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

Orangey · 11 Mar 2014 at 15:45

Powercolor been offering this since launch almost.

Also there were 1 or 2 other brands with EK blocks strapped to them, I don't think VisionTek sells in the EU either.

4737Joker · 11 Mar 2014 at 17:42

Is it worth trying the voltage unlocked ASUS bios for the ref card or is the updated sapphire bios just as good?

If anyone has tried both i'd appreciate your view on it

Orangey · 11 Mar 2014 at 20:11

Any reference BIOS will give you unlocked voltage via AB. Haven't tried the Sapphire one.

thefogo · 9 Apr 2014 at 13:41

Bit of an old thread, but I joined the dark side today

These cards are ridiculously huge, they only just fit in my case.

LtMatt · 9 Apr 2014 at 13:44

thefogo said:
Bit of an old thread, but I joined the dark side today

These cards are ridiculously huge, they only just fit in my case.

Woah. Welcome back. Why though, you had a 780TI didn't you?

EDIT

Nice knee.

thefogo · 9 Apr 2014 at 13:55

Thanks!
Yeah I did. I got them for 300 each so thought why not

I'm planning on going 4K

Yeah couldn't be bothered cropping...

Matt could you do me a favour and check what Graphics Score you get on Fire Strike at stock? Would appreciate.

Geeman1979 · 9 Apr 2014 at 14:22

thefogo said:
Thanks!
Yeah I did. I got them for 300 each so thought why not I'm planning on going 4K

Yeah couldn't be bothered cropping...

Matt could you do me a favour and check what Graphics Score you get on Fire Strike at stock? Would appreciate.

Look like good value for money, although the brands not my cup of tea.

thefogo · 9 Apr 2014 at 14:27

Geeman1979 said:
Look like good value for money, although the brands not my cup of tea.

I've never had a Powercolor card before, but these are definitely well built.
Though they were lighter than I expected.

LtMatt · 9 Apr 2014 at 14:37

thefogo said:
Thanks!
Yeah I did. I got them for 300 each so thought why not I'm planning on going 4K

Yeah couldn't be bothered cropping...

Matt could you do me a favour and check what Graphics Score you get on Fire Strike at stock? Would appreciate.

Yes will do mate. When i last did it, it was around 20,000 on the graphics score but i will run it again on current drivers. Give me a few hours as ive just reinstalled Windows.

thefogo · 9 Apr 2014 at 14:46

LtMatt said:
Yes will do mate. When i last did it, it was around 20,000 on the graphics score but i will run it again on current drivers. Give me a few hours as ive just reinstalled Windows.

No problem

Cheers.

Geeman1979 · 9 Apr 2014 at 15:27

thefogo said:
I've never had a Powercolor card before, but these are definitely well built.
Though they were lighter than I expected.

Yeah, at 300 quid they're defo worth a punt.

thefogo · 9 Apr 2014 at 16:12

Using MSI afterburner seems to lower my Fire Strike score :confused:

Has anyone experienced anything similar?
I switched over to Trixx and set the same clocks and got an extra thousand Graphics points.

LtMatt · 9 Apr 2014 at 16:13

thefogo said:
Using MSI afterburner seems to lower my Fire Strike score Has anyone experienced anything similar?
I switched over to Trixx and set the same clocks and got an extra thousand Graphics points.

I'll test that, will download firestrike shortly and report back.

thefogo · 9 Apr 2014 at 16:15

Cheers Lt

LtMatt · 9 Apr 2014 at 17:30

Just realised i don't actually run afterburner or Trixx while benching. What i do is set clocks via afterburner + fan speed then i exit and run firestrike. Scoring about 20K graphics score at stock.

thefogo · 9 Apr 2014 at 17:34

Graphics Score 20425

At 1040/1350. That seem about right?

LtMatt · 9 Apr 2014 at 17:40

thefogo said:
Graphics Score 20425

At 1040/1350. That seem about right?

Yeah seems about right to me, i was running my cpu at 5.2ghz to get that graphics score, using gpu clocks of 975/1250.

Use these afterburner settings and away you go.

If you want to do some serious benching use 13.12 WHQL. Only use 14.X if you want to use Mantle. 14.X drivers have a powertune bug, its stuck at 0% regardless of what you can set so limited overclocking once you start increasing voltage. New drivers due any day now to hopefully address that issue.

Kaapstad · 9 Apr 2014 at 17:43

thefogo said:
Graphics Score 20425

At 1040/1350. That seem about right?

Here is a couple of stock 290Xs @1000/1250

Graphics Score 20668

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/2844677

So yes your score looks about right.

LtMatt · 9 Apr 2014 at 17:44

I've scored marginally higher than this (stock gpu xfire score 290 Pro) when its colder, but as its getting warmer now my gpu score is going down.

SCORE
15252 with AMD Radeon R9 290(2x) and CPU information missing
Graphics Score 19797
Physics Score 13316
Combined Score 6092

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/2844699

thefogo · 9 Apr 2014 at 17:47

Cheers

Seems about right then.
Thanks Kaapstad

No problems with heat for me, my top card hasn't gone above 70C yet on the stock profile.
It could be quieter though, honestly.