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R9 290X Owners Thread

bakes0310 said:
Is one 290x better than 670SLI 2gb cards at 2560x1440?
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Maybe.
Would depend on games and OC.
I preference one card above sli/crossfire.
I doubt you notice any difference between the cards in practical use tho as its about even.
If you play BF4, Mantle migh be a gamechanger but thats 2 months away.
 
i am still scratching my head why my computer locks up after about half an hour using the new amd drivers.... The card is great.... when i get it to work. Do you think a sledge hammer is a good tool to repair this problem? because i am considering it
 
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Ragnahex said:
i am still scratching my head why my computer locks up after about half an hour using the new amd drivers.... The card is great.... when i get it to work. Do you think a sledge hammer is a good tool to repair this problem? because i am considering it
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I've had a couple of locks, I've been assuming it was something else. But I changed so much when I installed the 290X.
 
all i changed was the card and drivers. It runs fine until in game then after about half an hour everything dies and i just get blank screens. Been monitoring all temps and they are fine.. checked ram hard drives updated drivers. Not helped.
 
Gibbo said:
Asus - Hynix
Sapphire - Hynix
HIS - Elpida
Gigabyte - Elpida
MSI - Unknow (Stock arrives today)
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I was wondering why My sapphire's memory would crap out around 1400 mhz , i now know why , the sapphire cards use Elpida not hynix , i'm a little confused as i based my choices on the cards with Hynix memory ? :confused:



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Ragnahex said:
i am still scratching my head why my computer locks up after about half an hour using the new amd drivers.... The card is great.... when i get it to work. Do you think a sledge hammer is a good tool to repair this problem? because i am considering it
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I recently changed from a HD 7950 to a GTX780 and was getting similar issues. The card would lock up and cause a display failure when gaming and when it did work I was getting poor FPS.

In the end it required a full system re-install, even though I had used driver cleaner. I used a spare HD I had lying around to test before clearing my main drive. So if you have a spare HD lying around try a fresh Windows install.
 
darket said:
I was wondering why My sapphire's memory would crap out around 1400 mhz , i now know why , the sapphire cards use Elpida not hynix , i'm a little confused as i based my choices on the cards with Hynix memory ? :confused:
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I would not put faith in a few samples, essentially it is a crap shoot as far as VRAM chips are concerned. With the new MSI Afterburner it should be possible to add some VRAM voltage to allow higher clocks.
 
ICDP said:
I would not put faith in a few samples, essentially it is a crap shoot as far as VRAM chips are concerned. With the new MSI Afterburner it should be possible to add some VRAM voltage to allow higher clocks.
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To be honest i'm sure its not an issue, just seems a little strange that the first batch would be a lottery of what vram chips you get
 
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