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MSI 290/290X Gaming Edition Thread
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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).
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you need the latest afterburner beta 17 or 18 , and enable 64bit support in rivatuner
Caporegime
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?
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?
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?
Caporegime
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
Caporegime
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.
Contact seller with RMA request. Is basically sending it back as faulty for swap or refund.
Caporegime
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
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...?
Soldato
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
Caporegime
He's talking about a different Sapphire card, the Sapphire Toxic. Not the Sapphire Tri X which is not loud!