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

Apache14 said:
Iv seen people use these little DRAM heat-sinks on R 290(x) VRMs with coolers like the KRAKEN and the VRM temps have dropped a good amount (aprox 10'c afaik)

Of course this is those heat-sinks coupled with good air flow
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Apache14 said:
To drop the core temp from 94'C to 60-70'c under load (no little in that gain)
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You're being kind of inconsistent arent you.
 
Also the vrm temps wont keep me from raising voltage, it's only those who haven't mounted any vrm heatsinks that have issues with high VRM temps. Those who did mount vrm heatsinks (properly) report temps of up to 70's tops.


core != vrm in Apache's comment. 3 diff temps to look out for, core, vrm1 and vrm 2.
 
Apache14 said:
1st post was a small gain on VRM temps second was large gains on CORE temps (if it wasn't clear sorry :) )
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Im still talking about VRM temps, you think they're immune to high temperatures? Or wont keep you from overclocking just because the core is cool?

No. You where clear, i didnt read it well enough.
 
Rangerjr1 said:
Best newbie lesson:

Buying coolers like this is counterproductive. As the VRM cooling is a lot worse you wont really benefit from having a good cooler as the vrm temps will keep you from increasing voltage.
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My 11136 score in Firestrike doesn't agree.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/1708029?

On the 290's, these coolers are worth their weight in gold due to massively reduced noise levels.

Granted you can't put as much voltage on in comparison to WC'ing, but custom coolers certainly have a place on top of any R290. :)
 
@Rangerjr1 You said

Rangerjr1 said:
Best newbie lesson:

Buying coolers like this is counterproductive. As the VRM cooling is a lot worse you wont really benefit from having a good cooler as the vrm temps will keep you from increasing voltage.
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For others the cooling hasn't been worse, they have dropped the temps by ~10'c

Also that small drop in heat on VRM's gives a LOT of head room seeing as they are normally rated between 100-110'c MAX
 
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Apache14 said:
@Rangerjr1 You said



For others the cooling hasn't been worse, they have dropped the temps by ~10'c

Also that small drop in heat on VRM's gives a LOT of head room seeing as they are normally rated between 100-110'c MAX
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You've got nothing to back that up so far. Show me that the VRM temps drop and ill drop my claim. I know the ref coolers are actually pretty good for VRM cooling.
 
SimonKa said:
So.. I'll probably go with Gelid Icy Vision, as its the most cost effective option right now, standing at 40ish pounds inc. postage, compared to whopping 90 pounds for Hybrid, and 45 for Xtreme 3. Prolimatech and Xtreme 3 take too much space, so I'll be skipping these anyway.

What else should I get?

'm guessing:

- VRM heatsinks - which ones? Alpenfohn are hard to find atm, any other brands I should be looking at? Also, what should they be made of? Copper?

- thermal tape, as I don't want to use glue - which one should I get?

- will I have to clean the gpu and reapply the paste?

-optional: small fans to point at vrms in case the heatsink + gelid are not good enough


I'm new to this, please understand :)
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Also looking at Gelid Icy Vision it comes with some small DRAM/VRM heat sinks in the box :)
 
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SimonKa said:
It's in the first post...
@Apache

Gelid comes with enough heatsinks for 3gb vram, so not enough. Since I'm getting new heatsinks, I might as well go with better quality ones, thus my questions above.
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TBH i don't think you will gain much with copper ones, iv never had any issues with aluminum ones (in fact cant remember ever seeing any copper ones :P )
 
tommybhoy said:
It's not that simple, yours is running with a better cpu.

~1170Mhz FS stable on stock blower vs 1220MHz stable using more voltage-which doesn't fall in line with your vrm temp claims.
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It IS that simple, because the CPU doesnt matter on graphics score, if any it should benefit you because of IGPU.
 
a) the CPU does makes a difference to graphics scores (not as much as the GFX card)

b) all the processing for the graphics will be done on the gfx card (or array of cards) that is the "main" (the one the monitors are plugged into normally). No way the processing is shared between the INTEL integrated and the AMd R9
 
Apache14 said:
a) the CPU does makes a difference to graphics scores (not as much as the GFX card)

b) all the processing for the graphics will be done on the gfx card (or array of cards) that is the "main" (the one the monitors are plugged into normally). No way the processing is shared between the INTEL integrated and the AMd R9
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A. Show me.

B. Un-educated claim. Check out 3770k vs a 3930k scores in 3dmark11. The 3770k scores higher consistently.
 
Rangerjr1 said:
A. Show me.

B. Un-educated claim. Check out 3770k vs a 3930k scores in 3dmark11. The 3770k scores higher consistently.
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A. ill run the same test on my PC tonight (FX 8350, 8 GB RAM, R9 290 **At Stock**) your saying this will come out very close to a haswell intel with the same GFX ?


B. Different brand GFX chips never have / never will share graphics processing load. its like asking a blender to toast the other slices of bread
 
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