R9 290X Owners Thread

[thefogo]

See if you can get through FS at 1700 on the 4k setting.

1650 is my max Still pretty decent though.

Running at 1200/1500 in games. Crysis 3 at 2560x1440 still tanks
Guess I'll have to get a 390X when they're released.

 

[JustCallMeVlad]

What's the best way to adjust the lightnings voltage past the 200mv limit?

 

[ElliottC420]

What PSUs are you guys running on your 290x cards? I had a 290 on my Corsair TX550M and it was fine but I'm kind of worried whether the MSI 290x LE will take it over the edge.
(i5 3570k @3.8Ghz /AIO cooler)

 

[gpuerrilla]

How are you finding Mantle Tom?

How are you finding AMD Matt? Its been a while..

 

[Geeman1979]

What's considered as decent day to day clocks with these cards?

What's everyone using?

 

[dfour]

What's considered as decent day to day clocks with these cards?

What's everyone using?

I just run mine stock it has no problems with all my games at 1440p

 

[LtMatt]

How are you finding AMD Matt? Its been a while..

Bloody marvelous mate!

What's considered as decent day to day clocks with these cards?

What's everyone using?

I usually just run stock clocks while gaming at 4K on my 290X's. However if i was running a single 290X lightning I'd be aiming for 1200/1500 for 24/7.

 

[ChrisD.]

Thinking about buying another R9 290x oc card but wondering if ! will my I5 2500k cope with it ok ? looking at 4k gaming. cheers.

At 4k I think you'll be maxing out the gpus most of the time, so the 2500k should be fine.

My 2600K bottlenecked my 290X's at 3440x1440 so I think a 2500K definitely would at 4K.

 

[LtMatt]

My 2600K bottlenecked my 290X's at 3440x1440 so I think a 2500K definitely would at 4K.

It will depend on the game, but yes i agree. In the case of Dirt Showdown there was a bottleneck with your setup as the game is not that visually demanding, even at 4K. Thus a lot of emphasis is placed on the cpu in that title and you were only running a small overclock on your chip.

 

[ChrisD.]

It's not just that I've noticed, haven't been posting much as I've been moving house, but my minimum fps is a lot lot better, especially in games such as BF4 and Alien when it gets busy. Everything is just silky smooth now. Except for SWTOR.

 

[Kaapstad]

My 2600K bottlenecked my 290X's at 3440x1440 so I think a 2500K definitely would at 4K.

4K can actually make things easier for a 2500k

I just run this for a bit of fun using 4 x 290Xs @stock on Firestrike ultra 4K. This is an extreme example as you would never try this with 4 cards on a 2500k system.

In the first run I used my 4930k CPU as it is normally -

6/12 Cores/threads
H/T on
Ram @2400mhz
PCI-E 3.0 used


In the second run I turned things off to get the CPU to run as close to a 2500k as possible -

4/4 Cores/threads
H/T off
Ram @1600mhz
PCI-E 2.0 used




This is what I got (remember we are comparing graphics scores not the overall score).


4930k @4.0ghz as it's self

Graphics Score 10128

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3650265




4930k @4.0ghz configured as a 2500k

Graphics Score 10056

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/3650319

 

[Geeman1979]

Bloody marvelous mate!



I usually just run stock clocks while gaming at 4K on my 290X's. However if i was running a single 290X lightning I'd be aiming for 1200/1500 for 24/7.

Done!

How come you can't run the AB Overlay whilst using Mantle in BF4 or Fraps for that matter?

 

[fat4l]

Hi guys.
I would like to ask what voltages ur running with watercooling, for everyday use?

If anyone who has been "with the thread" for longer can say his knowledge it would be great. thanks

 

[Kaapstad]

Sapphire VaporX R9 290X Tri-X 8GB im Videotest @PC-MAX placed in OP.

http://www.pc-max.de/artikel/grafikkarten/videotest-sapphire-vaporx-r9-290x-tri-x-8gb-im-videotest

 

[Divine Pain]

Im torn between the msi le edition or the vapour x 8gb model. I have a 21:9 3440x1440 monitor, irrespective of price which would be best for me? Does the extra 4gb frame buffer actually give me any benefits for the resoulution i run at? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

 

[Kaapstad]

AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB vs 8GB at 4K with maxed out settings @Tweaktown placed in OP

http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/68/amd-radeon-r9-290x-4gb-vs-8gb-4k-maxed-settings/index.html


Something I need to point out as Tweaktown did not is the 4gb and 8gb cards use different clockspeeds which give the Sapphire Vapor 8gb cards the advantage at 4K, this probably explains the difference in results between the two sets of cards.

 

[Divine Pain]

Lightning edition it is then! Thanks for that link kappa x

 

[Geeman1979]

The Lightning can be a potent card which also comes with a great cooler.

 

[LtMatt]

Im torn between the msi le edition or the vapour x 8gb model. I have a 21:9 3440x1440 monitor, irrespective of price which would be best for me? Does the extra 4gb frame buffer actually give me any benefits for the resoulution i run at? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks

Lightning edition it is then! Thanks for that link kappa x

The Lightning can be a potent card which also comes with a great cooler.

You made the right choice. The 8GB is only going to come in handy in most instances at 4K when you have at least two cards.

I just ordered a couple of 290X MSI Lightning cards myself to play around with.

 

[Geeman1979]

You made the right choice. The 8GB is only going to come in handy in most instances at 4K when you have at least two cards.

I just ordered a couple of 290X MSI Lightning cards myself to play around with.

Haha! you cracked. Your mileage may vary