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

vddc = 0.961 v
vddci = 1.000 v
running 3 21.5 1080p screens
the bios i used was included in a package i downloaded simply entitled ASUS.ROM
thats as much as i can tell you off hand

just installed a g10 nzxt adapter and a h55, and i must say my temps are a whole lot better, now i was getting 94c under load, im seeing more like 64c under 100% load, this is one fan!! on pull config until i get some screws to mount another fan, just waiting on vrm heatsinks and some thermal bonder to put on all the gfx chips, temps dont seem to bad on them for now, but they should be here by tomorrow anyway, only gonna be doing light gaming on my pc anyway for now, anyone know what sorta temps i should consider turnin my game off for? at idle im looking at vrm 1 39c vrm 2 50c
 
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Cheers, my stock vddc is 0.984v :(

I'll wait for someone on ait to comment on your VRM temps but they sound high to me.

on water my VRM at idle is VRM1 30 degrees and VRM 2 28 degrees. Sure VRM 2 is meant to be the cooler of the two, not hotter.
 
Just benched heaven until my temps plateaued, VRM 1 55 Degrees VRM 2 42 Degrees. Core of 50.

Just to give you an idea you might be able to work back from that to get your air cooled temps.
 
Fellas is anyone using afterburner to overclock cards in crossfire? I don't seem to be able to access voltage control on my 2nd tri-x card. Cards are slightly different btw 2nd card is the non oc version running at 957/1250 and lower voltages. I'd like them to ideally run at the same speeds 1000/1300 with a touch more voltage on the bottom card and a touch less on the top one. Is the possible??
 
BS Dave said:
Fellas is anyone using afterburner to overclock cards in crossfire? I don't seem to be able to access voltage control on my 2nd tri-x card. Cards are slightly different btw 2nd card is the non oc version running at 957/1250 and lower voltages. I'd like them to ideally run at the same speeds 1000/1300 with a touch more voltage on the bottom card and a touch less on the top one. Is the possible??
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Disable ULPS or use Hwinfo64 and Force 2nd GPU to wake up, Do what you after do and then save the profile..
 
I have ULPS disabled but am getting driver crashes/black screen sometimes when coming off 3D clocks or going onto 3D clocks, anyone know what it is? Might try constant voltage if this continues on. Reference R9 290 with Elpida memory.
 
africanos23 said:
Hey guys I'm going to return my GTX970s and I have swapped back to my previous Crossfire R9-290 setup.

I have a anti-surge problem that I have posted here :

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18653660

If anyone is able to chime in that would be great.
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Disable Anti Surge protection in the bios.

Doogles said:
I have ULPS disabled but am getting driver crashes/black screen sometimes when coming off 3D clocks or going onto 3D clocks, anyone know what it is? Might try constant voltage if this continues on. Reference R9 290 with Elpida memory.
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ULPS will have nothing to do with that Doogles.

That sounds like either an unstable gpu or a faulty gpu. Is the card overclocked?
 
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Managed to get a good deal on a R9 290 PCS+ and should have it tomorrow. Been a Nvidia fan for quite a while now so will be interesting to see if AMD have improved over the years.
 
I can officially join the club! Been maxxing out all my games and even Crysis 3 at 50fps which is nice. I am considering returning to ATX so I can crossfire but that would be another PSU (Superflower Leadex 650w gold)
 
Hey Matt; guess who picked up PCS+ at 199; and didn't measure his case properly lol. by 3mm damn beast is too big for main pci-e slot; so I've had to pull one HD cage out with 3 hds in it and slide the bad boy into second pci-e slot both are 16x pci-e 2....so not that big of an issue LOL

Now I got to decide if I'm going to cut the case or get new case.....if I do that; means I'll need a new psu too LOL....
 
Does needing +75mv for a stable 1140/1500 on a Tri-X R9 290 OC sound way too high or is it okay?

With the whole golden ratio thing it's a pain in the ass trying to find the best overclock.
 
PrinceNelson said:
Does needing +75mv for a stable 1140/1500 on a Tri-X R9 290 OC sound way too high or is it okay?

With the whole golden ratio thing it's a pain in the ass trying to find the best overclock.
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What are you testing it on to say it is stable at that?
Let me know then I can try a comparison, although I run +50mV @ 1050, not really tried anything else though.
 
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