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

LtMatt said:
Shocking. Did the packaging look like it had been opened Moogs? Did you get it from OcuK?
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Packaging all looked fine and nope not ocuk.

The silver metal bit has been bent up but is still not touching the component below. It looks like someone has noticed it at the factory and tried to pliar it together.
 
Just running Heaven and the card at stock is hitting 85.c and throttling down the fan is staying under %40. Something is not right with this card so will give up and return and order another.
 
Add me to the 290 club :)
Don't really game on my PC anymore but couldn't resist a reference Sapphire 290 with hynix chips for £230! (thanks to lewisstuart and his bulk 290 sale lol).

Tested it today with Crysis 3 and was surprised it wasn't as loud as I thought it would be! 40-60 FPS on everything high @ 2560x1080 was pretty good :)

Anyways - got an EK waterblock waiting here to go on to it - i'm surprised how big the 290 actually is! Also purchased the EK strengthening plate which arrived today with the backplate - think it's gunna need it looking at the length of the card lol.
 
zoomee said:
Add me to the 290 club :)
Don't really game on my PC anymore but couldn't resist a reference Sapphire 290 with hynix chips for £230! (thanks to lewisstuart and his bulk 290 sale lol).

Tested it today with Crysis 3 and was surprised it wasn't as loud as I thought it would be! 40-60 FPS on everything high @ 2560x1080 was pretty good :)

Anyways - got an EK waterblock waiting here to go on to it - i'm surprised how big the 290 actually is! Also purchased the EK strengthening plate which arrived today with the backplate - think it's gunna need it looking at the length of the card lol.
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Welcome to the club. Picture required for entry. :D
 
LtMatt said:
Welcome to the club. Picture required for entry. :D
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Ahaha - lucky I have a nasty habit of taking a pic of my PC everytime I open it :p

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Hopefully will get time to install the water gubbins this weekend
 
too many stickers on the back of the PCB for my liking tbh! - Can't wait to get that EK backplate on it. Only prob I have is that the darn waterblock is a clear plexi/copper one so it might look a bit wierd! - hopefully the strengthening plate will cover most of it up :)

EDIT: Yup 540 case bud with 280mm Koolance at the top - hope it can handle the heat kicked out of the 290 and a 4960x too! :)
 
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zoomee said:
too many stickers on the back of the PCB for my liking tbh! - Can't wait to get that EK backplate on it. Only prob I have is that the darn waterblock is a clear plexi/copper one so it might look a bit wierd! - hopefully the strengthening plate will cover most of it up :)
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True that. I didn't take mine off incase it voided the warranty somehow. Don't suppose it would though if you have the original box. At least it doesn't have warranty void stickers on the screws, so you can can change thermal paste or water cool.
 
My plans for a 4K monitor have been dashed, so I've decided to take one of my 290s back :o I really don't need two for 1920x1080.

And good choice humbug, how you liking it?
 
thefogo said:
My plans for a 4K monitor have been dashed, so I've decided to take one of my 290s back :o I really don't need two for 1920x1080.

And good choice humbug, how you liking it?
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Oh what happened?

Did you try out Mantle first before sending one back, i hope so. You should still keep two imo. Will allow you to max everything out and have headroom should you upgrade at a a later date.

humbug said:
Its written next to GDD5; Elpida, have not attempted to overclock yet, but they seem fine :)
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Interesting. Its rare to see Elpida memory overclocked at stock. Both of mine are Elpida and no problems here and both overclock well if i provide enough voltage. I think Elpida have the loosest timings though, then Hynix with Samsung having the tightest and fastest memory timings.
 
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LtMatt said:
Oh what happened?

Did you try out Mantle first before sending one back, i hope so
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I could afford it but due to investments I want to play it safe. At least until 4k 120Hz screens come out :p

Yep I did :) I hit the fps cap on BF4 a few times. Pretty ridiculous.

EDIT: mine is 1350Mhz Elpida also.
 
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