasn't stable. 0.044v is the lowest i can go. Any lower and i get flickering at desktop idle while browsing. Clearly the offset fluctuating voltage is too low. I also get some OCCT errors. So i settle for -0.037v. I can either run 975/1250 at this voltage, or i can go as high as 1050/1300 fully stable and error free. As i run reference i stick to a 10% overclock or lower on both cards.
 
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That's what I running atm - 37 I put it right down to - 100 to see what would happen and it just blacked screen lol
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shankly1985 said:
Able to run Heaven 4.0 on -0.050 no glitches will now test on some games. this @stock 977/1250
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Yeah it varies from card to card. Not sure its worth dropping AUX too much. Does not affect core temps at all it seems. Core voltage is the one worth lowering.
 
im not sure you can put much down to ASIC
both mine were 83.4, one was useless the other is good

I think its maybe more quality control on the boards? im liking the good one it games under 50% fan so I don't hear it^^

not noticed any clock changing.. tho I not had a lot time to test yet, just some AC4

ive not enabled unofficial overclocking mode, I should do that?
 
Mei said:
im not sure you can put much down to ASIC
both mine were 83.4, one was useless the other is good

I think its maybe more quality control on the boards? im liking the good one it games under 50% fan so I don't hear it^^

not noticed any clock changing.. tho I not had a lot time to test yet, just some AC4

ive not enabled unofficial overclocking mode, I should do that?
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No leave unofficial overclocking mode alone. Just set the power limit at +50% and away you go.
 
LtMatt said:
No leave unofficial overclocking mode alone. Just set the power limit at +50% and away you go.
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yeh I pld some more games last night and I found too that +50 stops it clock down, but is that even a problem if vsync on?
ill leave it +50 anyway it doesn't hurt my temps

they should just remove power limit setting its silly :p
 
I haven't read the entire thread but I found my R9 290X was throttling quite considerably, but only with voltage added.

Latest 14.1 drivers seem to have a hard TDP/power cap and adding powertune has zero effect.

With 13.12 I am able to overclock to 1200 with +156mV, though my 24/7 clocks are 1150 +50mV.

So if you are getting serious throttling with added votlage you need to use 13.2 drivers.
 
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thought I would test the bad card again before it goes away forever
I was going to include some benchmarks but wasn't much point in the end, wasn't even stable at stock clocks
and windows even failed to load with it in one time

nowonder my crossfire was messing up ><
 
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