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New PCS+290 Arrived today plus some benchmarks

savagesam117 said:
I'm not very good at this am i! This makes more sense now.

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That's more like it, sadly!

Now to start the over clocking side. If i can manage it haha.

The heaven benchmark test takes forever too :(
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I know tell me about it, try going up in increments and see where you get using msi afterburner. Your a little bit higher than me when i was at stock settings, on my first run.
 
I personally would use another bench or game to test stability, i found i could get much higher clocks in heaven and valley on my 290x and GTX580 and stay stable but if i would try to play my usual games on those settings, i would see artifacts and the odd black screen.

Use a game you play often to test stability, that way it isnt boring and the overclock will be most suited to your uses.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
I personally would use another bench or game to test stability, i found i could get much higher clocks in heaven and valley on my 290x and GTX580 and stay stable but if i would try to play my usual games on those settings, i would see artifacts and the odd black screen.

Use a game you play often to test stability, that way it isnt boring and the overclock will be most suited to your uses.
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So what do you recommend? As the only game I really play is BF4 which has no benchmark within the game?
 
Then just play the game to test stability. If you see artifacts or get a block screen you know you need to tweak the settings.

I usually play a few hours of whatever my current game is (dying light ATM) and if everything is well, i know i can probably push further.

If you want some numbers to tell you how you are doing, run fraps in the background.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Then just play the game to test stability. If you see artifacts or get a block screen you know you need to tweak the settings.

I usually play a few hours of whatever my current game is (dying light ATM) and if everything is well, i know i can probably push further.

If you want some numbers to tell you how you are doing, run fraps in the background.
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If I'm honest, I doubt I'll actually use the oc settings, I don't need it. When I go, oh I can't do that anymore then I'll do it properly for gaming, this is just a bit of fun and gives me something to do.
 
The max I'm getting without touching voltages or Memory is now this..

I could probably go a little higher on the core as it was crashing at 1130 so i could probably bump it up to 1125.

Core:1120
Memory:1250
Score: 1484
FPS: 58.9

I'm bored for the night, going to play some Elite now :D
 
richardmr2354 said:
To be fair i wasn't to sure either until i had seen the review on fudzilla and the youtube video. If it hadn't of been for them i might have gone with the sapphire because my 7950 saff has been so good over the years.

Could do with one of those reference coolers now my feet are freezing :D
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Yep, sapphire are top tier when it comes to amd, due to them primarily focusing on amd and apparently they are one of there premier partners.
 
savagesam117 said:
The max I'm getting without touching voltages or Memory is now this..

I could probably go a little higher on the core as it was crashing at 1130 so i could probably bump it up to 1125.

Core:1120
Memory:1250
Score: 1484
FPS: 58.9

I'm bored for the night, going to play some Elite now :D
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Enjoy! When you get a chance try and bump the memory up and see how you get on with that.
 
Did a run at 1180/1500, no artefacts but it was throttling due to the power limit being too low even with +50PL...
Temps were still great.

Over 1500 :cool:

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