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

snips86x said:
Suggestions??

My reference 290 has been fine at -100AUX and -31mV in BF3 and BF4, but when it came to Borderlands 2, it totally screwed itself over.

I adjusted the AUX to -90 with maintaining the mV at -31 and it did the same. I set the AUX back to stock with the mV @ -31 and it did it again.

I'm now running at stock which is fine, but what are the recommendations? Run a benchmark while gradually brining the volts down? Which Benchmark?
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What does it do, the same screen Thai had? Just run -0.025v and -0.100v AUX for that title. Just setup a different profile in afterburner and switch between the two when you need to. That's what i do.

I use the auto profiles feature of afterburner so my dual 290's switch between two different profiles for 2d/3d.

2D i use -0.050v and -0.100v AUX
3D i use -0.056v and -0.100v AUX

Reason being any lower than -0.050v offset causes 2D flickering when i browse, however that's only at idle. Under 3D load up to -0.056v is stable. Certainly makes a nice difference to the temps and noise of the reference cooler running such low voltages. In game voltages are around 1.1v for both cards.

Rangerjr1 said:
I found water cooling to be the best option!
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Definitely the best option for lowest temps, but if you like fiddling it can be done my way.
 
Yes, same screen as Thai had but while I was playing.

I would love to WC, but its not cheap and I'd hate to kill the PC in the process.
 
Was studying benches for hours on end last night and I really cannot see why anyone would pay extra for the X model of these. I think I'm going to get a 290 to tide me over as I'm not convinced my 280 will keep me happy.
I think LtMatt told me Beyond Earth was using Mantle as well so that will increase performance too but I cannot remember if games like Civ V were more CPU dependent or not.
 
Noxia said:
Was studying benches for hours on end last night and I really cannot see why anyone would pay extra for the X model of these. I think I'm going to get a 290 to tide me over as I'm not convinced my 280 will keep me happy.
I think LtMatt told me Beyond Earth was using Mantle as well so that will increase performance too but I cannot remember if games like Civ V were more CPU dependent or not.
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Yes mate the next Civ game is using Mantle. The lead graphics programmer for the game is always singing its praises on twitter. I think it's possible that it will offer some of the biggest performance uplifts on Mantle we've seen yet because it is a cpu limited game typically. :cool:

https://twitter.com/JJcoolkl/status/461866944929734656
https://twitter.com/JJcoolkl/status/464809606183919616
https://twitter.com/JJcoolkl/status/466354972385624064
https://twitter.com/JJcoolkl/status/469655823283924992

Interview with the Civ team.


Firaxis: Why we went with Mantle
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http://community.amd.com/community/...og/2014/05/19/firaxis-why-we-went-with-mantle
 
Yippee, I'm literally only building this PC because of that game, I'm supposed to be saving for a house but I came into some money so I'm making a 'modest' PC :)
Will be my first AMD card since *looks through OCUK history* Sapphire 7850. I had one AMD card and the fans were always on 100% and I was a noob then so I just sold it and got a different one.
 
Noxia said:
Yippee, I'm literally only building this PC because of that game, I'm supposed to be saving for a house but I came into some money so I'm making a 'modest' PC :)
Will be my first AMD card since *looks through OCUK history* Sapphire 7850. I had one AMD card and the fans were always on 100% and I was a noob then so I just sold it and got a different one.
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I'd go with a 290 or a 290X. :)
 
Noxia said:
Yeah I'll probs go with an MSI Gaming as I found the 780 a very quiet card. Different cooler somewhat I know but I gather it's pretty quiet still.
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If you can fit them in the Sapphire Tri x or Powercolor are better cards.

I have a slight phobia of MSI cards at the moment :)
 
MOOGLEYS said:
If you can fit them in the Sapphire Tri x or Powercolor are better cards.

I have a slight phobia of MSI cards at the moment :)
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43cm available so hopefully fine. I will have a look at some benches for the ones you mentioned, thanks.
I thought it would be Shankly, the 780 was a joy.
 
I'd also recommend the Tri-X Noxia, one of the best 290's out there. MSI also decent but Tri-X has a better cooling capacity.
 
Ok guys noted. Would I be right in thinking the OC version isn't worth the extra £30 as if I really needed to I could do a modest OC anyway on the normal one?
 
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