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

LtMatt · 13 May 2014 at 18:50

You got unlucky there then boys. I can go up to 1450Mhz at +0mv. Not tried further, but i imagine 1500 will be possible. That's on both my cards.

humbug · 13 May 2014 at 18:54

thefogo said:
That will be why Mine blackscreens at 1350Mhz and +0 too.

Well, ok. First time i tried this, normally it Black Screens as soon as i hit Apply, but at 1250Mhz, yes its holding.

thefogo · 13 May 2014 at 19:09

LtMatt said:
You got unlucky there then boys. I can go up to 1450Mhz at +0mv. Not tried further, but i imagine 1500 will be possible. That's on both my cards.

I think it was you who were lucky

I've not seen many Elpida cards hit those clocks at stock volts. My friend's 290X couldn't get 1300Mhz.

LtMatt · 13 May 2014 at 19:15

thefogo said:
I think it was you who were lucky I've not seen many Elpida cards hit those clocks at stock volts. My friend's 290X couldn't get 1300Mhz.

Maybe. I will do some testing tonight/tomorrow and see the highest i can get the memory at +0mv stable. I'd guess somewhere between 1450/1550 on both cards.

Geeman1979 · 13 May 2014 at 19:21

thefogo said:
I think it was you who were lucky I've not seen many Elpida cards hit those clocks at stock volts. My friend's 290X couldn't get 1300Mhz.

This^

My 290X could reach good core clocks but the memory was *****.

TheyCallMeAndy · 13 May 2014 at 19:25

Can someone recommend me a psu to add another 290 pcs+ in with the room to watercool in the future

Tonester0011 · 13 May 2014 at 19:29

My blocks arrived today

Will see what my card can do tomorrow after work, wonder if mine can do 1100 with +0mv

LtMatt · 13 May 2014 at 19:30

Geeman1979 said:
This^

My 290X could reach good core clocks but the memory was *****.

What memory was it?

Tonester0011 said:
My blocks arrived today
Will see what my card can do tomorrow after work, wonder if mine can do 1100 with +0mv

Good lad.

Quick update +0mv 1625Mhz=Black Screen. 1550Mhz=Black Screen.

LtMatt · 13 May 2014 at 19:46

This is the max both cards will do at +0mv. This is OCCT stable so its stable in everything. 1450 Mhz on the memory causing 2d screen flickering, and 1125 Mhz on the core causes errors in OCCT (artifacts in games). So 1100/1425 Mhz is the max stable at stock voltages on both cards.

GoogalyMoogaly · 13 May 2014 at 22:00

LtMatt said:
Everyone can do 1100 at +0mv... apart from Humbug.

And me, I can't. Can do 1075 at +0mv, although my testing only stretched as far as a few benchmarks, nothing really taxing (unless LuxMark is taxing).

korgtronix · 13 May 2014 at 22:02

GoogalyMoogaly said:
And me, I can't. Can do 1075 at +0mv, although my testing only stretched as far as a few benchmarks, nothing really taxing (unless LuxMark is taxing).

I can just about make it through a run of Valley with no artifacts at 1050 core at +0mv tis not fair really

GoogalyMoogaly · 13 May 2014 at 22:06

korgtronix said:
I can just about make it through a run of Valley with no artifacts at 1050 core at +0mv tis not fair really

I know, I considered getting more 290s to see if they clocked better, especially after the custom cooled cards came out with better VRAM. I was hoping they'd have better cores too.
Also considered getting a couple 290Xs when they were on offer.

In the end I figured they only have to last me until the next gen top end cards are released so it's not worth it.

korgtronix · 13 May 2014 at 22:09

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I know, I considered getting more 290s to see if they clocked better, especially after the custom cooled cards came out with better VRAM. I was hoping they'd have better cores too.
Also considered getting a couple 290Xs when they were on offer.

In the end I figured they only have to last me until the next gen top end cards are released so it's not worth it.

Thinks thats what annoys me the most. My memory in AB can be clocked to its max without any extra volts

Tonester0011 · 13 May 2014 at 22:14

Got bored, so went and played with the 290.
Runs firestrike @1100 with +0mv though artifacts a bit. So i guess that puts me into the small group that can't run 1100 without voltage bump

thefogo · 13 May 2014 at 22:15

Tonester0011 said:
Got bored, so went and played with the 290.
Runs firestrike @1100 with +0mv though artifacts a bit. So i guess that puts me into the small group that can't run 1100 without voltage bump

I think it puts you in the majority actually

EDIT: Do you not have a 780 Ti?

Tonester0011 · 13 May 2014 at 22:27

thefogo said:
I think it puts you in the majority actually
EDIT: Do you not have a 780 Ti?

Used to have a 780, never had a 780ti

thefogo · 13 May 2014 at 22:30

heighnub · 14 May 2014 at 01:18

Tonester0011 said:
Used to have a 780, never had a 780ti

Why the change?

Geeman1979 · 14 May 2014 at 09:12

LtMatt said:
What memory was it?

Elpida

old gamer · 14 May 2014 at 10:30

my msi 290x has hynix memory and does not overclock very well at all, luck of the draw i guess