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

Kaapstad · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:44

hardkore said:
I just keep reading up about overheating vrms, random black screens and artifacts. I sold my 670 today and im now GPU-less so im chomping at the bit

I would give the 290P a go and see how it goes.

If it is no good you can always send it back.

I have had no problems with my 290Xs since launch day.

OCP · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:45

Yep and the while memory thing too. Im still on the lookout for abpair of 290s to replace my 780s tho.

stulid · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:45

hardkore said:
I just keep reading up about overheating vrms, random black screens and artifacts. I sold my 670 today and im now GPU-less so im chomping at the bit

Overheating VRMS, are these XFX DD cards you are reading about? as those coolers are supposedly awful.

hardkore · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:52

It just seems to be fairly random. I bought a 290 today but just had a black screen on start up. I tried everything but just returned it.

stulid · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:55

hardkore said:
It just seems to be fairly random. I bought a 290 today but just had a black screen on start up. I tried everything but just returned it.

You have an ancient PSU, try upgrading that first.

Did you plug both power connectors into the GFX card (8pin and 6pin)?

Is the boards BIOS upto date?

the1gooner · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:58

Nexus18 said:
Not think the FPS are a bit low for my setup?

Check cpu and gpu usage whilst running. If the cpu is at 100% and the gpu isnt then perhaps in those games there is a cpu bottleneck, but I doubt it at the higher resolution your running at which would normally put more stress on the gpu.

I had an i5 760 when i got my 290X and in benchmarks the difference between it and my current i7 4770K are minimal. Though they are of course heavily gpu intensive.

Nexus18 · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:59

I have only had my MSI 290 for about a day and so far it has been fine. Impressed with it overall, just wish it ran cooler, hitting 86 degrees @ load after a hour or so of gaming, dread to imagine what temp it will be hitting when the really hot weather kicks in.........

hardkore · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:02

stulid said:
You have an ancient PSU, try upgrading that first.

Did you plug both power connectors into the GFX card (8pin and 6pin)?

Is the boards BIOS upto date?

Dont mock my poor old PSU

Yeah i plugged them all in and no, i havent updated my bios. Never had to before in my life but looks like i might need to.

Kaapstad · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:08

hardkore said:
Dont mock my poor old PSU Yeah i plugged them all in and no, i havent updated my bios. Never had to before in my life but looks like i might need to.

The cards are very demanding on PSUs

Three of my 290Xs were too much for a Corsair 1200i

But I had a plan.

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Nexus18 · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:11

the1gooner said:
Check cpu and gpu usage whilst running. If the cpu is at 100% and the gpu isnt then perhaps in those games there is a cpu bottleneck, but I doubt it.

I had an i5 760 when i got my 290X and in benchmarks the difference between it and my current i7 4770K are minimal.

Just played a quick bit of crysis 3 and here are some afterburner screenies:

hardkore · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:11

Sweet mother......

Just ordered a sunflower 650w gold rated psu from overclockers. That should be enough yes?

Kaapstad · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:13

hardkore said:
Sweet mother......

Just ordered a sunflower 650w gold rated psu from overclockers. That should be enough yes?

Yes

hardkore · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:21

Good stuff

I just pray that updating my MB Bios fixes it.

stulid · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:23

Yes that PSU is spot on.

the1gooner · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:41

Nexus18 said:
Just played a quick bit of crysis 3 and here are some afterburner screenies:

Yeah looks like in Crysis 3 you have very high cpu usage and the gpu is up and down like a yoyo.

Are you able to overclock anymore?

I have had both an i5 750 and 760 in the past and both did 4.0ghz with a decent cooler.

the1gooner · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:45

Nexus18 said:
I have only had my MSI 290 for about a day and so far it has been fine. Impressed with it overall, just wish it ran cooler, hitting 86 degrees @ load after a hour or so of gaming, dread to imagine what temp it will be hitting when the really hot weather kicks in.........

Thats normal to be honest and the temp wont go any higher but what will happen is that the card will throttle to keep the temps in check.

May be worth setting up a custom fan profile if you want to keep to a lower temp but higher fan speed may mean more noise.

humbug · 15 Jun 2014 at 23:47

hardkore said:
So close to ordering a tri x 290 but hear nothing but stability issues with the whole 290 range

Can anyone honestly say what the deal is with these cards? Good/bad?

I can't comment on other people, my experience of the 290 is its absolutely rock solid.

Its pretty boring as a GPU in the sense it never gives me reason to mess about with it, it rather annoyingly just works without fail.

Nexus18 · 16 Jun 2014 at 00:16

Mantle in bf 4 with this 290 is lovely, game def. feels smoother overall now! :cool:

the1gooner said:
Yeah looks like in Crysis 3 you have very high cpu usage and the gpu is up and down like a yoyo.

Are you able to overclock anymore?

I have had both an i5 750 and 760 in the past and both did 4.0ghz with a decent cooler.

Nah, I had to drop the OC for my CPU since getting this gpu as it pushed the cpu temps up by quite a bit

Was at 3.8GHz, now at 3.6GHz which goes to 3.8GHz with turbo.

I think I will go ahead and buy a i5 4670k when the price drops in the next month or so anyway, have had this i5 750 chip for about 4-5 years now

the1gooner said:
Thats normal to be honest and the temp wont go any higher but what will happen is that the card will throttle to keep the temps in check.

May be worth setting up a custom fan profile if you want to keep to a lower temp but higher fan speed may mean more noise.

Hmmm, I might actually look into that custom profile, got any recommended settings?

I am planning on adding 2x120mm fans to the top of my case in the next few months so hopefully that should help a bit as well as the new CPU running a decent bit cooler....

shankly1985 · 16 Jun 2014 at 01:33

stulid said:
Overheating VRMS, are these XFX DD cards you are reading about? as those coolers are supposedly awful.

My old two would disagree

Stock results here and at 1100/1275 never used to pass 80c and vrms never went passed 70c but they was loud very loud.

Couple hours of bf3

LtMatt · 16 Jun 2014 at 07:15

Nexus18 said:
Just played a quick bit of crysis 3 and here are some afterburner screenies:

Are you using vsync and bouncing off the 60 fps limit? Because otherwise you're at cpu bottleneck central and the population is you.

Nexus18 said:
Mantle in bf 4 with this 290 is lovely, game def. feels smoother overall now!

Word. Another Nvidia user converted to Mantle. :cool: