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R9 290X Owners Thread
- Thread starter Kaapstad
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Soldato
Dewivewy 
Caporegime
Shiny!
Soldato
What, no tinfoil/oven comments 
Broomstick!?
Broomstick!?
Soldato
Yo frosty, isn't the outer static bag conductive?
lol no just pointless
Couldn't find the oven gloves.(One joke can't hurt
)
Caporegime
Lets see some firestrike benches then boys.
Soldato
Steady on I'm at work. Unless a 3.Ghz HT Pentium 4 with 2GB DDR2 is going to be able to cope. 
Mine is coming this evening between 4.30pm and 5.30pm(I incorrectly but 5pm and 6pm in one of the threads in the latest news section), was hoping for it to come by 1pm but oh well.
I still need to finish building the PC, not tried again in the last couple of days(not had the chance) but was having trouble with the sata power cable of the ax860 not going in the ssds, HDD and dvdrw for some reason.
I was planning on holding off on the red braided bitfenix extension cables but might have to if the sata power cable isn't going on.
Could use my cooler master real power m850 PSU but its over 5years old, the ax860 I bought in the last couple of weeks(along with the 750d).
I still need to finish building the PC, not tried again in the last couple of days(not had the chance) but was having trouble with the sata power cable of the ax860 not going in the ssds, HDD and dvdrw for some reason.
I was planning on holding off on the red braided bitfenix extension cables but might have to if the sata power cable isn't going on.
Could use my cooler master real power m850 PSU but its over 5years old, the ax860 I bought in the last couple of weeks(along with the 750d).
Caporegime
Steady on I'm at work. Unless a 3.Ghz HT Pentium 4 with 2GB DDR2 is going to be able to cope.
Only one way to find out.
Soldato
I know, is it wrong I'm tempted to just to see the epic bottleneck? 450W PSU is a no go lol.
lol no just pointless
(One joke can't hurt
The oven bag is for the chicken which comes free with every card.
No haribo this time.
Let us know how you get on with the cook, you won't be Frosty for very much longer
Soldato
I want two. I don't even know why. This is terrible...lol
How bad is it... I can't even wait till I'm home to test this one first
Must...resist
It's fine, just had another look at the cheap reference cooler and it's settled me for at least another 2 hours
How bad is it... I can't even wait till I'm home to test this one first
Must...resist
It's fine, just had another look at the cheap reference cooler and it's settled me for at least another 2 hours
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Caporegime
New 290X drivers today. Credit to Flopper for the discovery. Newer than the press/review drivers.
Sauce
http://www.hardocp.com/news/2013/10/24/amd_driver_for_r9_290x_coming_tomorrow
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/member.php?u=103453
Sauce
http://www.hardocp.com/news/2013/10/24/amd_driver_for_r9_290x_coming_tomorrow
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/member.php?u=103453
Cheers, was looking for those last night - could only find some beta4 ones and not these which all the reviewers were using - as the ones on the CD-ROM are probably too old.
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Caporegime
If you can't wait use 13.11 beta from AMD's site. The new drivers will appear late afternoon - evening time. They might appear first on Guru3d forums here.
A single 290/290X will be better at most things and get better as resolution goes up - 1440p/1600p/4k will have a larger lead than 1080p and lower.