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

Orangey · 30 Jan 2014 at 20:26

I can't run 1200/1500 in Sleeping Dogs with my 850. Although I have a massive overvolt on my CPU too, perhaps if you have a better clocker you might make it.

a66as · 30 Jan 2014 at 21:46

why is amd's ****** website always down? cant even find the latest drivers

Kaapstad · 30 Jan 2014 at 21:48

a66as said:
why is amd's ****** website always down? cant even find the latest drivers

It was working fine for me about 5 minutes ago.

vonex · 30 Jan 2014 at 23:31

is it normal for core clock to jump around while gaming?

edit - wish i had of kept my 7970s

vonex · 31 Jan 2014 at 14:55

1200mhz is max on core using trixx @ 200mv... disappointed is not the word. was hoping for a bit more after gibbos review on these cards

Chewie · 1 Feb 2014 at 11:41

Hello Guys,

Quick question, would it work to have two R290 customs from different manufacturers running in Crossfire? Or do the cards have to be absolutely identical?

GoogalyMoogaly · 1 Feb 2014 at 11:46

vonex said:
1200mhz is max on core using trixx @ 200mv... disappointed is not the word. was hoping for a bit more after gibbos review on these cards

Hmmm, I was considering getting a couple of these due to disappointing overclocking on my reference cards.
This is food for thought...
Wonder if the MSI cards are better? Didn't Gibbo say their BIOS wasn't good?
Not sure about the Asus cards either, non-reference is a pain to watercool, plus some VRMs don't seem to be cooled well by DirectCU cooler...

I just want a couple of decent clocking cards to watercool...

Orangey · 1 Feb 2014 at 13:49

vonex said:
is it normal for core clock to jump around while gaming?

edit - wish i had of kept my 7970s

Yes it's a bug with the way the driver reports usage stats.

carrot01 · 1 Feb 2014 at 14:29

Hey, iv got a msi 290 gaming, iv been reading that its reference designed with better components, if this is true would and i want to crossfire it later on would a reference full waterblock fit?

Orangey · 1 Feb 2014 at 14:33

Yep!

http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/step1_complist?gpu_gpus=1285

For future reference the cooling configurator link is in the OP.

Neil79 · 2 Feb 2014 at 11:59

ffs why is my car mot in april I want a 280-290 right now!

grrr

CaptainRAVE · 2 Feb 2014 at 13:41

So tempted to pick up two Sapphire Tri-Xs to replace my 7990!

LtMatt · 2 Feb 2014 at 13:56

CaptainRAVE said:
So tempted to pick up two Sapphire Tri-Xs to replace my 7990!

aceytrixx · 2 Feb 2014 at 14:52

I seem to having problems with my crossfire 290's. Now ive checked both the last betas and the 13.12 drivers and whenever im using crossfire im getting really bad sound distortion and just a general laggy feeling about the game. Ive tried both grahpics cards on their own and both are working perfectly with no issues at all but whenever I try and run them both it seems to create the issue. Ive disabled ulps in afterburner and enabled crossfire in games with no profile. Ive got an i5 at 4.6 ghz and an 850watt psu

CaptainRAVE · 2 Feb 2014 at 15:17

LtMatt said:

I think what is stopping me doing it is the increased noise and heat. Plus the sale of the 7990 wouldn't cover the cost of both of them. It is massively tempting though.

Which 290s do you have?

LtMatt · 2 Feb 2014 at 15:59

CaptainRAVE said:
I think what is stopping me doing it is the increased noise and heat. Plus the sale of the 7990 wouldn't cover the cost of both of them. It is massively tempting though.

Which 290s do you have?

These ones.

vonex · 2 Feb 2014 at 21:31

great... paused my movie while i went down stairs for some food came back to a black screen! first time its happened only owned the card since wednesday.

jrodga2k5 · 2 Feb 2014 at 21:55

vonex said:
great... paused my movie while i went down stairs for some food came back to a black screen! first time its happened only owned the card since wednesday.

It's happened to me too mate...at least the black screen is never while doing anything.

Something I'll live with...was the same with my HD7990 so it's a driver issue rather than a card issue in my eyes.

elJarmen · 4 Feb 2014 at 22:01

What's everybody's criteria for passing a certain clock? For example, on stock & 1125 I pass Valley without any crashes etc but with VERY rare flickering of dots or lines. Some context would be helpful here

Also when I applied +50mV for 1150 my card starting fluctuating between 1150-1000MHz. I thought the 14.1 was supposed to solve the throttling issue, wasn't it? (Power limit is already +50)

Mads1 · 5 Feb 2014 at 02:30

what are the r9 290 non ref fan noise like under normal conditions not overclocked in games like bf4 , cant stand fan noise and im looking for a quiet card, or are the gtx 780 better for noise levels.