R9 290X Owners Thread

uksoldierboy · 13 Nov 2013 at 22:04

Is that a Crossfire bridge? i thought the 290s didn't have them?

8 Pack · 13 Nov 2013 at 22:06

They dont!!!

uksoldierboy · 13 Nov 2013 at 22:27

So what the hell is that on his cards? I'm not questioning your knowledge mind 8Pack, i know they don't, i have one, but looking at the pics on the previous page, it looks like some sort of Multicard CF bridge.

TheRealDeal · 13 Nov 2013 at 22:34

uksoldierboy said:
So what the hell is that on his cards? I'm questioning you knowledge mind 8Pack, i know they don't, i have one, but looking at the pics on the previous page, it looks like some sort of Multicard CF bridge.

My guess is it's a bracket for keeping the spaces in between cards.

KaRLiToS · 13 Nov 2013 at 22:38

Its just a cover to hide the screws holding the cards in the case. Thats it. It is not a bridge....obviously if its R9 290x

MOOGLEYS · 13 Nov 2013 at 22:56

So much for an exclusive BF4 edition.

AMD to Bundle BF4 for free with all R9 cards

While a Battlefield 4 has been exclusive to the lovely R9 290X, it seems that AMD are keen to share the love and now the whole range, including the R9 290, R9 280X and even the budget friendly R9 270X will be getting a taste of the action.

http://www.eteknix.com/amd-to-bundle-battlefield-4-with-all-new-radeon-r9-series-graphics-cards/

Zeed · 13 Nov 2013 at 23:27

ye.. We ended up paying extra for fancy box

They could have gave us at lest a keyring or dogtag poster mousepad ect
It does look good on my boxes stando tho

K1LaW8tt5 · 13 Nov 2013 at 23:33

Dear Sir
Suggest you update motherboard bios, chipset driver to the latest version. Please also update game patch and AMD application profile driver for your card. Should be software issue. Check this way. Thanks.
Regards

very informative from sapphire on the blackscreen issue lol.

KaRLiToS · 14 Nov 2013 at 01:42

The Quad R9 290x will be integrated in this loop.

-Feser X -Changer 240mm (Push Pull)
-Feser X -Changer 360mm (Push Pull)
-Feser X -Changer 480mm (Push Pull)
-Watercool Mo-RA3 Pro 1080mm (Push)

(2160mm of Radiator)

uksoldierboy · 14 Nov 2013 at 08:02

KaRLiToS said:
The Quad R9 290x will be integrated in this loop.

-Feser X -Changer 240mm (Push Pull)
-Feser X -Changer 360mm (Push Pull)
-Feser X -Changer 480mm (Push Pull)
-Watercool Mo-RA3 Pro 1080mm (Push)

(2160mm of Radiator)

Forgive me if it seemed i was implying that they weren't 290X, wasn't the case at all.

It just confused me as to what it was, looks incredible though well done!

Kaapstad · 14 Nov 2013 at 08:02

KaRLiToS said:
The Quad R9 290x will be integrated in this loop.

-Feser X -Changer 240mm (Push Pull)
-Feser X -Changer 360mm (Push Pull)
-Feser X -Changer 480mm (Push Pull)
-Watercool Mo-RA3 Pro 1080mm (Push)

(2160mm of Radiator)

What PSU are you using?

Zeed · 14 Nov 2013 at 08:28

Kaapstad not sure but for 4 He needs 2. Or one 2000w

I was doing some stability testing yesterday and. Card was pulling 380 watts according to GPUz.
So 4 would pull up to 1600 watts themselves.

Kaapstad · 14 Nov 2013 at 08:34

Lord_ZED said:
Kaapstad not sure but for 4 He needs 2. Or one 2000w
I was doing some stability testing yesterday and. Card was pulling 380 watts according to GPUz.
So 4 would pull up to 1600 watts themselves.

That was why I was asking, when I get mine up and running I will be using 2 x 1200w PSUs.

I have to wait until the end of next week before I can get my hands on a new RIVE black edition to put the cards in.

Silent_Scone · 14 Nov 2013 at 08:39

That 1600W will tap out at the slightest inkling of an OC

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Awesome loop BTW

CEUOTC · 14 Nov 2013 at 10:41

CEUOTC said:
Not had much time to test as working till Thursday, once done will give my hole draft of games a blast, Arma 3 works fine, will try different fan profiles (> 47%) to see if that improves it.

(lol just released this is the 290X owners thread)

Well after a failed Linux Lite 1.0.6 install, now have a fresh W7P 64 running, and fished out the other PCI-E power cable for my PSU to have two separate rails running.The R9 290 is now playing ball, no black screens etc.

Lets hope it keeps going.

Regards

C.

nickrorschach · 14 Nov 2013 at 11:30

CEUOTC said:
Well after a failed Linux Lite 1.0.6 install, now have a fresh W7P 64 running, and fished out the other PCI-E power cable for my PSU to have two separate rails running.The R9 290 is now playing ball, no black screens etc.

Lets hope it keeps going.

Regards

C.

You fixed you black screen by making sure the 8-pin and 6-pin are on different rails, or did i read that incorrectly?

I think someone here http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=4700937#post4700937

...claims to have fixed it by setting the fan speed to 100%, even though this doesn't change his temps.

I give up.

The fact that everyone is now getting the BF4 key = lol, it's like the universe has designed this launch to progressively enrage me on points of principle.

Zeed · 14 Nov 2013 at 11:49

I got question.
Can anyone on water run Furmark 15 minute burn in test and tell me what was hes highest VRM temperature ??
I redid my loop last night. Everything is having proper contact. Thermal pads got MX4 on both sides ect. Max temperature i seen was 98c on VRM1 of card overclocked and passed around 25 minutes of furmark 1080p. Its rock solid.
I think its just impossible to cool those more. Heat blowing from radiator was quite interesting. Even fan in my PSU was on high revs

BTW. I only use Furmark to melt tim down and see max temperature.. Same for IBT on CPU.

KaRLiToS · 14 Nov 2013 at 11:51

Don't worry about me guys, the Lepa G 1600 will be enough for stock gaming. I have a EVGA Supernova 1000G2 just for my benching sessions. (4 x 290x stock is enough to run 8044x1440)

So 2600watts for benching (on two different 15amp breakers of course)

Silent_Scone · 14 Nov 2013 at 12:02

lol, mental

Zeed · 14 Nov 2013 at 12:15

KaRLiToS nice one

Guess you wont be using heating this year to much