R9 290X Owners Thread

Geeman1979 · 5 Mar 2015 at 18:02

Gilbert89 said:
It's been running fine for quite a while so as suggested notched it down to -0.044v.

Thanks for such a prompt response Matt, all of your knowledge is highly appreciated.

Well I have good case cooling and I have the MSI Twin Frozr version of the 290X and it was reaching 84+ with a high fan speed which being aware it's one of the weaker cooling solution cards I'd have thought this time of year in a Corsair 450D it wouldn't have to try so hard hence undervolting to shave off a few degree's here and there. I'm guessing the thermal paste application is poor but I don't fancy messing around with it myself at this moment in time.

I see thank you for the information it is appreciated.

Each card can be different on how far you can undervolt. It's just trial and error. As for running at 84 degrees it's still within spec, although that will rise come summer. Have a play with some custom fan profiles and see how you get on. Undervolting won't make a massive difference on single card.

Gilbert89 · 5 Mar 2015 at 18:24

Yeah I'm aware 84 is within spec but it has reached 88c and also when it's in the 80s the fan speed is mid 70's being quite loud.

Being the Twin Frozr I'd have thought it'd be those temps with a lower fan speed but since I have created a custom profile higher speeds at lower temps tends to keep it sub 80c and slightly lower fan speeds overall.

Geeman1979 · 5 Mar 2015 at 18:32

Yea they're not the best coolers. The triple fan coolers are a lot better.

Kaapstad · 7 Mar 2015 at 18:27

Gregster said:
I also had problems with water coming out the front of the case but then realised it was my computer that was crying for what I was doing to it and no leaks from the rads or pipes

Just copied this over so I can put to on "The Roll of Honour".

ALXAndy · 7 Mar 2015 at 18:32

Like throwing a sausage down Regent ST.

Bonjour · 7 Mar 2015 at 19:41

I literally have no idea what that's supposed to mean. Not a sausage.

Gregster · 7 Mar 2015 at 19:52

ALXAndy said:
Like throwing a sausage down Regent ST.

I did a few shots and panned out....It looked empty, so a close up was the better one

Nice card though and good quality.

Thanks for adding Kaap, I just came to add a pic

triss · 7 Mar 2015 at 20:50

Gregster said:
I did a few shots and panned out....It looked empty, so a close up was the better one

Nice card though and good quality.

Thanks for adding Kaap, I just came to add a pic

Does look empty

Grab another

Kaapstad · 7 Mar 2015 at 20:54

Gregster said:
I did a few shots and panned out....It looked empty, so a close up was the better one

Nice card though and good quality.

Thanks for adding Kaap, I just came to add a pic

Which case is it you are using ?

Titans on air in a reverse case do look good.

Kaapstad · 7 Mar 2015 at 22:38

Gregsters user review placed in the OPs.

dessimpson · 8 Mar 2015 at 22:19

I sold both my 8Gb 290x's on ebay tonight.
I'm tempted to get another 980 to go with their replacement but I think I'll just keep the cash and see what the 3*0 series has to offer.

GiraffePencils · 8 Mar 2015 at 22:26

Hi,
I keep getting a freeze and then my screens flicker and then everything goes back to normal

It also caused a blackscreen followed by all my fans going full, never recovered.
This is a xfx 290x,
i7 4790k
Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK Mobo

Gregster · 9 Mar 2015 at 13:42

Kaapstad said:
Which case is it you are using ?

Titans on air in a reverse case do look good.

XSPC H2 Kaap. Sweet case but massive and I can't slide it under my desk

jimhaumman · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:07

Guys when you OC memory on r9 290x,are you changing aux voltage?Seen one guy on youtube how said that adding 13 mV helped to push for 1640mhz on memory.
So far I manage 1175mhz on the core.

Geeman1979 · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:12

Makes no difference for me apart from adding unnecessary heat. Only way to find out is try it.

GiraffePencils · 11 Mar 2015 at 16:41

Has anyone else seen a similar issue to me?
the display driver crashing during games and sometimes causing the pc to crash to black

I'm going to try stripping all the drivers and re-installing, but if that doesn't work i'm a bit lost

jimhaumman · 11 Mar 2015 at 17:05

Manage 1175/1600mhz.Now need some testing in games.
I had crash like you describe above,when OC memory.
I put 1600,later 1500 and it crash (black screen,hard reset require).
Forgot to put power limit to 50% in msi afterburner,when is on 50% problem was gone.

GiraffePencils · 11 Mar 2015 at 17:34

jimhaumman said:
Manage 1175/1600mhz.Now need some testing in games.
I had crash like you describe above,when OC memory.
I put 1600,later 1500 and it crash (black screen,hard reset require).
Forgot to put power limit to 50% in msi afterburner,when is on 50% problem was gone.

I'm just on stock clocks, everything default

dholdi · 11 Mar 2015 at 21:13

Hi, I guess here is the right place to ask.
I have 2 sapphire 290x vapour 4gb versions.
In afterburner when using mantle in BF4 memory usage for card 2 is reported as exceeding 5.5gb ? With DX 11 its around 3gb as you would expect.
Actually there is another question there as card 2 is actually card 1 and vice versa as afterburner reports ?
Thanks for any help.

Gilbert89 · 12 Mar 2015 at 15:06

Just ran the Firestrike benchmark for High End Gaming PC's the Single GPU test.

4690k at 4.6Ghz
290X 1100 Core - 1350 Memory (Stock Volts) Mild overclock but just to give you an idea of the results it achieved.

How's that look?

Seems pretty good going to me