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AMD Radeon R9 295X2 Owners Thread

Loque said:
A 4K monitor would indeed look a lot better, but the issue, like you said, is 4K monitors being only 60hz right now, and that is the deal breaker for me.
I prefer smoothness over image quality, so until 4K monitors support 144hz, I will not even consider them. 1080p @ 144hz is far better than 4K @ 60hz, imo.
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Even if there were 4K monitors with 120+ Hz, there's no graphics hardware in existence which could drive that kind of performance with the more demanding games unless maybe if you turn all the settings down. Sort of defeats the purpose of 4K :)
 
dakotha said:
Thanks Matt! Well usually I just load any savegame and choose any place in game where I get 99-100 % scaling (I've seen 99 % even in 4-way SLI). Then I leave it there for up to 30 minutes so I can see max temps and if I get any throttling.

Be very careful though, don't blow up your cards or PSU with this test as it really is a worst case scenario. When SD was released, many people complained that their GPUs were overheating. :cool:
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I will do this later today and let you know. :)

up2nogooduk said:
I been trying 1080p 144Hz with 200% scaling in BF4 which = 4k. Mantle,
Max settings no AA. Looks really good, that's with V.SYNC on as i get tearing otherwise.

What i would like to know! is would a real 4k Monitor look better?

And would the settings above feel more smoother being 144Hz compared to 4k @ 60 Hz.

if a real 4k monitor looks that same as above settings, but don't feel as smooth as the settings above, then i won't bother with a 4k monitor.

If someone (Matt Maybe) can give some feed back to this please ;)

Cheers.
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I think others have answered this pretty well. Make no mistake though as good as supersampling to 4k is, nothing beats the real thing. However supersampling to 4K gives you a great example of the sort of fps to expect at 4K. Real 4K is about 5fps more demanding. :)
 
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Smrtka said:
You have those 2x2952x yes ? cos I've tried the 200 scaling on test server with 60 fps :d no good for 144hz display :D
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I have 1 X 295X, and a 290X Lightning. @ 1080p with 200% scaling ultra setting with 0AA, inc v.sync with a 144hz monitor, and it runs very smooth!

So not sure why you say it's no good?

Ok, so Matt, @ 60hz on you're 4k Monitor! is it smooth? and is that with v.sync on or off?

I guess i Freesync 4k Monitor @ 60hz will be ok?

Cheers :)
 
up2nogooduk said:
I have 1 X 295X, and a 290X Lightning. @ 1080p with 200% scaling ultra setting with 0AA, inc v.sync with a 144hz monitor, and it runs very smooth!

So not sure why you say it's no good?

Ok, so Matt, @ 60hz on you're 4k Monitor! is it smooth? and is that with v.sync on or off?

I guess i Freesync 4k Monitor @ 60hz will be ok?

Cheers :)
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In the games i play yes, however I've never tried a higher Hz monitor. I will be getting a 4K 60z FreeSync panel as soon as they become available.

On my current monitor i usually have Vsync off for online FPS games like Battlefield, but have it on for most other games.

bemaniac said:
Are there any games that scale all 4 gpus well at 4k yet? I wonder if extreme AA is possible in sleeping dogs now.
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Yes, plenty. Most of the Gaming Evolved titles scale wonderfully at 4K with four gpus. Crysis 3, Tomb Raider, Sleeping Dogs, Hitman, Dirt Showdown, Alien Isolation, Thief etc. :cool:

Extreme AA in Sleeping Dogs at 4K is handled admirably by QuadFire 295x2. :)
 
dakotha said:
Thanks Matt! Well usually I just load any savegame and choose any place in game where I get 99-100 % scaling (I've seen 99 % even in 4-way SLI). Then I leave it there for up to 30 minutes so I can see max temps and if I get any throttling.

Be very careful though, don't blow up your cards or PSU with this test as it really is a worst case scenario. When SD was released, many people complained that their GPUs were overheating. :cool:
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AMDMatt said:
I will do this later today and let you know.
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Good old Sleeping Dogs, nothing cooks a gpu better. :eek:

Sleeping Dogs, 4K extreme preset. Fps 65-70, gpu usage locked at 100%-98%, 30 minute test.

Information in the pictures below dakotha. I had my AMD Water Bottle on hand just incase anything caught fire. :D :p


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up2nogooduk said:
I see you have changed thing around Matt :D

You pulling air in on the top back also matt?
Is it making any difference to temps having the rad at the top back?
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Yes, i preferred the old look but this works better temp wise.

The top 2595x2 is exhaust, with the H110 as exhaust too. The bottom 295x2 is intake, with two 120 mm fans below it as exhaust. I'm rocking negative case pressure for now.
 
I've been playing around with Sleeping Dogs Definitive tonight. Been a PITA to get performance where I want it on CF 290s.

I found with the default AMD profile, both GPUs would just sit at 50% utilisation. Switching to 'AFR optimised' seemed to sort the problem and allow both GPUs to get hammered. I've now got it running at 3K (VSR) on 'extreme' settings, frame limited to 60fps and with vsync on. Very nice looking game.
 
AMDMatt said:
Good old Sleeping Dogs, nothing cooks a gpu better. :eek:

Sleeping Dogs, 4K extreme preset. Fps 65-70, gpu usage locked at 100%-98%, 30 minute test.

Information in the pictures below dakotha. I had my AMD Water Bottle on hand just incase anything caught fire. :D :p


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LYYmG03.jpg

r0ZL0y7.jpg
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Haha that water bottle was a good call! :D

So no throttling at all? And max. temp on hottest core 73c? Nice!

How about that 2 kW PSU...did the fan even spin yet? :p
 
dakotha said:
Haha that water bottle was a good call! :D

So no throttling at all? And max. temp on hottest core 73c? Nice!

How about that 2 kW PSU...did the fan even spin yet? :p
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No throttling at all, but a close call. Usually while playing this game I'd have vsync on so temps would have been lower though. If i was running one 295x2 things would have been cooler, but with two in the case it represents a bit more of a challenge as there is more heat build up in the case to remove.

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The 2,000W PSU fan never stops spinning, even at idle. :)
 
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up2nogooduk said:
Matt, those Noctua NF-F12 IndustrialPPC 2000RPM fans on you're cards, are they the PWM version? or the none PWM.

And do you use all the same version in you're case :)
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They are the 2,000 RPM PCC version which is 3 pin only.

The other Industrial fans i have are all 120/140MM 3,000 RPM 4 pin versions connected to my mobo headers.
 
AMDMatt said:
They are the 2,000 RPM PCC version which is 3 pin only.

The other Industrial fans i have are all 120/140MM 3,000 RPM 4 pin versions connected to my mobo headers.
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You have the 3,000 on you're cpu Radiator? if so, how many, 2 or 4?

Was wondering what the 3,000 RPM would be like on them cards.
Any reason why you didn't go for the 3,000 ?
 
up2nogooduk said:
You have the 3,000 on you're cpu Radiator? if so, how many, 2 or 4?

Was wondering what the 3,000 RPM would be like on them cards.
Any reason why you didn't go for the 3,000 ?
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Yeah 140MM 3,000 rpm, move a lot of air but quiet at low speed.

I don't have enough fan headers for all the gpus sadly, so i control the gpu fans with my fan controller.
 
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