Literally like a bomb? With fire and bangs and smoke I assume?
Well it would on the ref cooler that's for sure
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MSI 290/290X Gaming Edition Thread
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Literally like a bomb? With fire and bangs and smoke I assume?
Well it would on the ref cooler that's for sure
Literally like a bomb? With fire and bangs and smoke I assume?
Well it would on the ref cooler that's for sure
Its on the MSI cooler.
This voltage is fine for benching if you can keep it sub 75c.
But you should not run at these settings for gamings.
This is the max I can get on my ref 290x (at stock volts mind). Did you modify the voltage at all?
No. Don't think I can without flashing the BIOS to the ASUS one. Temps are great though (custom fan profile), can't even hear it.
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What are you using to overclock mate, afterburner?
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At the desktop it used the base clock of 300mhz, when boost happens it hits anything from 800-1030Mhz.. at base clock the temp is around 30c.. at load it was around 60-70c.. I was far too busy enjoying the game to record data (it replaced a 512mb 3870) but I will get some proper stats and share here.. most of the time the fan doesn't spin up for me.. I have to afterburner it. I'll post an afterburner graph to show what I'm on about.
Also agree that the current OC special offer is an absolute bargain, I knew I'd be paying for pre-order but that's a bit soon!
Desperately trying to decide between this MSI R9 290 and the Sapphire Tri-x R9 290!
Still waiting for a complete review to appear....in fact, it's rather unfathomable that one is yet to surface!
This is probably a wrong thread for unbiased advice, but advice is advice nonetheless! So feel free to show your opinions....!
Still waiting for a complete review to appear....in fact, it's rather unfathomable that one is yet to surface!
This is probably a wrong thread for unbiased advice, but advice is advice nonetheless! So feel free to show your opinions....!
Me too but I think I'm gonna hold out for the Lightning... To help you decide though the MSI has a redesigned pcb and 1 year longer warranty so I would go for that one!
Desperately trying to decide between this MSI R9 290 and the Sapphire Tri-x R9 290!
Still waiting for a complete review to appear....in fact, it's rather unfathomable that one is yet to surface!
This is probably a wrong thread for unbiased advice, but advice is advice nonetheless! So feel free to show your opinions....!
exact same boat here, cant believe searching for info doesnt bring up much information about it, love to see full review and benchmarks before i commit
also been looking at this, but no reviews on it
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-166-PC&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752
Thanks
Caporegime
Initially i thought the Sapphire was better but actually the MSI might be the better overall option.
If it's throttling at ~60-70c ... then that is bad!
Just got mine up and running. Using afterburner I cranked it to 1000mhz with +50 power and ran Heaven, card hits just below 80c. My case is very bad for airflow, but even at 80c the fan can hardly be heard. Very happy with the card and no throttling experienced.
An AMD Hawaii card will only throttle at 95c.
Set the card manually, 1050MHz, 1.300mv, 6000MHz RAM, FAN 66%, Power: +50
Then see how that gets along.
An AMD Hawaii card will only throttle at 95c.
Set the card manually, 1050MHz, 1.300mv, 6000MHz RAM, FAN 66%, Power: +50
Then see how that gets along.
I can't touch the voltage in MSI AB. Do I need to flash the BIOS?
no lol you need to unlock it in the options
unlock voltage control and show voltage control
I did this...