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Liking the price on Today Only - What do you guys think of this card?
Best value card currently available I would say.
I take it you do mean the MSI 290 Gaming Edition?
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Liking the price on Today Only - What do you guys think of this card?
Best value card currently available I would say.
I take it you do mean the MSI 290 Gaming Edition?
It's a 2 slot cooler right?
Hi Overclockers
I received my MSI 290X R9 GAMING 4G today. But I'm a little bit disappointed... in idle it is 41 degrees warm (18% fan, 1000rpm, you can not hear it). But under load it becomes to a uncontrollable monster! In the Unigine Heaven Benchmark and Crysis 3 it is 88 ° hot (fan 90%, 2800rpm, quite noisy).
That irritates me ... do you think my card is broken? Previously I had a Sapphire HD7970 Dual-X OC (Idle: 32° 1200rpm, noiseless and 76 ° at 2600rpm when gaming)
My case (Lian Li PC-X2000FB) is well ventilated (5x 900rpm fans, 2x 900 Rpm CPU fans)
Here you can watch see my GPU-Z screen:
Is this okay?
Overkill what kind of temps you getting mate with that case? Do you use intake or exhaust on the side fans?
2x120mm front INTAKE
1x120mm left side (the first one on the left, as i cant use the 2nd one as the gfx power cables are right there) EXHAUST
1x120mm rear EXHAUST
thats it and my aegir cooler with fans in push pull towards the exhaust so it pulls it out the back of the case
temps about 70c max average like 58-67c
idle around 33c
2x120mm front INTAKE
1x120mm left side (the first one on the left, as i cant use the 2nd one as the gfx power cables are right there) EXHAUST
1x120mm rear EXHAUST
thats it and my aegir cooler with fans in push pull towards the exhaust so it pulls it out the back of the case
temps about 70c max average like 58-67c
idle around 33c
forgot to add, core 1100 memory 1400 stock volts
Fireblade2K4 said:Using RadeonPro I have managed to get my MSI 290 core running at 1100 and memory at 1400 with no changes other than the clock speeds, all else stock including volts.
Temperature after an hour or so gaming was a pretty consistent 70c, it seems like a very capable card.
Stu
That does seem very hot. Are those fans at the fron exhaust or intake? If they are intake I would try swapping around and switching them to exhaust as the Twin Frozr throws air out its rear right where your fans are so you could be forcing the hot air back into the GPU. I have one side exhaust and mine hits 78c max in a crappy Enermax Ostrog case.
Hi Overclockers
I received my MSI 290X R9 GAMING 4G today. But I'm a little bit disappointed... in idle it is 41 degrees warm (18% fan, 1000rpm, you can not hear it). But under load it becomes to a uncontrollable monster! In the Unigine Heaven Benchmark and Crysis 3 it is 88 ° hot (fan 90%, 2800rpm, quite noisy).
That irritates me ... do you think my card is broken? Previously I had a Sapphire HD7970 Dual-X OC (Idle: 32° 1200rpm, noiseless and 76 ° at 2600rpm when gaming)
My case (Lian Li PC-X2000FB) is well ventilated (5x 900rpm fans, 2x 900 Rpm CPU fans)
Here you can watch see my GPU-Z screen:
Is this okay?