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

:) maybe my case - its orientated towards quiteness rather than cooling (550D - with 2x120s at front, 1x120 at bottom, and 1x140mm at rear)

Tri-X Sapphire - so VRMs should be reasonably well cooled
 
well its a bit like my 3770k - concerningly hot - but if its stable - its of no real issue other than a "number"

I mean who wants a cpu or gpu to last say 10 years - I don't :)
 
Sigh... I bought a second hand VTX 290, and can't stop it red-screen hard crashing (0xa0000001).

I'm using 14.4, i've uninstalled previous and used DDU. I've updated the mobo bios to the latest (f3), I've also tried a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on a separate drive and it still RSODs after 10 seconds of Unigine Valley.

I've read that the system overclock can cause it, due to core voltage being too low, but my mobo is a Gigabyte Z77n-wifi which doesn't allow vcore control as far as i can tell.

So, do I have a dud card, or is my overclock unstable? (I've never had any problems with my 7950). As 290s are power thirsty, could it be my PSU?

Full spec: Gigabyte z77n-wifi, Intel 3770K (currently at 3.9ghz) with corsair h60 cooler, Corsair 600w psu, VTX R9 290
 
l0z said:
Sigh... I bought a second hand VTX 290, and can't stop it red-screen hard crashing (0xa0000001).

I'm using 14.4, i've uninstalled previous and used DDU. I've updated the mobo bios to the latest (f3), I've also tried a fresh install of Windows 8.1 on a separate drive and it still RSODs after 10 seconds of Unigine Valley.

I've read that the system overclock can cause it, due to core voltage being too low, but my mobo is a Gigabyte Z77n-wifi which doesn't allow vcore control as far as i can tell.

So, do I have a dud card, or is my overclock unstable? (I've never had any problems with my 7950). As 290s are power thirsty, could it be my PSU?

Full spec: Gigabyte z77n-wifi, Intel 3770K (currently at 3.9ghz) with corsair h60 cooler, Corsair 600w psu, VTX R9 290
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If it helps.

The only game i ever got Red Screens was BF4, what i did to fix it was add some more volts to my CPU, not the GPU, the CPU.
 
Thanks for the advice LtMatt and Humbug. New card is working fine now. I removed the new card, reset my BIOS (removed the battery just to be sure), and cleaned all drivers.

As it's the cheapest custom cooled 290 it doesn't want to OC more than 5%, but for 185 quid i'm not complaining.

Getting 60 fps solid in BF4 now (2560x1080, all ultra, no AA, 140% super sampled) and it looks incredible.
 
Thinking about upgrading to a 290 Tri-x OC from my 7970 Matrix Platinum.

You guys think it'll be worth it?

I've got a 2500k @ 4.4GHz. How much of a bottleneck could that be for a lot of games?

Recently got a nice 144Hz monitor and kind of want to make the most of it..
 
l0z said:
Thanks for the advice LtMatt and Humbug. New card is working fine now. I removed the new card, reset my BIOS (removed the battery just to be sure), and cleaned all drivers.

As it's the cheapest custom cooled 290 it doesn't want to OC more than 5%, but for 185 quid i'm not complaining.

Getting 60 fps solid in BF4 now (2560x1080, all ultra, no AA, 140% super sampled) and it looks incredible.
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Welcome to the 290 club. Great price btw. :)
 
chivs688 said:
Thinking about upgrading to a 290 Tri-x OC from my 7970 Matrix Platinum.

You guys think it'll be worth it?

I've got a 2500k @ 4.4GHz. How much of a bottleneck could that be for a lot of games?

Recently got a nice 144Hz monitor and kind of want to make the most of it..
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It is worth it mate theres a noticable difference especially at higher resolutions.
 
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