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

LtMatt · 22 Apr 2014 at 11:50

Tute said:
Just been looking at used prices, are these really worth less used than a new 280X?

In my opinion, yes.

wildest_jjk · 22 Apr 2014 at 11:52

LtMatt said:
In my opinion, yes.

Are we talking about 290's still? They are less price used than a 280X?

Thanks

Tute · 22 Apr 2014 at 11:53

LtMatt said:
In my opinion, yes.

I can't see it personally, especially when the GTX780 is still going for £350+ used.

LtMatt · 22 Apr 2014 at 11:56

wildest_jjk said:
Are we talking about 290's still? They are less price used than a 280X?

Thanks

Tute said:
I can't see it personally, especially when the GTX780 is still going for £350+ used.

Sorry i misunderstood. I'd say a used 290 is worth more a than a 280X in my opinion. Are you going off sales in the MM? 290's are cheap so their resale value is always going to be lower.

humbug · 22 Apr 2014 at 11:56

Tute said:
Just been looking at used prices, are these really worth less used than a new 280X?

Reference ones seem to go for about £220> AIB for about £250>

Its about right, i paid £300 for mine new.

Tute said:
I can't see it personally, especially when the GTX780 is still going for £350+ used.

Yes but the 780 costs £380+ new

BaDBoY_uK · 22 Apr 2014 at 12:43

2 x MSI 290s OC versions

Love these cards. Need to modify my 540 to have a fan on the side

LtMatt · 22 Apr 2014 at 12:45

BaDBoY_uK said:
2 x MSI 290s OC versions

Love these cards. Need to modify my 540 to have a fan on the side

Nice one. Looks like you would benefit from a nice big side exhaust fan.

Mantles great innit? Bet its made you an even better player because of the responsiveness and smoothness.

Tute · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:04

humbug said:
Reference ones seem to go for about £220> AIB for about £250>

Its about right, i paid £300 for mine new.

Just seen £195 offered for one. I assume that includes delivery as well. Hence my wondering about their true value, surely that offer is a **** take?

Yes but the 780 costs £380+ new

And performs about the same - hence my confusion.

humbug · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:35

Tute said:
Just seen £195 offered for one. I assume that includes delivery as well. Hence my wondering about their true value, surely that offer is a **** take?

And performs about the same - hence my confusion.

I have seen 780's and 290's go for £250.

People generally don't like the Reference 290 nearly as much as the AIB ones which tend to hold their value much more.

BaDBoY_uK · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:41

LtMatt said:
Nice one. Looks like you would benefit from a nice big side exhaust fan.

Mantles great innit? Bet its made you an even better player because of the responsiveness and smoothness.

I really like it. TBH I never even went DX, straight to Mantle

Yes, definitely need a large side exhaust fan - these cards run hot when playing BF4

ElliorR · 22 Apr 2014 at 16:15

Mr BaD, what are your temps like with the 2 MSI cards? I have the 540 and MSI 290 Gaming and plan on buying a second.

BaDBoY_uK · 22 Apr 2014 at 16:35

ElliorR said:
Mr BaD, what are your temps like with the 2 MSI cards? I have the 540 and MSI 290 Gaming and plan on buying a second.

Not brilliant, to be honest. I have a 360 rad on the front as intake with push pull. I have a 240 on the top with exhaust. And a 120 fan on the back. The watercooling is only for the CPU for now, with the plan to change to proper pump and res + GPUs.

Back to your question - 85ish on the top and 70ish on the bottom, under full load. But that's with all fans at 1900rpm/110cfm full load with fan controller.

A side fan would be idea but the side panel is plastic. I may just rig something up

I would recommend you getting another though. They are amazing

ElliorR · 22 Apr 2014 at 16:39

Cheers. I fully intend to once finances allow and I fully intend to watercool them eventually.

BaDBoY_uK · 22 Apr 2014 at 17:10

ElliorR said:
Cheers. I fully intend to once finances allow and I fully intend to watercool them eventually.

Yep, I'll need to WC these. I don't want them running 80+ for long

thefogo · 22 Apr 2014 at 18:40

Booted up my PC and my clocks are stuck in 3D mode again

Guess I'll reinstall the drivers.

LtMatt · 22 Apr 2014 at 18:42

thefogo said:
Booted up my PC and my clocks are stuck in 3D mode again
Guess I'll reinstall the drivers.

Did you try 14.4 WHQL yet?

Apologies if you said you did earlier.

gradyhawks · 22 Apr 2014 at 18:43

Looking to do a similar build myself, first on air then go to water.

Sorry if its been asked before (28 pages is a lot), but do you notice any slow down and throttling when the cards get nice and toasty? Oh, and the noise, whats it like?

thefogo · 22 Apr 2014 at 18:50

LtMatt said:
Did you try 14.4 WHQL yet?

Apologies if you said you did earlier.

Not yet, not been home long.I'll give them a go now.

They fixed the problem with my idle clocks

LtMatt · 22 Apr 2014 at 19:07

LtMatt said:
Is that on the new 14.4 WHQL drivers?

LtMatt said:
Just tried single card and crossfire, stock and overclocked (both core and mem) and benched Valley on each setting and every time the card went back to the correct 2D clocks, on 14.4 WHQL.

LtMatt said:
Use the new drivers. I had my core get locked in 2D mode on 14.3 as well. It was after a crash/black screen due to unstable overclocking. I tested 14.4 and it does not happen any more.

thefogo said:
Not yet, not been home long.I'll give them a go now.

They fixed the problem with my idle clocks

thefogo · 22 Apr 2014 at 19:50

20 minutes in to the new drivers and I got a black screen crash

So it's obviously not the drivers. It's either the game or the card not being able to run the factory OC.