• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

AMD R9 290 Overclock Query

iFrag

iFrag

iFrag

Associate
Joined
18 Nov 2008
Posts
136
Location
Ashford, Kent
Hi,

I'm trying to overclock my Tri-x R9 290 following this guide: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18431335&highlight=overclock+amd

However when it talks about voltage and setting it to 1300 I am getting confused, in Afterburner 4.0.0 my Core Voltage is displayed as +0 and can go up to +100 and down to -100 which is very different to the guide.

Any help in what I should set this to to test would be much appreciated.

Thanks
iFrag
 
That guide is more specific to Tahiti (79xx) cards.

Just add +100mv and see how high you can get the core to be stable in games. Use Heaven/Valley to start with or your favourite in game benchmark or 3Dmark etc.
If your cooling is good enough, use Sapphire Trixx if you want to add up to +200mv.
Raise the power limit to +50.

Don't worry about the memory clocks for now, just do the core. When you've found a clock that works well at the voltage you've gone with, then see what you can do with the memory.

That's a basic guide to start with :)

ED: For example, I use +63mv for my 24/7 clocks of 1150/1475. Could I or you get away with less voltage? Maybe... You have to see what your particular card does.
 
Last edited:
You dont need a guide. You're overcomplicating things.

1. Download Sapphire Trixx.
2. Use as much voltage as you're comfortable with and find the clocks that run stable.
3. Dont stress test, its a waste of time. Play games instead to see if its artifacting or not.

i suggest you stay under +150mV for air cooled cards for daily use.
 
Thanks folks, I'll give TriXX a go and see how I get on.

This is what I got in Afterburner as I was a bit worried with the whole overvoltage so hopefully I'll get more from Trixx:
1414391235.png
 
I had a play with overclocking my R9 290 earlier, but wasn't sure what temps would be good for day to day gaming use.

Seems if I use +100mv 1200 core is undoable, 1150 seemed ok, but reduced it down to 1100 so I could use stock vcore. Temps hit 83 Celsius after 20 min loop of Heaven 4.0, is this ok? Only ever saw about 79 Celsius max on my old 7950 and because I'm OCD going over 80 Celsius makes me think its a bit hot even if I know some reference cards hit 90+. Should the MSI gaming card be ok at 83 Celsius?
 
Played around on Trixx

Stock was:

GPU: 1000MHz
Memory: 1300MHz

I managed the below:

GPU: 1125MHz
Memory: 1375MHz
VDDC Offset: +100mV
Power Limit: +50%

If I pushed the GPU to 1150MHz it started to artifact unless I pushed the VDDC Offset above +150mV. Pushing the Memory clock to 1400MHz I gained nothing other than an extra degree Celsius and 0.1 FPS drop so I guess I'm limited to the Memory Voltage on that.

Decent clock on air cooled?



@SouthEastBlue - This OC averages out at 80C
 
Last edited:
SouthEastBlue said:
I had a play with overclocking my R9 290 earlier, but wasn't sure what temps would be good for day to day gaming use.

Seems if I use +100mv 1200 core is undoable, 1150 seemed ok, but reduced it down to 1100 so I could use stock vcore. Temps hit 83 Celsius after 20 min loop of Heaven 4.0, is this ok? Only ever saw about 79 Celsius max on my old 7950 and because I'm OCD going over 80 Celsius makes me think its a bit hot even if I know some reference cards hit 90+. Should the MSI gaming card be ok at 83 Celsius?
Click to expand...

yep 83 is perfectly fine for a 290 series card if thats what it is topping out at. Just be aware it is dumping all that heat in your case so good airflow is needed to get it out of your case.

You can allways set a good old fan profile up in afterburner too if the temps are bothering you too much.
 
iFrag said:
Played around on Trixx

Stock was:

GPU: 1000MHz
Memory: 1300MHz

I managed the below:

GPU: 1125MHz
Memory: 1375MHz
VDDC Offset: +100mV
Power Limit: +50%

If I pushed the GPU to 1150MHz it started to artifact unless I pushed the VDDC Offset above +150mV. Pushing the Memory clock to 1400MHz I gained nothing other than an extra degree Celsius and 0.1 FPS drop so I guess I'm limited to the Memory Voltage on that.

Decent clock on air cooled?



@SouthEastBlue - This OC averages out at 80C
Click to expand...

Think your Sapphire card has a superior cooler to the Twin Frozr IV on my one, but guess my temp isn't too far off although you have more vcore.


r7slayer said:
yep 83 is perfectly fine for a 290 series card if thats what it is topping out at. Just be aware it is dumping all that heat in your case so good airflow is needed to get it out of your case.

You can allways set a good old fan profile up in afterburner too if the temps are bothering you too much.
Click to expand...

Fan on the MSI card sounds like a jet engine past 55 - 60%, don't fancy pushing it much more than that otherwise I will need to use headphones to game with all the time, but if it's not to bad I guess it won't hurt anything. I have fairly decent airflow in my Corsair 300R so it's all good.
 
SouthEastBlue said:
Think your Sapphire card has a superior cooler to the Twin Frozr IV on my one, but guess my temp isn't too far off although you have more vcore.
Click to expand...

This is my card: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-341-SP

I got that back when it was £300+ really hurts to see it now down at £229 :(

Although this card black screens without overclocking, I may look at buying one of the 3xx tri-x cards next year as once overclocked it's a very good card.
 
iFrag,

Reckon you'll get Trixx +200

gpu 1200

vram run at stock

Fan curve 100%@60c, I reckon you'll get it, if you do and temps are good, start on vram next as voltage is tied in with the core.

Good 24/7 is 1100/1300 on stock voltage.
 
iFrag said:
Hi,

I'm trying to overclock my Tri-x R9 290 following this guide: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18431335&highlight=overclock+amd

However when it talks about voltage and setting it to 1300 I am getting confused, in Afterburner 4.0.0 my Core Voltage is displayed as +0 and can go up to +100 and down to -100 which is very different to the guide.

Any help in what I should set this to to test would be much appreciated.

Thanks
iFrag
Click to expand...

I'll direct that to AMDmatt for you, he'll sort it out.:)
 
tommybhoy said:
iFrag,

Reckon you'll get Trixx +200

gpu 1200

vram run at stock

Fan curve 100%@60c, I reckon you'll get it, if you do and temps are good, start on vram next as voltage is tied in with the core.

Good 24/7 is 1100/1300 on stock voltage.
Click to expand...

Played around on Trixx again to see if I could hit what you said, unfortunately I couldn't hit it without a performance decrease, I noticed this card really dislikes going anywhere near 85C but is OK around 80C.

If it helps to see how I decided on my clock settings I have attached my test runs :)

1414458177.png
 
Rangerjr1 said:
I personally run 1250-1300 on core and 1450 on memory. But then again, i run water cooling :D
Click to expand...

I can certainly see how you would achieve that with water cooling, it's something I'd like to look into at some point.

All I can say is this card cr*ps out at 85C so if WC can drop that then it's something to go for to get the extra out of the card.
 
With Trixx manage 1221 on Core and 1600 on memory with +200mV and +50 on power.

This card is cooled with a H55 + NZXT, the Vrms have Gelid heatsinks, RAM is bare with two 120mm fans blowing over card.

Run at stock when gaming. (1030/1250).

GPU @ 67 max temp, VRMs sitting at ~70-75 max temps when OC'd.

Gaming wise 61ish on GPU/Vrms with fans set to silent.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom