R9 290X Owners Thread

[Tonester0011]

Only one i could find, was when my top 16x lane started to play up, hence cables unplugged and my trusty 6450 installed at the bottom

Since given away the P8P67 board, case and a lot of otherstuff

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[LtMatt]

Blue is definitely a real mans colour and a sign of virility.

 

[setter]

Nice rig Tone, though i gotta say rog red white and black is where it's at for me theese days.

 

[~Mike~]

Ah sod it. I wasn't going to include this picture as i noticed some marks on the side of the case. I may have to try and get Corsair to send me out a replacement panel as they won't come off. Not sure how i never noticed this before now tbh lol. Oh and i didn't want to come off as an alcoholic, but sweet liquor does ease the pain of life. Also just realised there was a pink shot glass in the other pics. (don't judge me)

http://i.imgur.com/lu6SuJv.jpg[IMG]

EDIT

For the record the pink shot glass is not mine.[/QUOTE]

The carbide does look good and everyone knows the glass is yours. :)

 

[Tonester0011]

Done the whole RWB

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[Avenged7Fold]

Very nice!

Ever considered throwing in a RAM block and rigid tubing for the looks?

 

[Tonester0011]

That rig got split down and sold about a month after completing. I have a problem, don't tend to keep things for very long lol
I should have rinsed the blocks/rads as my red went a purple, so instead of splitting and putting back together i split and sold

 

[Kaapstad]

PowerColor PCS+ R9 290X Review @Tom's Hardware placed in OP

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/powercolor-pcs-r9-290x-graphics-card-review,3803.html#xtor=RSS-182


MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning 4GB Review @Tweak.dk placed in OP

http://www.tweak.dk/review/MSI_Radeon_R9_290X_Lightning_4GB/1955/1/1

 

[humbug]

PowerColor PCS+ R9 290X Review @Tom's Hardware placed in OP

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...x-graphics-card-review,3803.html#xtor=RSS-182

During the same gaming load, PowerColor's PCS+ R9 290X hits a peak temperature of 74 °C (165 °F) after approximately eight minutes.

I don't understand how they manage to get to these sort of temperatures.

Obviously mine is running inside a closed HAF 912+ case.
After 3 hours of solid BF4 in Mantle with vSync off and a quieter custom fan profile it peaks at 70c.
In Crysis 3 again with vSync off after an hour or two it peaks at 67c.

Still...

Conclusion

If you are back in the market for a Radeon R9 290X, having watched their prices dip back down into sane territory, PowerColor's PCS+ R9 290X is one of our favorite choices. The card doesn't suffer any debilitating flaws, but rather offers excellent gaming performance behind an effective cooler. And speaking of heat sink design, PowerColor's fits like a glove. The implementation would be tough to beat.

As we've seen, some competing vendors built their Radeon R9 290Xes in a hurry and missed the mark. Haste makes waste, so to speak. So, it looks like the long wait for PowerColor's card was worthwhile.

^^

And

But the board is also well-built

It is, the whole card has a quality feel to it, the shroud is solid cold hard metal, it has a thick alloy back plate, the doesn't flex or move, it just feels solid, a quality product.

You should expect that for a £330 GPU, unfortunatly you don't always get it, some cards still feel cheap and plastic.

 

[thefogo]

Yeah mine runs at 65C. They must have super high ambient temps or something.

Though i guess the X will run hotter than the P.

 

[humbug]

Yeah mine runs at 65C. They must have super high ambient temps or something.

Though i guess the X will run hotter than the P.

Good point. Those extra stream processors might do it.

 

[uksoldierboy]

Guys any cooler i can buy from OC for £50 or under for my 290X that would give better results than the stock one?

I have two Corsair SP 120s here that i could use.

 

[thefogo]

The Peter 2 I suppose. Not sure about its VRM cooling.
Though I thought you said the reference cooler was fine?

 

[uksoldierboy]

Oh it is pal, i just want to overclock more

My only concern is as you mentioned, VRM cooling as the stock cooler does a great job.

 

[LtMatt]

Reference cooler is good for a 10-15% overclock but any higher than that and you have to have the fan up so loud it becomes unbearable.

 

[Kaapstad]

Reference cooler is good for a 10-15% overclock but any higher than that and you have to have the fan up so loud it becomes unbearable.

Can you type louder, I can't hear you.

 

[thefogo]

Yeah that's the good thing about the ref coolers.
Though my PCS does a good job with VRM cooling too.

I've been told the VRMs are spec'd to 125C, so I think it should be okay.

 

[thefogo]

I thought about getting two 290x's recently as they can be had for new for just over £300 with free games which is ridiculous.
But I'm not sure I could deal with the noise

 

[LtMatt]

Can you type louder, I can't hear you.

Pardon?

I thought about getting two 290x's recently as they can be had for new for just over £300 with free games which is ridiculous.
But I'm not sure I could deal with the noise

If you run them at stock and undervolt you can keep the fan speeds low like i do, though i have a 10% overclock on mine.

In my system my gpu's are no louder than my Gentle Typhoon fans. The problem is that even this is loud to some people. Hell GM thinks they're loud at 20% fan speed, yet i can't even hear them at that speed with my head in the case.

If you're anal about fan noise, avoid.

 

[thefogo]

I had a 6990 for several months. I wonder if it's louder than that

I'm definitely anal about idle fan noise. I got rid of my AIO cpu cooler and power supply for that reason. At idle the loudest things in my case are my hard drives.