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

[padremaronno]

Sorry for the silly question: I bought a 290 Vapor-x 4 days ago from Overclockers... when I saw the GTX 970 news today I regretted it and I was thinking about returning my card.

The thing is I already retrieved used the gold reward code... that means I can't return my card anymore?

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Sorry for the silly question: I bought a 290 Vapor-x 4 days ago from Overclockers... when I saw the GTX 970 news today I regretted it and I was thinking about returning my card.

The thing is I already retrieved used the gold reward code... that means I can't return my card anymore?

Why not just keep the 290 ?

 

[padremaronno]

Why not just keep the 290 ?

Well, the 970 seems better overall. 5-10% better performance, cheaper, lower power consumption... and probably smaller the Vapor-x is huuuuge

 

[eyetrip]

Need some new drivers to distract me from maxwell release.

Been over a month now.

 

[snips86x]

Is anyone using one of these a 1440p screen? What's the performance like in BF3/4? Borderlands 2?

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Is anyone using one of these a 1440p screen? What's the performance like in BF3/4? Borderlands 2?

I have a 1440 screen and the performance is fine.

 

[snips86x]

I have a 1440 screen and the performance is fine.

When you say fine? What are the frame rates like?

 

[MOOGLEYS]

When you say fine? What are the frame rates like?

No idea I just play the games and if they are smooth to me then all is good.

I gave up looking at frame rates and synthetic Benchmark scores tbh...

 

[snips86x]

No idea I just play the games and if they are smooth to me then all is good.

I gave up looking at frame rates and synthetic Benchmark scores tbh...

Fair enought. Would the jump from 1080p be worth it?

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Fair enought. Would the jump from 1080p be worth it?

Tbh I don't Pc game too much now since the new consoles came out. BUt for just general use I find 1440p a much better res to use.

I did play Battlefield 4 quite a bit and it ran fine at max settings 1440p with a single 290 at stock.

 

[Nexus18]

Well, the 970 seems better overall. 5-10% better performance, cheaper, lower power consumption... and probably smaller the Vapor-x is huuuuge

Choose the most expensive games from the never settle/gold radeon ticket and your 290 will be cheaper by at least £45

But yes, the 970 does look amazing, if it weren't for mantle and freesync, I would be selling my 290 and getting one!

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Well, the 970 seems better overall. 5-10% better performance, cheaper, lower power consumption... and probably smaller the Vapor-x is huuuuge

The real world difference between the 290 and 970 will be small and only shown in benchmarks.

A 4GB card with a 256bit bus is so last gen anyway. Or just cost cutting by Nvidia...

My money says an 8GB 512bit 980Ti will be along shortly. Just after everyone has grabbed a 980.

It's the usual for Nvidia....

 

[padremaronno]

The real world difference between the 290 and 970 will be small and only shown in benchmarks.

A 4GB card with a 256bit bus is so last gen anyway. Or just cost cutting by Nvidia...

My money says an 8GB 512bit 980Ti will be along shortly. Just after everyone has grabbed a 980.

It's the usual for Nvidia....

Yea, you're right. I was just a bit ****ed about how quickly the reviews came out right after my purchase

I'll keep my 290. In the end, I'd rather give $$$ to AMD rather than Nvidia

 

[almighty15]

When you say fine? What are the frame rates like?

Mine are V-sync 60fps with no dips

 

[almighty15]

Just a quick observation I've flashed an ASUS BIOS onto my Tri-X and it's lowered my VRM temps by 10-15c and made my overclock more stable.

 

[Finners]

Why did you flash the card or did you think it might have had that outcome?

Do you have a link to the BIOS and a guide how to do it? might give it ago as they have dual bios I cant really go wrong.

 

[CEUOTC]

Well looking forward to getting another R9 290, flashed to a R9 290X and putting it into xfire

 

[Orangey]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18552408

That's the guide. I'll add it to OP... could've sworn it was already there

 

[Finners]

Just a quick observation I've flashed an ASUS BIOS onto my Tri-X and it's lowered my VRM temps by 10-15c and made my overclock more stable.

Bumping the thread as i never got an answer for this.

Why did you flash your BIOS to the asus one? Where you expecting them results?

If so, which BIOS did you use?

 

[doodah]

Considering how hot these can get, is it worth getting another MSI Gaming 290 second hand? £150 seems a decent price to future proof my rig for a while longer.