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R9 290X Owners Thread

humbug said:
Its PEBAC, BF4 DX performance on 14.2 is better than 13.12 / 13.11. they have it at 20% less. Its not just me saying that, other reviews show this.

They probably didn't unistall the previous drivers. idiots. :p either that or the 290X is 25 / 30% faster than the 780TI on 13.11. So which is it? :D

DX On 14.1/2
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Whatever the reason it is a pretty rubbish review.

Unfortunately due the fact this is the 290X thread, I have to link it in the OP along with all the other reviews.
 
Thinking about selling my GTX 780 WF3 for a MSI 290X gaming ?

Anyone else done the same & seen much improvement ?

Play BF4 a far amount so Mantle can be used (when its stable from reading other threads)...
 
Qitarah said:
I wouldnt bother going from a 780 to a 290x personally. Its a step up sure, but a lot of effort for not a huge amount of gain.
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Are you speaking from experience ? Ive owned the last 4 gens of AMD card's so I know the effort needed but once you've been there its easy to set up...

LtMatt said:
Mantle is working wonderfully and very stable for 290 users.
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Thanks for that Matt, I know your the AMD ambassador round these parts & you know most regarding the Red team. So the issues are mostly surrounding the older architecture ?

Anyone else have an input ?
 
LtMatt said:
Mantle is working wonderfully and very stable for 290 users.
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Same here. The last patch (and series of them beforehand) has meant it is now butter smooth, great to play. :)

Andi-C said:
Anyone else have an input ?
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Read above Andi, really good.

humbug said:
Its PEBAC, BF4 DX performance on 14.2 is better than 13.12 / 13.11. they have it at 20% less. Its not just me saying that, other reviews show this.
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Matt have we had to cut government spending on your acronym? :D
 
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EK Introduces ASUS R9 290(X) DirectCU II Water Block

EK Water Blocks, Ljubljana-based premium water cooling gear manufacturer, is proud to introduce the full-cover water cooling solution for the ASUS engineered Direct CU II series AMD Radeon R9 290X graphics card.

EK-FC R9-290X DCII water block directly cools the GPU, RAM as well as VRM (voltage regulation module) as water flows directly over these critical areas thus allowing the graphics card and its VRM to remain stable under high overclocks.


Base is made of nickel-plated electrolytic copper - depending on the variant) while the top is made of quality cast acrylic material or POM Acetal (depending on the variant). Screw-in brass standoffs are pre-installed and allow for safe installation procedure. The cooling engine uses refined, 0.6 mm wide microchannel structure to even further improve the heat transfer while not sacrificing the famous low hydraulic restriction design.

Up to four EK-FC R9-290X DCII series water blocks can be interconnected using various methods (EK-FC Terminal, EK-HD Tube & Adapter System or EK-FC Bridge CSQ - depending on the water block variant) which allows for hassle-free piping job. The product is available in a three variants, an aesthetic retention backplate is also available:
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http://www.techpowerup.com/198943/ek-introduces-asus-r9-290-x-directcu-ii-water-block.html
 
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