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Don't have access to marketplace yet even though I'm over 1,000 posts but if anyone is interested PM me as I'm letting mine go
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R9 290X Owners Thread
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Ah...where would one do this? (noob lol)
Can't seem to find it under CP!
Can't seem to find it under CP!
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Press the 'user's trust' button at the bottom right on one of your posts and all will be revealed 
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Got ya, ta
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Got ya, ta
Why not just DSR it Frosty?
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Fully intend to just thought as stock is low I'd see if anyone wanted one at a small discount and save me the hassle of pishing about 
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Just FYI it's a great card, but I have 3 Titans and 1440P. The only reason I bought the 290X was out of enthusiast curiosity! And it is an amazing card, the benchmarks say it all
3 of them under water would absolutely annihilate the current GK110 cards in 3 way Crossfire, even on air. Well, maybe when the drivers have improved the scaling in some apps/games.
3 of them under water would absolutely annihilate the current GK110 cards in 3 way Crossfire, even on air. Well, maybe when the drivers have improved the scaling in some apps/games.
yea that would be great on ULTRA i wonder about Crossfire I will be getting my 2 - R290X on friday i think, so will post some info on that if no one that already has 2 shares the info with us
Scaling on my 7970 system at stock in the Beta with 3 cards was:
30fps>60fps>90fps average fps.
Considering the 290x does not excel in 1080p performance, you could possibly see 120fps average with 3 cards with peaks to 144fps and beyond when in tight spaces, with the numbers we have seen so far, I doubt it.
We are at the limits of what the CPU's can churn out and probably wont see the 144fps average breached for another 12 months.
Yeah I just can't get it to work in my pc. At work it was really good. I didn't change the gpu mv at all and it did 1100 on air with minimal temp increases. Amazing imo, just wish it would work with my system.
edit: to be precise...
Power+150 in gpu tweak
Target temp 90
Fan speed 100
Gpu clock 1100
Nothing else touched.
In heaven it hit 84c at 66 fan speed. I was impressed, knowing that I may have to return it I didn't want to push it so I didn't bother messing around with it after that.
That gave a heaven score of 1416 with the 980x cpu at 4.1GHz
edit: to be precise...
Power+150 in gpu tweak
Target temp 90
Fan speed 100
Gpu clock 1100
Nothing else touched.
In heaven it hit 84c at 66 fan speed. I was impressed, knowing that I may have to return it I didn't want to push it so I didn't bother messing around with it after that.
That gave a heaven score of 1416 with the 980x cpu at 4.1GHz
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Soldato
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I couldn't justify spending that much on a card with a poor reference cooler, I know the performance is spectacular, but if i'm spending £450 I want the mutts nutts, not a card with heat and noise issues.
I also tested the fan speeds, I found 50 to be silent. Anything above that and you started hearing it. This was in an enclosed case with office aircon whirring in the background.
I think it's common sense though, everyone knows the reference cooler is crap, if you're going to get a reference card expect to buy additional cooling.
I think it's common sense though, everyone knows the reference cooler is crap, if you're going to get a reference card expect to buy additional cooling.
Indeed.
That where AMD & NVidia differ though, people bang on about AMD being cheaper but they neglect to mention some of the corners they cut to get there.
Soldato
If you're fine with a mild overclock I kid you not the card is practically silent when set up right...the noise/heat debate has been blown way out of the water.
An on-topic post!
Wish the mods would clear out all the whinging from this thread, people have umpteen other threads for that.
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Yup, It's actually possible to outscore a Titan (this was on beta6 too) with a mild OC on stock volts in Firestrike and have the card be practically unaudible. I've said it already, first few runs I did I was worried the fan wasn't even kicking in...let alone getting loud! The only thing which is questionable is the high (unofficial) TDP but shocker if I had a £ for every time a flagship cards power output made people gasp I'd be a millionaire.
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If it was bad, people would be returning their cards left, right and center. I have seen one person say it was too much noise but that's it. Any GPU could be too much heat/noise/coil whine/poorer performance than expected etc but the guys who own the card are the one's who count.