The AMD R9 290 (non x) Thread

thewanted · 7 Dec 2013 at 11:37

I posted this in another thread, but perhaps this is the correct place for it.

I've got 2 x 290s, and very often when I boot up the PC crossfire won't work. I get like 7FPS in the BF4 menu, but if I run the game in Window mode it runs on one card just fine.

A reboot always solves the problem, but is this common? If so, how can I fix it? I didn't find much on Google when I looked.

For what it's worth, disabling ULPS makes no difference.

Puppetmaster · 7 Dec 2013 at 22:55

Sometimes with the memory overclocked to 1450 - 1500 on my 290 flashed to x, i get screen flickering but it only tends to happen on my 2nd monitor (connected via dp adapter). Is this because the overclock is too high, it needs more voltage or something else?

kinoblemeister · 7 Dec 2013 at 23:09

Hi guys,

Can u help with this? I posted in the wrong thread.

Just got a MSI R290 and I'm getting these black screen issues.

I have tried latest beta drivers (9.5) and other previous drivers and still no joy....i thought this had been fixed?

Are any of you still getting issues? I only bought the card a couple days ago so I can easily return it if needs be.

Thanks

EDIT: Can run benches fine, just seems to be BF4. Totally STOCK clocks.

Marine-RX179 · 7 Dec 2013 at 23:13

kinoblemeister said:
Hi guys,

Can u help with this? I posted in the wrong thread.

Just got a MSI R290 and I'm getting these black screen issues.

I have tried latest beta drivers (9.5) and other previous drivers and still no joy....i thought this had been fixed?

Are any of you still getting issues? I only bought the card a couple days ago so I can easily return it if needs be.

Thanks

EDIT: Can run benches fine, just seems to be BF4. Totally STOCK clocks.

Try other games and see if the problem occur as well. So far everytime I see people saying "blackscreen at stock" it's ALWAYS BF4...it makes me wonder if BF4 is just stressing the memory in a way that even the memory clock at stock clock is not stable enough for it. You could always experiment by underclocking the memory clock to see if it will stop the blackscreen in BF4.

Sacrifice · 13 Dec 2013 at 13:43

Seeing as I have one of these now, need to sell my replacement. What would you say should I expect for a used Sapphire 6950 2gb fully working with all original accessories, apart from HDMI cable? Just seeing how much of the cost my old card will offset.

zpaf · 17 Dec 2013 at 17:44

With official Asus bios and voltage at max 1.410v on gpu tweak my Asus 290 non X drops to 1.289v
Hitman Absolution quality ultra msaa 4x at 5760x1080.
Just for test.

matty114 · 19 Dec 2013 at 14:27

Can anyone recommend a cooler for my card? My Bitfenix Shinobi doesn't have good airflow, my card starts to throttle very quickly.

ubersonic · 19 Dec 2013 at 19:27

Hey guys, recently bought two R290's after selling my HD7990 (miners, lol), however when I went to connect a VGA monitor to one of them I found that both the DVI ports are DVI-D so cannot output analogue. Is it possible to us an active Displayport to SL DVI then a DVI-VGA adapter or is the no way to connect this card to a VGA D-SUB port?

Thanks.

Puppetmaster · 19 Dec 2013 at 19:55

ubersonic said:
Hey guys, recently bought two R290's after selling my HD7990 (miners, lol), however when I went to connect a VGA monitor to one of them I found that both the DVI ports are DVI-D so cannot output analogue. Is it possible to us an active Displayport to SL DVI then a DVI-VGA adapter or is the no way to connect this card to a VGA D-SUB port?

Thanks.

I use a Display Port (full size) to vga adapter for my 2nd monitor.

ubersonic · 20 Dec 2013 at 07:59

Puppetmaster said:
I use a Display Port (full size) to vga adapter for my 2nd monitor.

Aren't they quite expensive?

thewanted · 30 Dec 2013 at 19:27

thewanted said:
I posted this in another thread, but perhaps this is the correct place for it.

I've got 2 x 290s, and very often when I boot up the PC crossfire won't work. I get like 7FPS in the BF4 menu, but if I run the game in Window mode it runs on one card just fine.

A reboot always solves the problem, but is this common? If so, how can I fix it? I didn't find much on Google when I looked.

For what it's worth, disabling ULPS makes no difference.

Bumping this post, as the problem still persists after installing the 13.12 drivers.

Does anyone else experience this? I really am at a loss how to fix it

Allnamestaken · 2 Apr 2014 at 16:10

Can someone tell me the best fan profile to use with these?

I just reinstalled windows to try and get everything working but I forgot the fan profile I used lol.

I remember someone showed me before but cant find the post.

shankly1985 · 2 Apr 2014 at 16:16

Allnamestaken said:
Can someone tell me the best fan profile to use with these?

I just reinstalled windows to try and get everything working but I forgot the fan profile I used lol.

I remember someone showed me before but cant find the post.

I like to start from 30% and match so 40c = 45% 50c = 55% etc upto 85c I go 100%

Allnamestaken · 2 Apr 2014 at 17:57

Just tried that, its quite loud.

Hmm, anyone got any other profiles?

I have 2 power color 290s.

Ill try and fiddle around with what you suggested though shank and see if i can get something a little quieter lol.

shankly1985 · 2 Apr 2014 at 18:48

Allnamestaken said:
Just tried that, its quite loud.

Hmm, anyone got any other profiles?

I have 2 power color 290s.

Ill try and fiddle around with what you suggested though shank and see if i can get something a little quieter lol.

Yeah my msi are very quite even on 100% what you want is a fine balance between noise and temps you not going to drops temps a lot by having slow fan speeds.

Orangey · 2 Apr 2014 at 20:17

Why bump this thread? Use mine.

Kaapstad · 2 Apr 2014 at 20:25

Orangey said:
Why bump this thread? Use mine.

Link to 290P owners thread.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18567573&highlight=290

Allnamestaken · 2 Apr 2014 at 20:50

I'm lost xD

I didnt know where to post!

Hey kaap I think it was you who posted a pic of your fan curve!! can you do it again if it was you! I am playing around trying to get a good one atm lol.

Kaapstad · 2 Apr 2014 at 20:51

Allnamestaken said:
I'm lost xD

I didnt know where to post!

Hey kaap I think it was you who posted a pic of your fan curve!! can you do it again if it was you! I am playing around trying to get a good one atm lol.

It was not me, mine are watercooled.