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

[LtMatt]

Should I go with a 290 AIB and ask for new monitor?

It would be rude not to. What monitor are you thinking of, 1440P i hope?

 

[Bandito365]

Finally haha

My first Tri X 290 had the faulty fan issue which I've been told is generally a Sapphire problem. Besides that the card was working perfectly.

After the trouble I've gone through so far with my current build.. all I want is to be able to play my games without the absolute fear of faulty hardware

Fingers crossed, I see the expected ETA has slipped again. Hopefully Friday or early next week then for more stock!

 

[Glacius]

I do regret not going for a 1440P screen now, stupidly went for 2 x 27" 1080P screens Bleh

 

[LtMatt]

Huh what do you know, my review finally popped up on overclockers.com

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-015-VX&tool=3

And 11 people found it helpful.

 

[BubbySoup]

Good night sweet prince(s)

Both cards started exhibiting this a few days ago. I crash at least 2-3 times a night now, but not always with this, usually just thrown to desktop with some weird DirectX error or app has been blocked from accessing GPU hardware /sigh

Anyone know what the turn around is like for Sapphire? I'm guessing it's going to be at least a month to 6 weeks. Tempted to get 2 of those tri x cards on special to tie me over until I get these back from warranty.

 

[LtMatt]

The old stripey vram gone kaput screen. Seen a couple of those in my time. OcuK might have a quick turnaround with Sapphire.

 

[BubbySoup]

Sadly, I had them on a 20% off deal from somewhere else, so it's going to be warranty time on the go-slow.

 

[aceytrixx]

Last few days in getting black screens followed by a compete lock up of the system. Cards are running stock. Not playing a game just listening to spotify and browsing the web.

 

[gpuerrilla]

Check your PSU out. If it's modular be careful of this:

Spoiler

 

[aceytrixx]

It's a non modular 850watt and everything looks fine as far as I can see.

 

[gpuerrilla]

Doesn't sound good then acey. Can it play games/bench?

 

[aceytrixx]

They have been working although I've had to run old drivers to get crossfire to work. Not really been able to play since Saturday and I had a bit of a pain to get stuff to run to begin with had to reboot a couple times then it worked.

 

[Qitarah]

I just wanted to ask do all tri-x's come with Hynix memory? Heard people saying only Hynix but saw some vbio's listed as having Elpida EDW2032BBBG_DEBUG2.

 

[almighty15]

As far as I know gibbo said they're all Hynix... My Tri-X uses Hynix.

 

[DMF1986]

I enquired about my Sapphire warranty and OCUK stated it would almost take a month for the RMA to complete

You>OCUK>Supplier>Sapphire HK<Supplier<OCUK<You

A bit to long if you ask me

 

[Neil79]

That's disgusting

 

[DMF1986]

Yep absolutely ridiculous. My card was black screening and has a coil whine. The black screen is not as often since the driver updates and using DDU but the whine is still there. I would rather live with it than wait almost 30 days for a RMA

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

I really am in 2 minds about getting some of these Tri-X cards now. Maybe it's a safer option to go with the MSI cards?

 

[brawl3r]

Why not try the Powercolor pcs+ 290 its got hynix memory if IRC, and very silent, have not OC the card but runs very stable.

 

[DMF1986]

Don't get me wrong the card is great and overclocks like hell under water. But if you worry about warranty go with MSI also I believe they have a 3 year warranty not 2 like Sapphire