MSI 290/290X Gaming Edition Thread

the1gooner · 15 Jan 2014 at 23:57

OvEr_KiLL said:
gibbo the maximum memory mhz ab lets me go up to is 1625 how the hell you getting 6000 ?

1625 x 4 = 6500

OvEr_KiLL · 15 Jan 2014 at 23:59

so my 1400 is x 4 = 5600
correct??lol
thanx

the1gooner · 16 Jan 2014 at 00:06

OvEr_KiLL said:
so my 1400 is x 4 = 5600
correct??lol
thanx

Yeah that's it

fowler002 · 16 Jan 2014 at 00:26

toprock said:
The sapphire is crazy loud at 100%, not comfortable to sit next to at all

So you have the sapphire 290/290x with the tri-x cooler then? think you're getting confused with the reference cooler sapphire 290/290x(all reference 290/290x regardless of asus/msi/sapphire/gigabyte/etc all had the same cooler).

pprest123 · 16 Jan 2014 at 03:42

Slightly off topic question here: does anyone know how to get MSI Afterburner OSD to work in BF4? It's working in every other game for, just no this one.

K1LaW8tt5 · 16 Jan 2014 at 04:04

pprest123 said:
Slightly off topic question here: does anyone know how to get MSI Afterburner OSD to work in BF4? It's working in every other game for, just no this one.

you need the latest afterburner beta 17 or 18 , and enable 64bit support in rivatuner

pprest123 · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:07

One of my fans at 100% has starting to make an irritating crackling noise

... is there anything I can do about it?

LtMatt · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:27

northun_munky said:
Cheers for the link mate
a solid 40 mins of BF4 and no black screens
Oh, and sweet sweet card

Good man. Any more problems?

Gibbo said:
Hi there

For anyone with a MSI 290 Gamer struggling to clock ram beyond 6000MHz try flashing a regular Asus 290 bios, none X as this is just an AMD bios, for some reason I can now get 6800MHz memory OC on the regular 290. Have MSI done something in the BIOS to hold the regular 290 back OC wise I wonder?

So not good ram OC, try it.

The AMD BIOS is also far better for undervolting too.

Maybe the 290X is similar, but I never tried it's stock BIOS as I flash all 290X always to the Asus 290X bios for extra voltage.

Gibbo ive got two of your VTX 290's. Will i void my ocuk warranty if i flash the bios to the Asus one you mention?

pprest123 · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:33

pprest123 said:
One of my fans at 100% has starting to make an irritating crackling noise ... is there anything I can do about it?

Also, something I discovered whilst making a video of it:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxzl0uqaq2w4ylc/20140116_071657.mp4

It only occurs when the system is standing up, but is fine when laying down.

Would this be a valid reason to RMA?

LtMatt · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:35

pprest123 said:
Also, something I discovered whilst making a video of it:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dxzl0uqaq2w4ylc/20140116_071657.mp4

It only occurs when the system is standing up, but is fine when laying down.

Would this be a valid reason to RMA?

Sounds like something is catching the the fan? Is it the fan cable connected to the pcb? Maybe you can push it in yourself.

pprest123 · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:37

LtMatt said:
Sounds like something is catching the the fan? Is it the fan cable connected to the pcb? Maybe you can push it in yourself.

Thought so too, but I checked, definitely nothing in its way. Note that this at 100% fan speed. You can't hear it roughly below 70% fan speed

LtMatt · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:38

pprest123 said:
Thought so too, but I checked, definitely nothing in its way. Note that this at 100% fan speed. You can't hear it roughly below 70% fan speed

RMA it then. I'm guessing its something that will get worse, not better.

SPARTdAN · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:38

I cancelled my asus direct cu order following bad feedback on that. Do you guys recommend the MSI as the best custom 290?

pprest123 · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:41

LtMatt said:
RMA it then. I'm guessing its something that will get worse, not better.

I've never had to RMA anything in my life. Would you mind explaining where do I start? I don't mind if you have to PM me.

SPARTdAN · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:42

pprest123 said:
I've never had to RMA anything in my life. Would you mind explaining where do I start? I don't mind if you have to PM me.

Contact seller with RMA request. Is basically sending it back as faulty for swap or refund.

LtMatt · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:43

pprest123 said:
I've never had to RMA anything in my life. Would you mind explaining where do I start? I don't mind if you have to PM me.

If you got it through OcuK just put a post in the component technical support section of customer service at the top of the forum. Give Bailey a link to the video as well.

pprest123 · 16 Jan 2014 at 07:44

LtMatt said:
If you got it through OcuK just put a post in the component technical support section of customer service at the top of the forum. Give Bailey a link to the video as well.

Yeah got it from OCUK. I'll do that now, thanks

edd677 · 16 Jan 2014 at 08:11

toprock said:
The sapphire is crazy loud at 100%, not comfortable to sit next to at all

Do you have any evidence of this? Video reviews would suggest this is far from the case...?

atomic7431 · 16 Jan 2014 at 08:18

OvEr_KiLL said:
skins here for AB

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/skin.htm

download and extract to ab folder and then skins then change in the options in ab

simples

also everyone using a 290 get the newest beta as already said!!!!
3.0.0 beta 18
right now

Thanks for the skins link

LtMatt · 16 Jan 2014 at 08:43

edd677 said:
Do you have any evidence of this? Video reviews would suggest this is far from the case...?

He's talking about a different Sapphire card, the Sapphire Toxic. Not the Sapphire Tri X which is not loud!