R9 290X Owners Thread

[MDPlatts]

Im still not sure which one Gibbo is though.. is he the 'nerdy' looking dude?

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-gibson/22/a48/494

 

[MyBrainz]

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-gibson/22/a48/494

Wow.. the times i been to OCuK and i cant remember seeing that face there. I guess Gibbo isnt on the shop floor that much

Cheers for that will look out for him next time i'm in

Oh.. and that picture wasnt taken in Stoke on Trent lol

 

[Gregster]

Nice one Zed and Kaap Looking forward to some results. I can wait till the custom cooled cards come before getting one and looks like a Dear Santa, please can I have a 290X Chrimbo letter going out

 

[MyBrainz]

So without me having to do a load of benchmark searching can i ask.. is 2x 7950's faster than a 290x?

 

[Gregster]

So without me having to do a load of benchmark searching can i ask.. is 2x 7950's faster than a 290x?

2x7950's are faster than a 290X.

 

[LtMatt]

So without me having to do a load of benchmark searching can i ask.. is 2x 7950's faster than a 290x?

A 290X at 1200/1500 will match my stock 7950 crossfire, at least in valley.

I'll tell you what a 290X at 1200 core matches my stock 7950 crossfire setup.


Gibbo's 290X @1200/1500 - Valley - 73.1 FPS - Score 3059





LtMatt's 7950 Crossfire @925/1250 - Valley - 73.1 FPS - Score 3059

Spoiler

That is impressive.

 

[Silent_Scone]

I think the question a lot of people will be asking giving Gibbo's recent cuts is...how it compares to a 7990

 

[MyBrainz]

Cheers for those instant replies guys

I might aswell just crossfire my 7950 then but im gona need a bigger PSU.. grrr

 

[benjii]

A 290X at 1200/1500 will match my stock 7950 crossfire, at least in valley.

Feeling the pressure?

 

[LtMatt]

Feeling the pressure?

A bit.

 

[egnshane]

Mine will arrive today
Has anyone received the AMD Gold Ticket Gibbo mentioned?

 

[Frenzy]

I asked for the ASUS in the end. I'm not happy with the way all this has gone down though.

Fair enough the first 150 customers get priority choice. But I was quite annoyed the memory on the other cards were checked but weren't on the MSI as I requested. I was also annoyed how staff told me that MSI were in stock when Gibbo was telling me they hadn't arrived.
I requested MSI or ASUS in the end. This morning I'm told all cards are sold out despite having pre ordered. I'm then told that more ASUS should arrive today. So I have reluctantly gone for that despite the premium.
Hopefully I'll at least get the card tomorrow.

Overall I haven't been happy with the whole process and it has put me off from pre ordering in the future.

 

[VincentHanna]

They didn't received their MSI cards until yesterday, so couldn't check.

 

[Frenzy]

They didn't received their MSI cards until yesterday, so couldn't check.

Yeah, I was asking yesterday. I was happy to wait for them to arrive which is what I told them.

Maybe I should have posted this in the CS section instead of going off topic here. I'm just really annoyed.

 

[555BUK]

Damn it, just ordered one to play with.

 

[Besty]

I asked for the ASUS in the end. I'm not happy with the way all this has gone down though.

Fair enough the first 150 customers get priority choice. But I was quite annoyed the memory on the other cards were checked but weren't on the MSI as I requested. I was also annoyed how staff told me that MSI were in stock when Gibbo was telling me they hadn't arrived.
I requested MSI or ASUS in the end. This morning I'm told all cards are sold out despite having pre ordered. I'm then told that more ASUS should arrive today. So I have reluctantly gone for that despite the premium.
Hopefully I'll at least get the card tomorrow.

Overall I haven't been happy with the whole process and it has put me off from pre ordering in the future.

As the RAM chips are of a different generation to the ones in the 7970, it does not appear to matter on this gen what ram chips you have as the design and type of chip is different. As long as the voltages are the same (which has been proven that they are slightly higher on the Asus card?) then it appears to be all good.

I cannot prove this at the moment but in all probability, the best BIOS and software for OC will be from Sapphire, as was per the 7970 launch.

The Asus cards might be marketed better and have all the custom bioses in the world but its the Sapphire bios and software which has been the most effective in my usage on the 7970.

 

[Kaapstad]

I asked for the ASUS in the end. I'm not happy with the way all this has gone down though.

Fair enough the first 150 customers get priority choice. But I was quite annoyed the memory on the other cards were checked but weren't on the MSI as I requested. I was also annoyed how staff told me that MSI were in stock when Gibbo was telling me they hadn't arrived.
I requested MSI or ASUS in the end. This morning I'm told all cards are sold out despite having pre ordered. I'm then told that more ASUS should arrive today. So I have reluctantly gone for that despite the premium.
Hopefully I'll at least get the card tomorrow.

Overall I haven't been happy with the whole process and it has put me off from pre ordering in the future.

It is not all bad news, GPU Tweak I think allows overvolting out of the box so Asus cards will have a temporary advantage until the other overclocking software catches up.

 

[Gibbo]

Mine will arrive today
Has anyone received the AMD Gold Ticket Gibbo mentioned?

Hi there

Anyone who did not get one, probably be most of you as our system did not work. Drop a post in CS forum with your order number and 5UB will get a code mailed to you.

 

[Gibbo]

It is not all bad news, GPU Tweak I think allows overvolting out of the box so Asus cards will have a temporary advantage until the other overclocking software catches up.

This is correct.

 

[egnshane]

Thanks Gibbo