R9 290X Owners Thread

[~Mike~]

Tri-x is an awesome card.

 

[-Mike-]

Which is the 290x of choice currently chaps? I escaped the 970 thanks to it being faulty!

My sapphire 5850 still beats strong in my pc, but its ancient and since giving one away due to said 970 the remaining one cannot keep up!

 

[Tonester0011]

Tri-X/Vapour-X
Those coolers are top dogs, also fairly priced.

 

[Geeman1979]

The Lightning.

Can't be beaten for the money.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

 

[flame696]

I bought the MSI gaming 290X it cools the card really well and it's so silent

 

[dfour]

The Lightning.

Can't be beaten for the money.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

This

 

[Tonester0011]

The Lightning.

Can't be beaten for the money.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Herp derp, yes. Those.
Forgot they even sold these, for some reason my brain said they had limited stock and sold out

No! I swear they did, because i wanted one!

 

[Geeman1979]

Herp derp, yes. Those.
Forgot they even sold these, for some reason my brain said they had limited stock and sold out

No! I swear they did, because i wanted one!

Surprised you didn't go for one when they were on offer.

 

[Tonester0011]

Surprised you didn't go for one when they were on offer.

The first time they were on offer, £239.99?
I nearly did, and if it wasn't for me buying a new bike tomorrow (about 95% certain on that ) i would have bought it just now when you posted the link!

Love the LTG cards, and i do want to get one just to play.

 

[Geeman1979]

Yaya, I actually bought 2 but sent one back as it ****** me off. The cooler broke one of the clips on my Psu leads as they're a tight fit pushing past the cooler to get the power plugged in.

 

[Noble-Kebab]

Guys, will a ocz modxstream pro 600w run the MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Lightning ?

anyone?

 

[Dicehunter]

The Lightning.

Can't be beaten for the money.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-273-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 290X Lighting and 290X Lightning LE ?

On MSI's site I can only see the normal lightning edition.

 

[Tonester0011]

Identical, LE has a smaller clock out the box.

 

[Dicehunter]

Identical, LE has a smaller clock out the box.

Seems kind of pointless to me, LE has 1030 and standard has 1080, Doesn't seem worth it to put so much effort into marketing 2 different types for the sake of 50MHZ which you can easily obtain in like 2 seconds

 

[Geeman1979]

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the 290X Lighting and 290X Lightning LE ?

On MSI's site I can only see the normal lightning edition.

Physically they're identical. Just a different bios version installed to lower the core clock.

 

[Tonester0011]

Seems kind of pointless to me, LE has 1030 and standard has 1080, Doesn't seem worth it to put so much effort into marketing 2 different types for the sake of 50MHZ which you can easily obtain in like 2 seconds

That's the only difference matey. That's why the LE are fantastic buys, they even overclock as well as the non LE.

 

[Captain]

anyone?

It should be fine, whats the rest of your spec?

 

[Dicehunter]

Physically they're identical. Just a different bios version installed to lower the core clock.

That's the only difference matey. That's why the LE are fantastic buys, they even overclock as well as the non LE.

Seems a little crazy to me XD

Oh well, Question for the AMD gurus on here, Now I've been reading up on memory and read that Hynix and Samsung are the best you can hope for on a 290/290X with Elpida being the least favourite for overclockers.

Can someone enlighten me on this please ?

**I have Hynix on my 295X2 and have managed 6400 stable**

 

[Geeman1979]

That's the only difference matey. That's why the LE are fantastic buys, they even overclock as well as the non LE.

Sky Diver Thread.

Clocks at 1345/1675. Your mileage may vary.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/5587709

 

[Tonester0011]

Should do more than 1600 on the mems, still decent though