R9 290X Owners Thread

Kaapstad · 8 Jun 2014 at 21:51

thefogo said:
Hm, possibly, but not as much as a non-ref cooler blowing hot air up into the case. My CPU temps are quite a bit lower with reference cards.

+1

Non reference cards are bad for case temps unless you have good air flow.

Kaapstad · 8 Jun 2014 at 21:53

uksoldierboy said:
Got the fans on auto matt, they go upto around 70-80, its not throttling but it's the heat it's pumping out into my room, feels like a bloody sauna.

I often have the windows open even when the temp outside is zero.

uksoldierboy · 8 Jun 2014 at 21:58

thefogo said:
70-80%?

I've got the max fan speed at 100%, i don't mind the noise upto around 80% with headphones on, doesn't bother me, but the heat expelled into my little games room is crazy lol.

Kaaps i keep the window open too, i guess it doesn't help that it's been pretty hot lately with little in the way of wind.

thefogo · 8 Jun 2014 at 22:01

uksoldierboy said:
I've got the max fan speed at 100%, i don't mind the noise upto around 80% with headphones on, doesn't bother me, but the heat expelled into my little games room is crazy lol.

Kaaps i keep the window open too, i guess it doesn't help that it's been pretty hot lately with little in the way of wind.

Yeah I have max fan at 100%. The max fanspeed I've seen is 51% on the top card. I'm only running at 1000Mhz though.

arc@css · 8 Jun 2014 at 22:03

Boomstick777 said:
Tempted to hang onto to these through the next winter

I can't see you managing that.

Boomstick777 · 8 Jun 2014 at 22:09

arc@css said:
I can't see you managing that.

Lol

Yeah I'm waiting to pull the trigger on some 20nm cards. A lot of people saying we won't see them till December, so my 290X's will be keeping the house warm till then

Boomstick777 · 10 Jun 2014 at 16:35

Was playing BF Hardline beta last night. After about 30mins I noticed I was experiencing some kind of seizure I thought maybe a heart attack? Feeling that I was losing consciousness.. I stopped playing and then realized that the temperature in the room was similar to what I imagine standing on the edge of mount doom would be like. Or as if I had spent time traversing the blistering heat in the Sahara desert. After drinking some (Much needed at this point) water and opening several windows, I came to this conclusion.

I think I may have to go back down to a single card..

Plz god bring 20nm out soon..

thefogo · 10 Jun 2014 at 17:30

Yep 290 crossfire can heat your room up pretty good

jaju123 · 10 Jun 2014 at 17:42

The noise from my reference cards is just unbelievable. The fans in crossfire 290s have to go up to 80% to stop them throttling. The noise at that point is so loud that my headphones can't even stop it. Anyone got any ideas for what I can do in terms of third party coolers or something? This is intolerable, I have no idea how they sold the cards in this condition.

thefogo · 10 Jun 2014 at 17:43

80%? Wow. Mine usually don't even hit 50%.
You in the desert ?

LtMatt · 10 Jun 2014 at 17:45

Boomstick777 said:
Was playing BF Hardline beta last night. After about 30mins I noticed I was experiencing some kind of seizure I thought maybe a heart attack? Feeling that I was losing consciousness.. I stopped playing and then realized that the temperature in the room was similar to what I imagine standing on the edge of mount doom would be like. Or as if I had spent time traversing the blistering heat in the Sahara desert. After drinking some (Much needed at this point) water and opening several windows, I came to this conclusion.

I think I may have to go back down to a single card..

Plz god bring 20nm out soon..

Lol!

thefogo said:
Yep 290 crossfire can heat your room up pretty good

jaju123 said:
The noise from my reference cards is just unbelievable. The fans in crossfire 290s have to go up to 80% to stop them throttling. The noise at that point is so loud that my headphones can't even stop it. Anyone got any ideas for what I can do in terms of third party coolers or something? This is intolerable, I have no idea how they sold the cards in this condition.

Wow 80%? That's nuts. Mine never go past 55-60% and i have two in crossfire. Got a pic of your setup? I'd recommend undervolting your cards with afterburner. I run negative voltage values while overclocked to keep temps down. Might be worth changing the paste on the gpu's and looking to improve your case airflow.

jaju123 · 10 Jun 2014 at 17:52

LtMatt said:
Wow 80%? That's nuts. Mine never go past 55-60% and i have two in crossfire. Got a pic of your setup? I'd recommend undervolting your cards with afterburner. I run negative voltage values while overclocked to keep temps down. Might be worth changing the paste on the gpu's and looking to improve your case airflow.

Well it's like 30C in the netherlands recently where I live, which doesn't help. The airflow should be OK since I have a HAF X case and quite a few fans.

LtMatt · 10 Jun 2014 at 17:55

jaju123 said:
Well it's like 30C in the netherlands recently where I live, which doesn't help. The airflow should be OK since I have a HAF X case and quite a few fans.

Furry muff well start undervolting your cards then. Do you have reference cards i presume? Lots of front and side intake fans and lots of top and rear exhaust fans is the order of the day. You can also remove any pci brackets from your case to allow the cards more air to breathe.

Kaapstad · 11 Jun 2014 at 07:59

Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Vapor-X 4GB Review @Hexus placed in OP.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/70913-sapphire-radeon-r9-290x-vapor-x-4gb/

~Mike~ · 11 Jun 2014 at 08:39

Kaapstad said:
Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Vapor-X 4GB Review @Hexus placed in OP.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/70913-sapphire-radeon-r9-290x-vapor-x-4gb/

Nice card but happy with my Tri-x

jaju123 · 11 Jun 2014 at 09:37

LtMatt said:
Furry muff well start undervolting your cards then. Do you have reference cards i presume? Lots of front and side intake fans and lots of top and rear exhaust fans is the order of the day. You can also remove any pci brackets from your case to allow the cards more air to breathe.

Yeah I realised that my side panel fan has not been plugged in ever since I changed my mobo, so I found a molex adapter and got that connected. That pretty much lowered the fan on the top card back down to about 65% maximum instead of 75-80%, which is much quieter tbh. There is a large gap between the cards, but the top one still becomes way hotter as there is a sata controller card above it, and below the bottom card is my soundcard as well.
For now the side intake fan helped a lot but I wonder if anything else can help reduce the temps.

LtMatt · 11 Jun 2014 at 10:21

jaju123 said:
Yeah I realised that my side panel fan has not been plugged in ever since I changed my mobo, so I found a molex adapter and got that connected. That pretty much lowered the fan on the top card back down to about 65% maximum instead of 75-80%, which is much quieter tbh. There is a large gap between the cards, but the top one still becomes way hotter as there is a sata controller card above it, and below the bottom card is my soundcard as well.
For now the side intake fan helped a lot but I wonder if anything else can help reduce the temps.

One card may run hotter than the other. Test and run the coolest one on top. Remove those spare pci brackets. Add as many front intakes in front of the gpu's as you can, making sure there is a nice gap between the cards for all the hot air to be forced out the rear.

Boomstick777 · 11 Jun 2014 at 14:23

~Mike~ said:
Nice card but happy with my Tri-x

Tri-X ftw !!

Just don't be tempted to go Crossfire unless your used to a subtropical climate.

~Mike~ · 11 Jun 2014 at 14:41

Boomstick777 said:
Tri-X ftw !!

Just don't be tempted to go Crossfire unless your used to a subtropical climate.

I won't be don't worry. Looking to go crossfire next gen.

Jordan777 · 11 Jun 2014 at 16:23

have amd fixed these black screen issues yet ? its driving me mad 10 mins into a game then black screens in every game going