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Is this the best value for money card out in the market at the moment?
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R9 290X Owners Thread
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r9 290 is, not 290x.
Soldato
My budget isnt really the issue, I can pretty much get any 290x, just can't afford the 295x.
I like the look of the self contained Kraken version OCUK are selling, but I don't know if the extra cost is worth it, I've also heard in reviews that the Lightning edition is the fastest.
Caporegime
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Whilst this may be true if budget isn't an issue or concern, it doesn't represent good value for money compared to other 290X's that can be purchased for over £120 less.
The performance gained through overclocking wouldn't be worth the extra expense for gaming.
I personally would still want one, even though my current 290X clocks quite well.
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Go on.
Soldato
Be nice 
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I have seen the market for what used 290X's go for now and I wouldn't like to sell my 290X and get back half what it cost me at Christmas
Which is a shame as apart from about 10 hours play on BF4 and a bit of benching my 290X hasn't been used.
Might consider going water cooling for my setup, that will ease the upgrade itch.
Soldato
I think he meant to ask what your clocks are 
I have seen the market for what used 290X's go for now and I wouldn't like to sell my 290X and get back half what it cost me at Christmas
Which is a shame as apart from about 10 hours play on BF4 and a bit of benching my 290X hasn't been used.
Might consider going water cooling for my setup, that will ease the upgrade itch.
I think he meant to ask what your clocks are
Yup
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I think he meant to ask what your clocks are
Ha didn't realise, but then I am at work supposed to be working
Can run at 1175 / 1625 (6500) with +100mv
The memory is actually at the max that msi afterburner will let me go too, so I don't know how much higher I could get with it.
Anyway not too bad with just +100mv?
Soldato
1200 would be a decent mark for that voltage if mine and a few others are anything to go by.
..I think.
..I think.
Ha didn't realise, but then I am at work supposed to be working
Can run at 1175 / 1625 (6500) with +100mv
The memory is actually at the max that msi afterburner will let me go too, so I don't know how much higher I could get with it.
Anyway not too bad with just +100mv?
Pretty avarage, not bad at all.
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I don't think there are many that will hit 1200 with stability and no artifacts with just +100mv and with stock air cooling, though of course there no doubt will be a few to prove me wrong.
What 290X do you have?
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Soldato
Ref 290's actually and they are under water tbh... Still, I'm reasonably sure that Matt's do the same with ref coolers.
1175 isn't a bad clock either way mate
1175 isn't a bad clock either way mate
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Ref 290's actually and they are under water tbh... Still, I'm reasonably sure that Matt's do the same with ref coolers.
1175 isn't a bad clock either way mate
Yeah a lot of the good clockers seem to be from the original release of reference cooled cards.
Great for those that bought a reference card and are water cooling them as they got a good clocking card and running cool & quiet with the water cooling. Best of both worlds.
Caporegime
Both of mine will do 1200/1550 at +100mv. I can probably push them a bit higher but not really tried as i only have them that when i do a benchmarking run. For 24/7 i run 1050/1250 on both cards at -0.037v and -0.100mv AUX.
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Same here, I only clock my card for fun trying to get higher bench scores.
At stock 1040/1250 I am more than happy for gaming, though I could run 1,100/1500 at stock voltage for extra performance. I probably wouldn't notice the difference though.
That's interesting to see you have lowered your volts for 24/7 use, haven't really considered doing that before. Though I guess that is of more benefit with 2 cards and probably not worth it for 1?