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R9 290X Owners Thread

^^^^ :D

Rangerjr1 said:
I was asking for MSIAB Extreme so i could actualy utilize my Lightnings VRM and stuff.
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Dear sir/madam

Thanks for contacting MSI technical support.

Regarding your concern,you can download the MSI afterburner .you can use MSI afterburner to overclock,but It is worth noting that Overclocking can't too much,It is better to within 100 MHZ,Otherwise it will harm the graphics card.

Thanks for your cooperation in advance!

Best Regards,
MSI Technical Support Team
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lol....
 
:D. There's always next year, Roy will rope them all back in.


NV should a rep that does similar stuff. Would be a bit weird at this stage though...bit like the American version of Top Gear...Just doesn't work
 
Streetlight said:
Benched yet Matt? Would love to know what the Lightning cards run and overclock at.
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ICEx21 said:
Matt ma boy, you just made me spill man juice.
Honestly I would love to have 2 lightnings but I think the cooler would cover my over slot for the sound card and I just can't go back to onboard sound.
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Good:
Looks stunning
Cooler is beast
Samsung memory overclocks well
Vrm temps are ridiculous

Bad
Not really much faster than my best clocking 290X reference card
Two lightnings in a case on air is not practical, they're huge
Monitor kept losing signal on both cards at stock clocks with +200mv - unsure of the issue
Will probably go back to using my 4x290X reference cards mainly

If you're after just one card on air, this is probably the best 290X card to get. :)

Got my eye on a 295x2 now to complete the set. :p
 
AMDMatt said:
Good:
Looks stunning
Cooler is beast
Samsung memory overclocks well
Vrm temps are ridiculous

Bad
Not really much faster than my best clocking 290X reference card
Two lightnings in a case on air is not practical, they're huge
Monitor kept losing signal on both cards at stock clocks with +200mv - unsure of the issue
Will probably go back to using my 4x290X reference cards mainly

If you're after just one card on air, this is probably the best 290X card to get. :)
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Looks gaudy as hell imo that cooler. Vapor x probably has the best looking cooler of the third party designs imo.
 
Gerard said:
Looks gaudy as hell imo that cooler. Vapor x probably has the best looking cooler of the third party designs imo.
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I think it looks nice, but the size it takes up is a problem if you use more than one on air so definitely a word of caution to people getting more than one. I didn't anticipate this fully myself.

Vapour-X does look nice, i have to agree.
 
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