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

[Nocky24]

Bloody hell MSI poor quality control or what, they put the MSI sticker on the fan upside down.

 

[Farseer]

Quite a few good offers on 290's in this weeks deals. Really tempted by the powercolor 290 at £269.99 or the 290x at £359.99...

 

[MOOGLEYS]

MSI have confirmed that my graphics card needs to be sent back under RMA, they did not say anything else.

Not wanting to admit to a possible wider problem maybe ?

 

[Gerard]

Is this the dodgy fan issue or something else?

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Is this the dodgy fan issue or something else?

Cooler not fitting properly.

 

[thefogo]

Moogleys is your new 290 okay? Or did you give up on them?

 

[faceman123]

Considering buying a 290 or 2 for a new build, how do they perform vs a 780?

 

[Nexus18]

Is this the dodgy fan issue or something else?

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26474796&postcount=1494

Not wanting to admit to a possible wider problem maybe ?

Perhaps.....

Short on the pleasantries hey?

indeed


Going to see if I can get a refund, no point going for another MSI as it doesn't seem to be an isolated problem, shame as I really like the MSI brand plus the card does look mazing . If I can get a refund, I'll go with the sapphire tri-x.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Moogleys is your new 290 okay? Or did you give up on them?

It's working lovely at the moment. 1100 on the core with a max temp of 72.c and very quiet.

Im taking it one day at a time....

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Considering buying a 290 or 2 for a new build, how do they perform vs a 780?

I had a 780ti before this and tbh I see very little difference at 1440p.

 

[thefogo]

It's working lovely at the moment. 1100 on the core with a max temp of 72.c and very quite.

Im taking it one day at a time....

Awesome, hope it stays that way

 

[snips86x]

How do I get the fan speed to show up on the MSI AB overlay?

 

[Gerard]

How do I get the fan speed to show up on the MSI AB overlay?

Should be an option saying fan speed you have to select to be in the osd.

 

[~>Dg<~]

just seen in usa 290 prices 210 quid maybe we due a nice drop soon

 

[Gerard]

Running at 1ghz with autofan on (around 48%) and getting 90-92c, that's if I take off my case front panel (750d) to let the fans more freely suck in air. Might have to add one to the bottom of the case or get higher airflow fans to address the temps better.

 

[thefogo]

Similar to what it was getting for me At 1050Mhz the max fanspeed it hit was 51%.

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

Quite a few good offers on 290's in this weeks deals. Really tempted by the powercolor 290 at £269.99 or the 290x at £359.99...

They are quite tempting!

 

[aceytrixx]

Also using same case, nothing wrong with it. It's just the 290's push crazy amount hot air and having them so close is not good enough. 7000 series was fine

Here my 540

Spoiler

So after all other options being considered I think im going to go with this idea. Its the cheapest solution that lets me keep running both cards. However I may look into the Asrock Extreme11 instead as purely on an asthetic level I prefer it.

 

[shankly1985]

So after all other options being considered I think im going to go with this idea. Its the cheapest solution that lets me keep running both cards. However I may look into the Asrock Extreme11 instead as purely on an asthetic level I prefer it.

Good choice I very happy with this configuration and even in future will be base my next build around same thing.

 

[Gerard]

Very odd stock fan setup for the 290, daft in a way as it allows the core to get to a point where its harder for the fan to manage the temps before it spins up to any real degree, trying some custom fan profiles to see what works better.