MSI 290/290X Gaming Edition Thread

nitram100 · 17 Jan 2014 at 23:34

really impressed with this cards temps now that I have tweaked afterburner. I run the profile at 55-60% fan speed (which is still very quiet) when it goes above 60c and it keeps my GPU at around 68c during heavy Planetside 2 and BF4 sessions at 1000mhz.

Djxinator · 18 Jan 2014 at 01:13

the1gooner said:
I can run 1,100-5,800 on stock volts with my 290x though i did raise the power limit to +50

Have you increased the power limit setting?

Power settings are all good @ +50

The card also runs at around 80c while gaming at 70% Fan speed (1440p Crysis 3 Max) and seems to throttle back to 980Mhz. While running Furmark it doesnt throttle till 94C and even then it only throttles to 1000Mhz

thefogo · 18 Jan 2014 at 01:16

nitram100 said:
really impressed with this cards temps now that I have tweaked afterburner. I run the profile at 55-60% fan speed (which is still very quiet) when it goes above 60c and it keeps my GPU at around 68c during heavy Planetside 2 and BF4 sessions at 1000mhz.

What RPM is it around 60%?

OvEr_KiLL · 18 Jan 2014 at 01:42

Djxinator said:
Power settings are all good @ +50

The card also runs at around 80c while gaming at 70% Fan speed (1440p Crysis 3 Max) and seems to throttle back to 980Mhz. While running Furmark it doesnt throttle till 94C and even then it only throttles to 1000Mhz

i would set a custom fan profile if you havnt done already. something like this
1080p my card never goes above 70c

taetertot · 18 Jan 2014 at 03:03

pprest123 said:
A guy said he emailed MSI about it and they told him it had no VRM sensors :S

Made an acct here to address this lol. I'm the guy you and others have mentioned, about my post on overclock.net. Wasn't trolling, here is the message from MSI:

It's not an email per se, you ask your question through their online form and they make a case file and send you a link where your dialogue is shown on the bottom.

No idea why MSI told me this, since everyone who has this card, including steadly at oc.net, reports vrm sensors. Shrug, you tell me, was my question ambiguous?

northun_munky · 18 Jan 2014 at 11:35

carrot01 said:
another problem iv got is when i opened after burner i noticed the volts was set to +13 and the core is down at 977mhz. i thought it was meant to be at 1007mhz???

Yeah, I noticed this after playing around with AB. Strangely, after clicking reset it returns from plus 13 to 0.

I thought I must have knocked the slider....

SumpNut · 24 Jan 2014 at 12:35

I just wanted to say thanks for the information in this thread - my gaming edition 290 is being delivered from ocuk today - cant wait till I get home!

I'm hoping that my card comes with hynix memory chips as I believe they are a bit better? :confused:

Has anyone recently bought a card from ocuk and had the less desirable elipida chips fitted?

Thanks
Daniel

LtMatt · 24 Jan 2014 at 13:36

I think ive come up with a temporary fix for anyone having an issue of their single 290 card throttling under load. Is anyone interested in testing it for me to confirm it works for them? If so ill start a new thread with the details. Its an easy fix which takes 30 seconds to set up. First two people that reply will get the fix trusted to them and once they confirm it works ill start a new thread with the details and a brief guide. This will tide people over for a few days until the new beta drivers are out.

EDIT

Found this card for £335. Wow, great price.

~Mike~ · 24 Jan 2014 at 15:11

LtMatt said:
Found this card for £335. Wow, great price.

Very good price for a great card. Wonder where you found that.

LtMatt · 24 Jan 2014 at 15:13

Mike306 said:
Very good price for a great card. Wonder where you found that.

Are you trying to get me killed?

I made it up, honest... :eek:

~Mike~ · 24 Jan 2014 at 15:17

LtMatt said:
Are you trying to get me killed?

I made it up, honest...

I know who to ask.

LtMatt · 24 Jan 2014 at 15:20

Mike306 said:
I know who to ask.

I see you found it elsewhere at the same price. Laughs on you now.

~Mike~ · 24 Jan 2014 at 15:24

LtMatt said:
I see you found it elsewhere at the same price. Laughs on you now.

shhh........

Is nothing a secret round here?

jakspyder · 24 Jan 2014 at 16:46

Are there blocks for the MSI gaming edition 290s?

Is it worth getting the gaming edition if going water? Or just grabbing cheaper reference versions?

SumpNut · 24 Jan 2014 at 16:51

Awww buttscracher - my card appears to be voltage locked (at least in afterburner)

SumpNut said:
I just wanted to say thanks for the information in this thread - my gaming edition 290 is being delivered from ocuk today - cant wait till I get home!

I'm hoping that my card comes with hynix memory chips as I believe they are a bit better?

Has anyone recently bought a card from ocuk and had the less desirable elipida chips fitted?

Thanks
Daniel

slick rick · 24 Jan 2014 at 16:52

My 290x gaming edition arrived yesterday, really very impressed with it so far. very quiet and temps are nice and low.

northun_munky · 24 Jan 2014 at 17:51

LtMatt said:
I think ive come up with a temporary fix for anyone having an issue of their single 290 card throttling under load. Is anyone interested in testing it for me to confirm it works for them? If so ill start a new thread with the details. Its an easy fix which takes 30 seconds to set up. First two people that reply will get the fix trusted to them and once they confirm it works ill start a new thread with the details and a brief guide. This will tide people over for a few days until the new beta drivers are out.

EDIT

Found this card for £335. Wow, great price.

Only just seen this... What's the fix Matt?

vonex · 24 Jan 2014 at 18:10

has any 1 tried 290x bios flash on a 290 to see if you can unlock extra cores?

LtMatt · 24 Jan 2014 at 18:19

northun_munky said:
Only just seen this... What's the fix Matt?

I'll fire you a trust mate and let me know if it works.

Danidasanic · 25 Jan 2014 at 00:14

Guys , i need some help

Msi 290 gaming or Asus 290 dc2

Wich one is the best ?