R9 290X Owners Thread

Kaapstad · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:13

tribz said:
Scores below at stock 1000/1250, not going to push it too much now until I get my waterblock for it.

How do these look, I've not used these before so dont have any point of reference as to how it compares.

3DMark11

Firestrike (and others)

You have to compare the graphics scores but to answer your question, for a stock card the 3dmark11 score is huge and the 3dmark firestrike score is also very impressive.

Kaapstad · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:29

LtMatt said:
Kaap where are your benches?

You were the guy. Over 11k on a stock clocks? Not bad.

I will give it a go tomorrow when testing the cards but I won't be going flat out until I have them on water.

Watch out for the Extreme Preset in 3dmark11, I have the feeling that it is going to take quite a pounding, but that is going to have to wait for couple weeks until I can get all four up and running together.

Kaapstad · 25 Oct 2013 at 21:48

LtMatt said:
Lol unfortunately its not always reliable what it says.

Furry muff.

Just been looking up the scores on the 3dmark11 extreme preset, I will have a quick go with two cards and a mild oc tomorrow, I should be able to overtake quite a few Titan sli setups.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 14:13

Score P16581

AMD Radeon R9 290X(1x)

Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition Processor

Graphics Score 17135

Physics Score 16382

Combined Score 13544

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7377071

Check the graphics score.

LtMatt put the hanky away.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 14:21

teppic said:
You've got that score with just one card?

Yes

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 14:27

teppic said:
That's the kind of score I expected with 2x Crossfire... I take it you're under water now, what clocks?

On air

1180/1550

overclocking more than a single card will have to wait as GPU Tweak is a pain with AMD cards

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 14:30

JBod said:
Do I need to buy 3DMark? Long time since I've done benching.

For the run above you can use the free version of 3dmark11

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 15:50

whyscotty said:
Very nice Kaaps - what voltage for those clocks please?

1.375v

I have had the card up to 1200/1575 in Firestrike using the same volts.

Watercooling should help more.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 15:59

Firestrike Scores for one and two cards

Score 11388

AMD Radeon R9 290X(1x) @1200/1575 Air Cooled

Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition Processor @4.9 Water Cooled

Graphics Score 12731

Physics Score 17754

Combined Score 4891

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1047254

Score 18896

AMD Radeon R9 290X(2x) @1180/1575 Air Cooled

Intel Core i7-3970X Extreme Edition Processor @4.9 Water Cooled

Graphics Score 24063

Physics Score 17705

Combined Score 7530

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1047412

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 17:05

MjFrosty said:
Kaap that score is madness I've taken mine out for now but might have to force feed it some juice..

Yes they seem to do very well in 3dmark11 and Firestrike.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 17:49

LtMatt said:
Proud of you Kaapi boi. I knew you wouldn't let me down. After all the crap written about the card, tell me how it is. What do you think? Good card, bad card? Put aside the heat/cooler crap. People buying a reference AMD card should know what to expect.

Good card for £400 vs a £800 titan, or not??

I assume AIB cards will make things much better.

Money no object the Titan's are a bit better but not £400 better. As to performance it is a case of horses for courses, one is better at some things the other is better at other things.

As to the cooler noise, in normal use they are not that loud. If you turn the fans up to 100% it sounds like your mum doing the hovering while you are trying to watch TV.

As far as temps go, the cards don't get that hot when benching with the fans turned up. In normal use they will run hotter to keep the noise to a minimum.

All in all they are nice cards with a solid feel to them.

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 ?

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 20:47

whyscotty said:
It's the one Gibbo posted

Just put it in the OP.

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.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 21:07

AlecR said:
What's Crysis 3 MAXED OUT at 1080p like?

Probably around 45 to 50 fps.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 21:21

Frenzy said:
Just after I posted I got another BSOD. I changed my switch on the card to UBER mode and it seems stable, so far...

That is all I have had mine on so far, Uber mode.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 21:25

whyscotty said:
What was the max volts you tried?

Most of the time 1.35v and a couple of runs on 1.375v

I will try higher when I get the waterblocks on.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 21:31

whyscotty said:
Good to hear

I take it you've tried all 4 cards?

I tried two today and will give the other two a blast tomorrow.

I will probably try them on Heaven 4, Valley and 3dmark Firestrike Extreme.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 22:47

wolvers said:
What does a stock Titan fan sound like at 100%?

4 overclocked Titans @100% don't even get close to a single R9 290X @100%

Having said that I don't think the 290X is that noisy in normal use. If you are going to overclock the nuts off of them you are going to fit a waterblock anyway.

To put things in prospective my Asus Matrix Platinum 7970s when running with their fans @100% make quite a noise, right up there with the 290X but I don't see a lot of negative comments about the Matrix Platinums.

Kaapstad · 26 Oct 2013 at 22:52

uksoldierboy said:
Kaaps,

Just a quick question if i may, what cards did you go for after? and how are you getting voltage control, gpu tweak?

I went for Asus because they can use GPU Tweak and the vram overclocks better.

Yes I am using GPU Tweak for upping the volts.