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The Official R9 270x, 280x and 290x Buyers Club Thread
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GPU porn from installing my Accelero Xtreme onto one of the cards today:
I'm running 1125/1300 on a single 290X right now, since I am still having issues with my X58 setup and 290X CF. With +50mV voltage I am seeing a max temp of around 63C running 1125 in games and around 60C mining at 860/1250 clocks.
I'm running 1125/1300 on a single 290X right now, since I am still having issues with my X58 setup and 290X CF. With +50mV voltage I am seeing a max temp of around 63C running 1125 in games and around 60C mining at 860/1250 clocks.
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Why can't Intel chips be that smooth? :/
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They are that smooth under the heat spreader.
Well it's ugly but it works (see below). Only using 1 of the Accelero Xtreme coolers right now because I definitely cannot fit two in my case. I need to either rethink my layout and sandwich the cards a bit closer than I'd like, buy a bigger case/change motherboards, or use the setup I have now. Still an improvement over two stock coolers, though.
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I stared at these for like 2 minutes before I realize you're using a flipped case.
I got a few 290s
Clocks?
Hi guys, I'm scratching my bold head right now. I've got myself 3 Sapphire 290. I'll end up with two in my desktop rig at some point, with waterblocks, but for now they're mining to try and pay for themselves ! It would be great if I could undervolt them a bit, less power, less heat, less noise. With the stock BIOS, I can't do anything, in fact I can't even read the voltage. I've put an Asus 290 BIOS, even an Asus 290X BIOS (bad idea), and there is no difference (tried many GPU tweak versions included the hawaii modded one , msi afterburner latest beta, gpu-z, no reading). I'm starting to wonder if the cause is somewhere else but I can't simply put a card in another rig, for now. What could it be ?
config :
AMD FX-8350
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 old BIOS at first now latest BIOS, no change
Kingston 1600MHz 8GB ECC DDR3
Sandisk 128GB SSD
Enermax Platimax 1350W
3*290 Sapphire BF4 edition
edit : just as I type this I'm starting to find a solution ! In MSI AB you have to manually activate voltage control/monitor, I couldn't do that before so I forgot the option ! Asus GPU tweak is still useless though. I'm only seeing/controlling the voltage of card number 1 in AB, is that normal ?
config :
AMD FX-8350
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 old BIOS at first now latest BIOS, no change
Kingston 1600MHz 8GB ECC DDR3
Sandisk 128GB SSD
Enermax Platimax 1350W
3*290 Sapphire BF4 edition
edit : just as I type this I'm starting to find a solution ! In MSI AB you have to manually activate voltage control/monitor, I couldn't do that before so I forgot the option ! Asus GPU tweak is still useless though. I'm only seeing/controlling the voltage of card number 1 in AB, is that normal ?
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Yeah that sounds right, reading your edit. Afterburner syncs both GPUs so it should be okay. Right now I can only read the voltage for one of my two GPUs in Afterburner, but I can read both in GPU-Z. Try that.
core 875 memory 1375 for now lol Ill try overclocking them later.
More importantly they run at 39c while mining. and are silent for 24/7 mining
Yeah, I'm thinking I am going to give up on running CrossfireX and sell my second Sapphire 290X. The performance is amazing - I can play Battlefield 4 on Ultra with 150% resolution scale (equivalent to 4K) and it runs great, easily enough to play 64 player multiplayer. But the heat output is ridiculous. I can't get the stock cooled card to stop throttling unless I crank the fan to 70%+, which is super loud, and I don't have enough room to install Acceleros on both cards in Crossfire. Plus, I am still experiencing the bug where I can't run triple channel memory with both cards installed.
Frustrating, but I don't want to drop $500 to watercool both cards and I don't see any other solution. AMD really needs to step up their reference coolers. For $549 you shouldn't have to deal with this.
The single card with an Accelero Xtreme III on it though is fantastic. I can run 1150+ and it doesn't throttle, runs <65C.
Frustrating, but I don't want to drop $500 to watercool both cards and I don't see any other solution. AMD really needs to step up their reference coolers. For $549 you shouldn't have to deal with this.
The single card with an Accelero Xtreme III on it though is fantastic. I can run 1150+ and it doesn't throttle, runs <65C.
Blower coolers work better for CFX. I am able to run both cards, and only slight throttling on the top card with the fan @ 55%. I am going to install two 140mm case fans in my 800D side panel to help improve my airflow because this case has fairly poor airflow stock. That should fix the throttling issue entirely.
And wow, the performance on these cards is incredible.
And wow, the performance on these cards is incredible.
You shouldn't even need a full grain of rice. But that's what I did, apply a small dot in the center of the GPU and then let the pressure spread it evenly.
I agree and I did the same.
You shouldn't put too much paste bcause it will lead to higher temperature than expected.
Quad R9 290x
