R9 290X Owners Thread

Uncle Petey · 15 Sep 2014 at 14:56

Yeah, you keep quoting pics directly under the post you're quoting

Look, Spoffle has his grammar nazi thing. This is mine :mad:

Gerard · 15 Sep 2014 at 15:12

AMDMatt said:
Kaap I've got four more 290X's, so could you add this to my roll of honour pic in the OP please? All Hynix too.

You trying to corner the market on these or what?

LtMatt · 15 Sep 2014 at 15:36

Uncle Petey said:
Yeah, you keep quoting pics directly under the post you're quoting

Look, Spoffle has his grammar nazi thing. This is mine

Happy now?

Gerard said:
You trying to corner the market on these or what?

My long quest for Hynix cards is over, thank you OcuK. :cool:

Captain · 15 Sep 2014 at 15:42

Matt, swap your 3 290x's for my 290's, can't fit 3 on my board, too big

Your XFX one's

Kaapstad · 15 Sep 2014 at 15:54

"Roll of Honour" updated.

Now get some waterblocks on them Matt.

LtMatt · 15 Sep 2014 at 15:55

Kaapstad said:
LtMatt for the "Roll of Honour"

Just to clarify Kaap, 4x 290X XFX reference and 3x 290X XFX Black Edition DD. The other cards are all 290P's.

Kaapstad · 15 Sep 2014 at 16:03

AMDMatt said:
Just to clarify Kaap, 4x 290X XFX reference and 3x 290X XFX Black Edition DD. The other cards are all 290P's.

I have put them on as two separate entries and updated your name to AMDLt~~NVidia~~Matt.

LtMatt · 15 Sep 2014 at 16:05

Kaapstad said:
I have put them on as two separate entries and updated your name to AMDLt~~NVidia~~Matt.

Cheers. They're XFX reference though, not AMD. Not that it makes much difference i suppose.

Kaapstad · 15 Sep 2014 at 16:32

AMDMatt said:
Cheers. They're XFX reference though, not AMD. Not that it makes much difference i suppose.

Fixed.

~Mike~ · 15 Sep 2014 at 17:28

Nice Matt told you they were Hynix.

LtMatt · 15 Sep 2014 at 17:31

~Mike~ said:
Nice Matt told you they were Hynix.

You did, thanks Mike much appreciated. :cool:

LtMatt · 16 Sep 2014 at 22:09

Kaap got an update 290X shot for the OP.

Captain · 16 Sep 2014 at 22:14

Jeez that can't be good... What are your temps?

thefogo · 16 Sep 2014 at 22:15

AMDMatt said:
Kaap got an update 290X shot for the OP.

LtMatt · 16 Sep 2014 at 22:17

Clov!s said:
Jeez that can't be good... What are your temps?

So far so good. Top three cards are all identical and the bottom card is about 3-4c cooler.

thefogo · 16 Sep 2014 at 22:17

Are those the XFX cards Matt?

Nevermind.

tayto_0 · 17 Sep 2014 at 03:24

Crikey Matt! :eek:

what are you going to do with 7! 290X's ?

LtMatt · 17 Sep 2014 at 07:15

thefogo said:
Are those the XFX cards Matt?

Nevermind.

Yes mate, XFX reference cards with Hynix. Got them from OcuK the other day for £270 a pop. Got four gold tickets too.

Managed to undervolt them all by -0.062v and -100v AUX too so they actually run cooler and quieter (in TriFire) than my 290P's did. However in quad they run slightly warmer because they're close to each other.

tayto_0 said:
Crikey Matt! what are you going to do with 7! 290X's ?

13 Radeons in total mate, but only 10 in this picture. Got a R7 260X, HD7770 and a R7 250 as well. I should have added those to the picture really.

Am going to sell 5 and keep 5. Will be keeping one Asus 290P with Hynix for the mrs rig (FX8370E/2400Mhz mems - Will do some benching on this when it's up and running) and keeping the four new XFX reference cards with Hynix for my rig.

thefogo · 17 Sep 2014 at 07:16

Should keep you warm in winter

LtMatt · 17 Sep 2014 at 07:19

thefogo said:
Should keep you warm in winter

Keeping me warm in summer.

To be honest, one extra card makes little difference in terms of heat or noise output. I've been using three for ages so quite used to it now.

It's nice to have that extra grunt at 4k though. Battlefield 4 is a breeze at 4k ultra preset, the cards barely get over 40% fan speed with vsync on. :cool: