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

Kaapstad · 23 Jan 2014 at 07:54

LtMatt said:
They're nice cards. Maybe one day.

Are you connecting your cards to your monitor with displayport, KaRLiToS has posted this in the 290X owners thread.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25709148&postcount=1959

Can someone with CrossFire R9 290(x) try to run a bench with a Monitor plugged on the display port?

LtMatt · 23 Jan 2014 at 08:00

Kaapstad said:
Are you connecting your cards to your monitor with displayport, KaRLiToS has posted this in the 290X owners thread.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25709148&postcount=1959

I'm using Dual DVI. The only display port i owned got sold with my 7990. Wish id kept it now to try tbh.

atomic7431 · 23 Jan 2014 at 09:55

Found myself an Arctic accelero Xtreme III this morning, hope it lives up to the job of cooling my 290(X) vtx3d while being quieter.
The cooler has just cost me £65 delivered and is brand new.

melmac · 23 Jan 2014 at 12:12

tommybhoy said:
Can't speak for the rest, with the AC Xtreme, if you don't add voltage/+/or oc much, the AC should be ok.

The Xtreme will be quieter/cooler than any AIB custom cooled R9's imo.

Iv'e used 5870/6950/7970/50's under AC Xtremes with supplied heatsinks on the vrms and they all managed vrm temps ok with voltage+high oc's except for the 7970, it needed the big Alpenfon VRM sink as temps got too high-but that requires you to mod the Xtreme(cut part of the heat fins off).

I never tested stock sinks on the 290X vrms, I just went straight for the kill with the BEAST.

Now running my original AC 5870 Xtreme on top of my 290X with Alpenfon VRM sink with BF4 sitting@~57c max@1100/1350 with AB custom fan profile/3 X system fans set on low.

The interesting part but more impressive(due to the high core temps in regards to stock blower) is, the 290X core is running cooler than the 7970/50's ever managed.

£38+£11 bracket direct from AC.

£49 has now custom cooled 5870/6950/7970/7950's/290X!

Still going strong and silent, that cooler is Legendary.

Cheers Tommy, Might look more into one of those. I don't want to spend too much and those prices look ok

Lareon · 23 Jan 2014 at 12:37

proud owner of the msi gaming edition 290

rolypolyman · 23 Jan 2014 at 15:20

Lareon said:
proud owner of the msi gaming edition 290

Ditto.

Kaapstad · 23 Jan 2014 at 15:45

VTX3D Unveils the Radeon R9 290X/ R9 290 X-Edition Graphics Cards

A renowned brand of graphics card maker - VTX3D, has released R9 290X/ R9 290 X-Edition with dual fan cooling design. The two very best graphics cards use great quality power design and custom dual fan cooling solution, delivering faster, cooler and quieter performance to all gamers.

New VTX3D R9 290X/ R9 290 X-Edition, both are equipped with 4 GB of the latest high performance GDDR5 memory connected via 512 bit memory interface. R9 290X X-Edition runs core engine at 1030 MHz and 1250 MHz for memory; R9 290 X-Edition runs at 975/1250 MHz for core/memory; both are 30 MHz higher than reference design in engine clock, providing excellent performance and ultimate gaming power to every enthusiastic gamer.

The two models use great quality power design, which includes digital PWM, Multi Phase Design, Ferrite Core Choke and SVI2 power management, increasing the overall stability and power supply efficiency perfectly. In addition, the VTX3D R9 290X/ R9 290 X-Edition are equipped with advanced dual fan cooling module. The advanced dual fan cooling module features dual 90 mm large fan, GSG-shape copper heat pipes with wide range of aluminum cooling fins, bring extraordinary heat dissipation effect.

http://www.techpowerup.com/197159/vtx3d-unveils-the-radeon-r9-290x-r9-290-x-edition-graphics-cards.html

Orangey · 23 Jan 2014 at 17:05

Kaapstad said:
VTX3D Unveils the Radeon R9 290X/ R9 290 X-Edition Graphics Cards

http://www.techpowerup.com/197159/vtx3d-unveils-the-radeon-r9-290x-r9-290-x-edition-graphics-cards.html

This is confusing, they already put out a reference OC model called the X Edition back when unlocking still worked.

LtMatt · 23 Jan 2014 at 17:28

darudeuk said:
got one the other day, a Sapphire R9 290 Reference board.

Very annoyed I cant strip and tim it up right but oh well, Was going to send it back with BF4 clocking it down to 820mhz on core, now smoothly running at 975mhz 24/7 with 60% fan speed.

Can't really see much difference between this card and my MSI Gaming GTX 760 OC OC OCCCCCCC'D.

Noise wise though there isn't much difference in them because the MSI Gaming ran near 80%+ Fan speed for cooling it clocks.

I'm not quite convinced why anyone would bother with a 290X over a stock 290, the performance difference per cost is insane, and if they were that bothered about performance they could get a XFIRE of these bad boys crackin'.

I will add the back of my PC is substantially hotter now!

My Fan Speed Settings for Reference:

OcuK will let you change the paste without voiding warranty so long as you don't damage the card. I HIGHLY recommend you do it and use a quality paste like Gelid. It makes a nice difference to temps.

Sacrifice · 23 Jan 2014 at 17:40

Also just before I buy this psu matt, I guess the rm850 I was looking at, got great reviews, on sale atm, and is beefy enough to power probs not too much of an oc on the cards, but a higher oc on my cpu if needed. Just so you know, atm my 2700k is at 1.31 volts, what would you recommend as a safe max 24/7 voltage for the 2700k? (on air)

The rm850 seems like a quality psu, and if you can power yours barely on a 750, an 850 should have little problem?

LtMatt · 23 Jan 2014 at 17:45

Sacrifice said:
Also just before I buy this psu matt, I guess the rm850 I was looking at, got great reviews, on sale atm, and is beefy enough to power probs not too much of an oc on the cards, but a higher oc on my cpu if needed. Just so you know, atm my 2700k is at 1.31 volts, what would you recommend as a safe max 24/7 voltage for the 2700k? (on air)

The rm850 seems like a quality psu, and if you can power yours barely on a 750, an 850 should have little problem?

Yeah that should be fine mate. Only at extreme overclocks you may hit problems. 2700K should be fine up to 1.4v.

Kaapstad · 24 Jan 2014 at 05:58

XFX Radeon R9 290 Black Edition Double Dissipation 4GB Graphics Card review

http://www.hardware-360.com/xfx-radeon-r9-290-black-edition-double-dissipation-4gb-graphics-card/

almighty15 · 24 Jan 2014 at 06:30

Sacrifice said:
Also just before I buy this psu matt, I guess the rm850 I was looking at, got great reviews, on sale atm, and is beefy enough to power probs not too much of an oc on the cards, but a higher oc on my cpu if needed. Just so you know, atm my 2700k is at 1.31 volts, what would you recommend as a safe max 24/7 voltage for the 2700k? (on air)

You can run it at 1.475v at absolute max as long as your temps are in check.

Kaapstad · 24 Jan 2014 at 08:43

PowerColor rolls out custom R9 290

1040MHz, PCS+ cooler

PowerColor has launched what appears to be the fastest non-reference R9 290 card on the market. Although the 290X gets all the fame, we believe Hawaii Pro products offer a slightly better price/performance ratio and with a nice custom cooler they look even more tempting.

The PowerColor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ features a triple-fan PCS+ cooler which is not even in the same league as the reference AMD cooler. Better yet, it features the highest factory overclock of any Hawaii Pro card on the market today. The GPU clock stands at 1040MHz, on par with Gigabyte’s Radeon WindForce 3X, but the memory is clocked at 1350MHz, which is 50MHz to 100MHz faster than factory overclocked R9 290 cards from Sapphire, XFX and Gigabyte.

This bumps the bandwidth up to 346GB/s, which is about 10 percent more than you’d get on a reference card, or even a reference 290X for that matter.

The card does not appear to feature the Battlefield 4 bundle, but then again early listings put it at about €375, which is cheaper than most non-reference cards. Furthermore it ends up about €100 cheaper than the average 290X. Not bad, not bad at all.

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/33750-powercolor-rolls-out-custom-r9-290

LtMatt · 24 Jan 2014 at 08:49

Kaapstad said:
PowerColor rolls out custom R9 290

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/33750-powercolor-rolls-out-custom-r9-290

That looks like a beefy and effective cooling solution.

Vegeta · 25 Jan 2014 at 02:40

Anyone got a guide how to flash it to the Asus R9 290 bios to unlock voltages?

Orangey · 25 Jan 2014 at 12:14

Vegeta said:
Anyone got a guide how to flash it to the Asus R9 290 bios to unlock voltages?

No need, Afterburner can be used.

Also I have the Asus 290 BIOS on my ref MSIs and GPU Tweak doesn't work with them, so...

GoogalyMoogaly · 25 Jan 2014 at 12:53

I believe not too long ago someone (LittleMatt?) was wondering if using PCI-e 2.0 @ 8x with these cards was causing issues with the XDMA stuff.

I've just done some Heaven runs (probably not the best test, but the easiest thing I can run repeatedly) @ 16x PCI-e 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0.

I wont post screenshots, you'll just have to trust me. These were all run using the setting in Kaapstad's Heaven benchmark thread.

PCI-e 1.1:
FPS: 86.7
Score: 2184
Min FPS: 24.9
Max FPS: 187.4

PCI-e 2.0:
FPS: 88.2
Score: 2221
Min FPS: 25.5
Max FPS: 195.5

PCI-e 3.0:
FPS: 88.9
Score: 2240
Min FPS: 21.1
Max FPS: 198.1

Not quite sure what happened to the min FPS on 3.0, but didn't want to run it again in case a second run skewed the results.
This was done on Win7 using a 3930K @ 4.3GHz running on a R IV E with 2 x Sapphire reference 290s in CF.

Hope that might be of some use to someone.

Drake5 · 25 Jan 2014 at 12:56

Has anyone here had problems with the 290 Gaming Edition in terms of coil whine/black screens?

LtMatt · 25 Jan 2014 at 13:19

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I believe not too long ago someone (LittleMatt?) was wondering if using PCI-e 2.0 @ 8x with these cards was causing issues with the XDMA stuff.

I've just done some Heaven runs (probably not the best test, but the easiest thing I can run repeatedly) @ 16x PCI-e 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0.

I wont post screenshots, you'll just have to trust me. These were all run using the setting in Kaapstad's Heaven benchmark thread.

PCI-e 1.1:
FPS: 86.7
Score: 2184
Min FPS: 24.9
Max FPS: 187.4

PCI-e 2.0:
FPS: 88.2
Score: 2221
Min FPS: 25.5
Max FPS: 195.5

PCI-e 3.0:
FPS: 88.9
Score: 2240
Min FPS: 21.1
Max FPS: 198.1

Not quite sure what happened to the min FPS on 3.0, but didn't want to run it again in case a second run skewed the results.
This was done on Win7 using a 3930K @ 4.3GHz running on a R IV E with 2 x Sapphire reference 290s in CF.

Hope that might be of some use to someone.

Thanks. However ive heard the biggest differences come in compute situations. So if you could test the difference using sleeping dogs extra preset, or tomb raider ultimate preset with tressfx and ssaa that would be cool.