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Quick upgrade for 6870?

humbug said:
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I asked why your so low to the ground looking up, its an unusual position to take

I just noticed, your on an empty server.
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My fov of 85 and 1920x1200 maybe, Who knows, all I know is now you post a 200 fps screenshot when your other screenshot was 123.

What trickery is this.
 
Ian Evey said:
My fov of 85 and 1920x1200 maybe, Who knows, all I know is now you post a 200 fps screenshot when your other screenshot was 123.

What trickery is this.
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I don't know, maybe some FRAPS trickery :D

Anyway, don't care now... nuuuueeee Drivers for me to play with... whoopy :D
 
Ok enough guys i think he has the info on bf4 now for his decision. Lets not drag the topic into a bf4 topic yeah guys?
 
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SkeeterUK said:
Ok enough guys i think he has the info on bf4 now for his decision. Lets not drag the topic into a bf4 topic yeah guys?
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Aye true, bf4 on 780 averages 83, and on a 290 averages 94, If only all games showed higher fps like that the 290 would be the better card for less money.
 
wildest_jjk said:
Hey guys, I've just installed the Sapphire R9 290. Just to confirm my 650W PSU is enough?

I was reading online and I'm sure it said 750W lol.

Thanks :)
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I'm running my 290X and 4770K with an OCZ 600W psu so yeah as long as you have a good quality one then nothing to worry about.

At load and overclocked I use about 350W-400W max and the includes my monitor and speakers.
 
wildest_jjk said:
Lol :)

One final thing it has two DVI ports. Does it not matter which one I plug my monitor into? Is there a number 1?

I ask because my 6870 caused some problems with this. They were different but it was never made very clear I felt!

Thanks
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You can use either. I use the top one personally but it makes no difference.
 
Did you manage to oc your cpu as i think i saw a thread in overclocking section u started but i didnt keep up with it. It would help a lot if it was oc. 4.5ghz should be easy by just upping the multi on a 2500k afaik.
 
SkeeterUK said:
Did you manage to oc your cpu as i think i saw a thread in overclocking section u started but i didnt keep up with it. It would help a lot if it was oc. 4.5ghz should be easy by just upping the multi on a 2500k afaik.
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Hey Skeeter, thanks for the interest! Just been working on all of this today. So I have the CPU currently overclocked at 4.2GHz, as I'm scared to do anymore lol. Not sure if I can or not really, I think my temps etc are OK though.

My new Samsung Evo is installed with steam games now on that and my R9 290 is also installed :D Just testing things out now with graphics on high (though its DayZ standalone).

Is there anything I need to be doing with my GPU since installing? I have installed CCC and latest drivers etc.

Thanks guys :)

EDIT: Forgot to mention the card just about fit in my Coolermaster 690 :p
 
Just maybe do a clean install of drivers perhaps using DDU then stick the latest back on, might not need to but i would have probably.

GPUZ if u wana monitor temps of gfx card etc.

I think theres a normal and turbo mode on them cards arnt they like a switch on the card? Dunno what usually is prefered but u can ask others about it if it has one.

U can push ur cpu to 4.5 easy dont be shy just jam the multi to 45 and if it crashes in games just up the volts a tiny bit, dont go past 1.35 tho i think.
 
SkeeterUK said:
Just maybe do a clean install of drivers perhaps using DDU then stick the latest back on, might not need to but i would have probably.

GPUZ if u wana monitor temps of gfx card etc.

I think theres a normal and turbo mode on them cards arnt they like a switch on the card? Dunno what usually is prefered but u can ask others about it if it has one.

U can push ur cpu to 4.5 easy dont be shy just jam the multi to 45 and if it crashes in games just up the volts a tiny bit, dont go past 1.35 tho i think.
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Thanks again for the help. I'm not sure about the turbo mode to be honest. It was the pre-overclocked variation anyway and it has gone up to its boost I think.

Is there anyway I can benchmark it or something? Then maybe you guys will tell if its relatively normal?

Haha I will try a bit higher, just going to wait to see how everything is at the moment I think.

Cheers :)
 
Hey guys,

So I have had the card a few weeks now and it has handled everything I have thrown at it!

There are a couple of things I am curious about. First of all what is the normal temperature that this card will rise to during games? After having HWinfo running whilst playing DayZ and Planetside 2 the temperature is reaching quite high levels:



Should I have something like MSI afterburner running with its fan profile? I think the AMD ones are pretty bad but I might be wrong. Also should I be using AMD overdrive? I have seen it mentioned in various places but its not currently enabled.

Thanks guys!
 
Those temps look good to me. No need to unlock overdrive, just use afterburner/trixxx or your overclocking app of choice.
 
LtMatt said:
Those temps look good to me. No need to unlock overdrive, just use afterburner/trixxx or your overclocking app of choice.
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Thanks for the response again :)

So the stock fan control is fine? I don't really have an overclocking app of choice either to be honest. Not really sure which would be best and how I go about using etc.

The same goes for the fans as I imagine there are better alternatives?

Cheers!
 
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