AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Owners Thread

Smrtka · 13 Jun 2015 at 15:00

updated drivers on my card and dx11 on LOW setting 1080p and increased from around 90 to around 100 fps on bf4....magic I used to have same kind of fps with my 570gtx

Smrtka · 13 Jun 2015 at 19:55

So I have OC'd my cpu to 4.4Ghz from 3.5 as you guys pointed out (with help from fellow ocuk guys)

and I noticed that i still get low fps, and my cpu is beeing used 99% !
on dx its like this :

And on mantle its like this :

Any ideas ? I don't believe its the cpu.... its 4690K...

TNA · 13 Jun 2015 at 20:08

Smrtka said:
So I have OC'd my cpu to 4.4Ghz from 3.5 as you guys pointed out (with help from fellow ocuk guys)

and I noticed that i still get low fps, and my cpu is beeing used 99% !
on dx its like this :

And on mantle its like this :

Any ideas ? I don't believe its the cpu.... its 4690K...

Did you do all the normal suggestions like 50% on powerlimit and disable ULPS? Apart from that I cannot think of anything from the top of my head.

This is the issue with multi gpu setups, they are not exactly plug and play.

Try disabling one GPU and try and see what happens.

TNA · 13 Jun 2015 at 20:17

Finally got to spend some quality time with my 295x2 today. Installed the new SP120 fans which lowered temps a little, disabled ULPS and set 50% powerlimit. No more throttling, huzzah!!

Played some Crysis 3 and Tomb Raider 4k maxed out (no AA) and they both felt very smooth. It does seem they have come a long way with crossfire, when they get proper drivers, the games work nicely.

My most anticipated game is Deus Ex Mankind Divided which is an AMD game, so I am expecting it to work day one with CrossFire

Smrtka · 13 Jun 2015 at 20:48

TNA said:
Did you do all the normal suggestions like 50% on powerlimit and disable ULPS? Apart from that I cannot think of anything from the top of my head.

This is the issue with multi gpu setups, they are not exactly plug and play.

Try disabling one GPU and try and see what happens.

Can you maybe walk me trough this bits ? or be more specific

slick rick · 13 Jun 2015 at 20:53

Smrtka said:
Can you maybe walk me trough this bits ? or be more specific

Install MSI Afterburner, open it up and slide the power limit slider all the way to the right so it says 50%, click the tick icon to apply. Now open setting (cog icon) and scroll down to the bottom of the general tab and you will see "disable ULPS" tick the check box, press OK, reboot PC, jobs a goodun.

TNA · 13 Jun 2015 at 22:33

Smrtka said:
Can you maybe walk me trough this bits ? or be more specific

And if you still stuck, use this guide.

Let us know how it goes

Smrtka · 14 Jun 2015 at 00:12

TNA said:
And if you still stuck, use this guide.

Let us know how it goes

I don't have the option to disable one card in catalyst...

TNA · 14 Jun 2015 at 09:01

Smrtka said:
I don't have the option to disable one card in catalyst...

With the 295x2 there is no option to disable crossfire with one button for some reason. You have to go into ccc and add an application profile and then in the profile it gives you the option to disable it for that particular game.

I got an application profile for like 6 games at least. Most I disable crossfire as it is overkill using both gpu's for those particular games or crossfire is not working optimally yet. For example mortal kombat x, as it never dips below 60fps in gameplay with single gpu everything maxed at 4k, I don't see the need to run crossfire. You benefit from having much lower temps too. Playing FIFA 15 my temps don't even reach 50C

If you have a 120hz or 144hz screen you may wish to have crossfire on for majority of your games though.

Will post pictures of my build here shortly

Smrtka · 14 Jun 2015 at 10:33

TNA said:
With the 295x2 there is no option to disable crossfire with one button for some reason. You have to go into ccc and add an application profile and then in the profile it gives you the option to disable it for that particular game.

I got an application profile for like 6 games at least. Most I disable crossfire as it is overkill using both gpu's for those particular games or crossfire is not working optimally yet. For example mortal kombat x, as it never dips below 60fps in gameplay with single gpu everything maxed at 4k, I don't see the need to run crossfire. You benefit from having much lower temps too. Playing FIFA 15 my temps don't even reach 50C

If you have a 120hz or 144hz screen you may wish to have crossfire on for majority of your games though.

Will post pictures of my build here shortly

I have 144hz, so I would love to have 144fps on games....sadly bf4 is using 98% of my cpu...Its hard for me to believe that 4,4ghz i5 4690k is not capable of keeping up

TNA · 14 Jun 2015 at 10:40

Images of my 295x2 build

Got to take some pictures last night of my 295x2 rig, enjoy

Should have removed the dust from the window, can't see it in person much, but comes out in pictures

Happy with this until 16nm comes out

Gregster · 14 Jun 2015 at 10:42

Loving that build TNA :cool:

TNA · 14 Jun 2015 at 10:46

Gregster said:
Loving that build TNA

Thanks Gregster, me too

slick rick · 14 Jun 2015 at 10:48

Ooooh that's nice TNA :cool:

Great job, enjoy it!

Kelt · 14 Jun 2015 at 11:07

Looking good TNA.

Deffo need an Corsair SP120 LED on that radiator!

Smrtka · 14 Jun 2015 at 11:08

Wow that some bright red case

looks good

If you want to make it pretty i would suggest THIS

This is how it looks like HERE

TNA · 14 Jun 2015 at 11:59

slick rick said:
Ooooh that's nice TNA
Great job, enjoy it!

Thanks dude

Kelt said:
Looking good TNA.

Deffo need an Corsair SP120 LED on that radiator!

I thought about it, but I felt the case is well lit anyway so it is enough

Besides, everything apart from the radeon logo I have control over and can change it to a different colour, so if I decided to go nvidia, all I have to do is change it to green. I really do like the inbuilt lighting of the Phantom 820.

Smrtka said:
Wow that some bright red case looks good

If you want to make it pretty i would suggest THIS

This is how it looks like HERE

Yeah, it looks nice at night. The case is actually white and during the day the brightness of the red is well balanced.

I was close buying those hose separators the other day, but as you can see from the picture, I would hardly be able to see them as the fan on the side covers the tubes, so would only see it when I take the side panel off, which is hardly ever. Would have definitely got them if I did not have a fan there, as they look very cool.

I actually kind of like the pipes are covered by the fan, they are being cooled by the fan too. It can't be seen in the pictures, but I have a nice black braided fan splitter nicely blended behind the tubes

mrkambo · 15 Jun 2015 at 18:05

I had a search but couldn't find anything concrete, is there a tool available that will allow me to edit the BIOS.

ive found a great combination of clocks id love to stick into the BIOS

TNA · 16 Jun 2015 at 09:57

mrkambo said:
I had a search but couldn't find anything concrete, is there a tool available that will allow me to edit the BIOS.

ive found a great combination of clocks id love to stick into the BIOS

Done quite a bit of reading and not come across anything like that.

Never really looked into it properly as I intend on keeping everything on stock myself. Only thing I am doing is disable ULPS and 50% powerlimit and it runs nicely

Gerard · 16 Jun 2015 at 15:43

Snagged a gentle typhoon AP-53 and its a ton better than the stock pos fan that comes with the 295x2, barely any difference in sound between the pc at idle and load now. Temps max out at 71c in heaven benchmark and not seen them go any higher.