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

4737Joker · 28 Jan 2014 at 12:59

SiDeards73 said:
Sold my copy of BF4 yesterday for £23 that i got with my 290, so basically i paid £277 for my 290 and a copy of Hitman and Thief.. not bad

I got the same card (and redeemed for the same games) except i got a little more for BF4.

Cracking card for £270, less if you sell thief

Have you tried overclocking yet?

I found 1150/1500 to be the sweet spot for fps gains, anything higher on the memory resulted in negative gains. Can't quite get my core up to 1200 without artifacting though.

sportbilly · 28 Jan 2014 at 16:02

sportbilly said:
2 x Sapphire 290 Tri-x incoming tomorrow - as long as DPD can find my house ...

As predicted DPD didn't show - my wife was at home but nobody called and no card through the door.

I saw Cedric circulating the neighbourhood on the tracking page ! However, pretty sure didn't come to the address and just gave up despite the email saying we tried and nobody home hence no card. We are a bit tricky to be find - I avoid couriers if possible for this reason. Amazon locker pick up or the postie who knows where we are !

Realistically not installing cards until the weekend though but don't like the idea of £700+ worth of my kit being trawled around and then taken back to depot etc for another try.

Cheers

4737Joker · 29 Jan 2014 at 17:25

Got it up to 1225/1500 now using trixx and and +150mv +50% power

Got some dodgy looking artifacts at 1250 though, might need some more vddc, is it safe to go +200mv (im on water)?

I think i might try increasing the memory some more but iirc the gains over 1500 ended up giving me a loss.

2921 score in valley extreme hd preset, i want to get 3k! (is that score good btw, for this card and chip?)

LtMatt · 29 Jan 2014 at 17:29

+200mv is fine for water as long as temps (core+vrm) are in check. AMD vrms can take it.

Kaapstad · 29 Jan 2014 at 17:36

LtMatt said:
+200mv is fine for water as long as temps (core+vrm) are in check. AMD vrms can take it.

Mine can, they run at between 30c and 31c if GPUZ is telling the truth.

4737Joker · 29 Jan 2014 at 18:00

My temps were;

core 50
vrm1 64
vrm2 54

trixx using odffset vcore so it was only actually hitting 1.305 vddc, theres an option to force vddc to a constant so i might try that and thgen try and push for 1250.

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Jan 2014 at 18:44

What sort of OCs can people get on stock volts?
I've not tried clocking my memory yet, but my cores can't even do 1100MHz

Tempted to get a couple of the MSI Gaming cards or the Sapphire Tri-X ones. They're both reference board right?

LtMatt · 29 Jan 2014 at 18:46

GoogalyMoogaly said:
What sort of OCs can people get on stock volts?
I've not tried clocking my memory yet, but my cores can't even do 1100MHz

Tempted to get a couple of the MSI Gaming cards or the Sapphire Tri-X ones. They're both reference board right?

1075-1150 seems to be what you can get on stock voltage. I fit in at 1100 on both of my cards so towards the lower end of the spectrum.

4737Joker · 29 Jan 2014 at 18:49

1100 on stock, can probably get a touch more but anything 1150+ requires some more voltage.

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Jan 2014 at 18:56

Right, gonna be ditching my cards then!

Will probably get the MSI cards as this has now put me right off Sapphire.

LtMatt · 29 Jan 2014 at 19:01

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Right, gonna be ditching my cards then!

Will probably get the MSI cards as this has now put me right off Sapphire.

Sell your cards to Uncle Petey. Tell him LT sent you. :cool:

THC_SsSsSnake · 29 Jan 2014 at 19:02

the Msi 290 with BF4 is it a good buy?
thanks

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Jan 2014 at 19:04

LtMatt said:
Sell your cards to Uncle Petey. Tell him LT sent you.

I'll probably get rid of my 7950s and move my current 290s down to that rig as it's my cheap rig so I don't mind so much if the components are a bit rubbish.

LtMatt · 29 Jan 2014 at 19:07

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I'll probably get rid of my 7950s and move my current 290s down to that rig as it's my cheap rig so I don't mind so much if the components are a bit rubbish.

A good workman never blames his tools, unless the workman in question is incompetent. :cool:

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Jan 2014 at 20:10

LtMatt said:
A good workman never blames his tools, unless the workman in question is incompetent.

If the 290s wont do 1100 on stock volts, how's that my fault?

LtMatt · 29 Jan 2014 at 20:11

GoogalyMoogaly said:
If the 290s wont do 1100 on stock volts, how's that my fault?

Because you're a terrible human being, that's why.

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Jan 2014 at 20:22

LtMatt said:
Because you're a terrible human being, that's why.

But how did THEY know that?

LtMatt · 29 Jan 2014 at 20:23

GoogalyMoogaly said:
But how did THEY know that?

I tipped them off. :eek:

GoogalyMoogaly · 29 Jan 2014 at 20:30

LtMatt said:
I tipped them off.

Na, why would they listen to you? Has to be something more believable than that!

LtMatt · 29 Jan 2014 at 20:32

GoogalyMoogaly said:
Na, why would they listen to you? Has to be something more believable than that!

No one questions the ways of LT, apart from you.