AMD R9 290 (Non-X, Pro, etc) Owners Club

Bonjour · 24 Apr 2015 at 18:05

aceytrixx said:
This weekend I tame the 290s and finally run crossfire in the proper slots without things going on fire.

Good work. You will not be disappointed. I run an HG10 / H55 combo. Makes the world of difference and does a great job of taming the cards.

aceytrixx · 24 Apr 2015 at 18:13

tommybhoy said:

Haha yes!

Bonjour said:
Good work. You will not be disappointed. I run an HG10 / H55 combo. Makes the world of difference and does a great job of taming the cards.

Yeah I have all day sunday to get them set up and play around with them. If all goes well it'll be fairly cheap and I'm hoping to get another year or so out of the cards ideally

Bonjour · 24 Apr 2015 at 18:16

I'm also hoping for another year out of mine, then pick up a couple of 390s when they're a reasonable price.

shankly1985 · 24 Apr 2015 at 18:42

aceytrixx said:
This weekend I tame the 290s and finally run crossfire in the proper slots without things going on fire.

Look forward to seeing your results..

YB2ndBEST · 25 Apr 2015 at 03:57

Planning on another year out of mine as well. Pretty sure I'm going to skip the 390x and wait for 2016 with the big die shrink

IF dx12 does what it should we'll be fine!!!

beefkeef · 25 Apr 2015 at 05:29

aceytrixx said:
This weekend I tame the 290s and finally run crossfire in the proper slots without things going on fire.

Good luck with that!

I've been thinking about doing this with my MSI Twinfrozr as it's getting pretty toasty after some sessions of GTA5.

I'd be very interested to see your results and thoughts :cool:

aceytrixx · 26 Apr 2015 at 17:17

So far temps have been a lot better. Highest I've seen is 60

Was awkward and fiddly to install but not exactly hard. Definitly a job where you wish you had third hand at times. Going to continue to play around with the pc tonight and see how it goes.

shankly1985 · 26 Apr 2015 at 17:21

aceytrixx said:
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So far temps have been a lot better. Highest I've seen is 60

Was awkward and fiddly to install but not exactly hard. Definitly a job where you wish you had third hand at times. Going to continue to play around with the pc tonight and see how it goes.

Very nice

This something am thinking on doing myself!

Can you please report back the VRM temps after playing couple games for while..

I heard the VRMs dont get cooled good enough with this AIO..

These was MSI gaming edition GPUs? Dual Fan?

Bonjour · 26 Apr 2015 at 17:29

aceytrixx said:
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So far temps have been a lot better. Highest I've seen is 60

Was awkward and fiddly to install but not exactly hard. Definitly a job where you wish you had third hand at times. Going to continue to play around with the pc tonight and see how it goes.

Good project.

Keep an eye on those VRM temps.

aceytrixx · 26 Apr 2015 at 17:58

Can't seem to monitor them in game with after burner as far as I can see? What's best to use

Confused Stu · 26 Apr 2015 at 18:00

aceytrixx said:
Can't seem to monitor them in game with after burner as far as I can see? What's best to use

GPUz (open two instances, set one for each GPU in the dropdown).

aceytrixx · 26 Apr 2015 at 18:11

Yeah that's what I'm doing. Just wondered if there's anything on screen while I'm paying rather than coming out to check

shankly1985 · 26 Apr 2015 at 18:50

aceytrixx said:
Yeah that's what I'm doing. Just wondered if there's anything on screen while I'm paying rather than coming out to check

Hwinfo64 lets you use OSD with RiverTuner!

What sort VRM temps you getting atm?

aceytrixx · 26 Apr 2015 at 18:56

Highest I've seen is 77 degrees. However GTA V keeps crashing to a black screen so I don't know if that's the game or the cards or something. I'm trying out lego batman 3 which is fine but in fairness doesn't exactly push the system. Ill try another game and see if it's a gta problem or what

shankly1985 · 26 Apr 2015 at 19:06

aceytrixx said:
Highest I've seen is 77 degrees. However GTA V keeps crashing to a black screen so I don't know if that's the game or the cards or something. I'm trying out lego batman 3 which is fine but in fairness doesn't exactly push the system. Ill try another game and see if it's a gta problem or what

Run heaven 4.0 for couple passes or Battlefield 4..

77c is quite low about what I getting now I think.

aceytrixx · 26 Apr 2015 at 19:21

Yeah so heaven just died about 10 seconds in so clearly it's something going on with the cards

Qitarah · 26 Apr 2015 at 19:25

Both VRM temps are under 77c? No overclocking?

shankly1985 · 26 Apr 2015 at 19:25

aceytrixx said:
Yeah so heaven just died about 10 seconds in so clearly it's something going on with the cards

Bonjour · 26 Apr 2015 at 19:25

VRM or memory possibly.

There should be temperatures for VRM1 and VRM2. One gets rather hotter than the other, but I can't remember which.

aceytrixx · 26 Apr 2015 at 19:43

It dies so quickly that the temps are still only at 40 degrees or so.