8Pack and MSI Lightning R290X first to 98K in Vantage.

Protoype · 30 Mar 2014 at 20:46

8 Pack said:
They actually learned from the Pack!!! We had a couple of early ES and made some recommendations. One major one being Samsung RAM and nothing else.

In the next line of lightnings even more stuff we asked for will be implemented.

when do you think batch #2 will be out then?

triss · 30 Mar 2014 at 21:30

Great work

Besty · 30 Mar 2014 at 22:47

nice 1 8 pack !

Space Monkey · 30 Mar 2014 at 23:03

8 Pack said:
They actually learned from the Pack!!! We had a couple of early ES and made some recommendations. One major one being Samsung RAM and nothing else.

In the next line of lightnings even more stuff we asked for will be implemented.

When you say next line, do you mean the next batch of 290X Lightnings to roll off the factory floor or the next model GPU AMD will release after the 290X?

8 Pack · 31 Mar 2014 at 00:12

I mean next Lightnings with AMD GPU. We made some recomendations for Nvidia also.

Space Monkey · 31 Mar 2014 at 00:14

8 Pack said:
I mean next Lightnings with AMD GPU. We made some recomendations for Nvidia also.

Thanks

koldphuzion · 3 Apr 2014 at 13:43

Hey 8Pac, what were your results when OC this card on air?
Ive got mine on air and would like to OC it tad!

8 Pack · 3 Apr 2014 at 13:49

I did a review about it 1200/1700 on Normal AB limits and Air.

The memory on my cards varried a touch. I have five cards inc Gibbos. 4 Did 1700, 1 did 1625. All did 1175-1215 on Air easy.

koldphuzion · 3 Apr 2014 at 14:42

8 Pack said:
I did a review about it 1200/1700 on Normal AB limits and Air.

The memory on my cards varried a touch. I have five cards inc Gibbos. 4 Did 1700, 1 did 1625. All did 1175-1215 on Air easy.

Yeah I was looking for the review but cant seem to find it. Ive got mine on air 1180/1650, samsung memory.

8 Pack · 3 Apr 2014 at 14:44

Thats fine then go with that. They are all Samsung memory. More efficient than Hynix.

V4FRP · 3 Apr 2014 at 15:22

koldphuzion said:
Yeah I was looking for the review but cant seem to find it. Ive got mine on air 1180/1650, samsung memory.

I'm seeing similar speeds on mine, I've run a few benches at 1195/1600. I don't want to push it any more as its fast enough for me even at stock clocks. Really happy with the noise and temps that I'm getting.

Thanks for the original review 8Pack, definitely helped sway me as I was looking for a 290X since I sold my Titan

Mtom · 3 Apr 2014 at 15:37

V4FRP said:
I'm seeing similar speeds on mine, I've run a few benches at 1195/1600. I don't want to push it any more as its fast enough for me even at stock clocks. Really happy with the noise and temps that I'm getting.

Thanks for the original review 8Pack, definitely helped sway me as I was looking for a 290X since I sold my Titan

You can push it, the cooler is awesome on these cards.
Mine needs +80 to 1150 (around 1,2V load), +150 to 1200 (1,26V load), +230 to 1250 (1,32V load). Tops out at 1280.
I have a low base voltage tho.

The 1200/1650 setting is usable for gaming without worry. After half an hour ENB modded skyrim play temp was 71C

V4FRP · 3 Apr 2014 at 15:52

Mtom said:
You can push it, the cooler is awesome on these cards.
Mine needs +80 to 1150 (around 1,2V load), +150 to 1200 (1,26V load), +230 to 1250 (1,32V load). Tops out at 1280.
I have a low base voltage tho.

The 1200/1650 setting is usable for gaming without worry. After half an hour ENB modded skyrim play temp was 71C

Thanks for the info, this is great to be able to compare. I wasn't sure how much to push the volts but will have a play tonight.

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 3 Apr 2014 at 16:22

Is there any way to disable the LED's on the card? (Very important issue)

8 Pack · 3 Apr 2014 at 16:36

The Blue LED on the back are to show all power phases are active. No they cant be disabled.

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 3 Apr 2014 at 16:55

8 Pack said:
The Blue LED on the back are to show all power phases are active. No they cant be disabled.

Yeah I understand their purpose but I find them ugly. I may look at designing a custom backplate to hide the LED's.

koldphuzion · 3 Apr 2014 at 17:53

TE=V4FRP;26105201]I'm seeing similar speeds on mine, I've run a few benches at 1195/1600. I don't want to push it any more as its fast enough for me even at stock clocks. Really happy with the noise and temps that I'm getting.

Thanks for the original review 8Pack, definitely helped sway me as I was looking for a 290X since I sold my Titan

Im gonna take mine higher as I think there's more there yet, ill look into it thoug first, see what maximums other people had. Thats why im looking for 8Pacs original thread.

shadow_boxer · 3 Apr 2014 at 17:56

Great stuff 8Pack as always. Amazing score.

koldphuzion · 3 Apr 2014 at 18:18

What driver version is everyone using? Im on cat 13. I did try 14.3 on my other card which was faulty and it stopped the fans from working, so im a bit dubious about trying 14 on my replacement card.

V4FRP · 3 Apr 2014 at 18:25

koldphuzion said:
What driver version is everyone using? Im on cat 13. I did try 14.3 on my other card which was faulty and it stopped the fans from working, so im a bit dubious about trying 14 on my replacement card.

I'm using 13.12 as I heard the 14 series drivers have issues with throttling etc when upping the voltage.