R9 290X Owners Thread

pprest123 · 26 Oct 2013 at 18:15

Is there something wrong with my card, because Afterburner is showing only 3072MB RAM?

Silent_Scone · 26 Oct 2013 at 18:16

Afterburner doesn't officially support the card yet.

I'm gonna get whinged at if I go and start playing again. Really wanna break 11k in Firestrike lol.

Falkentyne · 26 Oct 2013 at 18:17

LtMatt said:
Ah great to hear. Spread the word my man. Gpu-z needs an update. It doesn't even report the right values for the 290X.

Zed read this post above. The guy did what i said and he also uninstalled gpu-z and the issue is gone. Worth a shot mate. Also could be a problem with the Sapphire bios. Can always try flashing the asus one. You know where my bios flash guide is if you need it.

Good old Frosty knows what hes doing.

Did flashing the asus bios on a sapphire change anything about the memory overclocking causing either flickers or crashes/black screens on the desktop ? (usually if you overclock the memory in the CCC, and then *reboot* the computer).

Silent_Scone · 26 Oct 2013 at 18:23

I have an Asus card and was getting desktop distortion and crashing when overclocking the memory. I just upped the voltage .5mv and it seemed to settle down lol. AMD <3

Using GPUTweak btw.

Unwillingly

Ragnahex · 26 Oct 2013 at 18:52

oddly enough this card is smaller than the 6950 cu i replaced it for!

Ragnahex · 26 Oct 2013 at 19:48

everything was working fine till i told it to run at higher fan. Black screens all around me!

Diagro · 26 Oct 2013 at 19:49

Will our have the ocuk branded 290 actually in stock by the date given?

almighty15 · 26 Oct 2013 at 19:54

My 7950's in Crossfire pull 1100 points in Fire strike at 1Ghz each....

Seriously considering moving to a 290X with an after market cooler.

Ragnahex · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:10

ok for some reason the amd drivers stopped this card from working.... wouldn't boot into windows with the drivers hmmm time to reinstall them and see if it happens again. Took card out booted pc wiped drivers fine. it works again..

Ragnahex · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:19

reinstalled drivers....and back to a blank screen

K1LaW8tt5 · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:19

With my sapphire 290x on stock volts if i put the memory above 1400 i get the horizontal lines on the desktop too.( when i move the cursir or ooen a window etc)

LtMatt · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:20

weldon855 said:
With my sapphire 290x on stock volts if i put the memory above 1400 i get the horizontal lines on the desktop too.

Add voltage rude boi.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:39

whyscotty said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rv79yt18tob7fc8/ASUS.ROM

Is this the actual Asus bios, if it is I will put it in the OP ?

LtMatt · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:42

Kaapstad said:
Is this the actual Asus bios, if it is I will put it in the OP ?

It is.

whyscotty · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:43

Kaapstad said:
Is this the actual Asus bios, if it is I will put it in the OP ?

It's the one Gibbo posted

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:47

whyscotty said:
It's the one Gibbo posted

Just put it in the OP.

LtMatt · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:48

Have you tried the bios yet Kaap?

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:50

LtMatt said:
Have you tried the bios yet Kaap?

Don't need to, mine are Asus.

Is it worth putting a link to GPU Tweak in the OP for anyone using the Bios.

LtMatt · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:52

Kaapstad said:
Don't need to, mine are Asus.

Is it worth putting a link to GPU Tweak in the OP for anyone using the Bios.

Haha furry muff.

Frenzy · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:56

Finally got w8.1 installed. What a hassle. Installed b6 drivers and it still BSODs. Going to try b1.