R9 290-290X owners thread

R00kie · Mar 8, 2014

Mine's in UEFI, the only difference I've seen so far is that my POST logo has increased in resolution, but I believe that if I had an SSD that could've increased in boot up times since UEFI supports fast boot

fullinfusion · Mar 8, 2014

Msi rep says to use UEFI all the time. Legacy bios is for old operating systems so he says

eidairaman1 · Mar 9, 2014

youre saying Windows Vista/XP or Just XP?

fullinfusion · Mar 9, 2014

eidairaman1 said:
youre saying Windows Vista/XP or Just XP?

Dont.know. Go to my Msi thread and ask the Msi rep. I'm about.to toss this.phone out.the.window.

eidairaman1 · Mar 9, 2014

I hear ya on that, Id tell your phone provider to just give you an S4

fullinfusion · Mar 9, 2014

Oh they will. I just need to get the repaired one back and just say it's still acting up and then I'll have the s4

Octopuss · Mar 9, 2014

fullinfusion said:
Msi rep says to use UEFI all the time. Legacy bios is for old operating systems so he says

Did he mean BIOS or VBIOS?

fullinfusion · Mar 9, 2014

Octopuss said:
Did he mean BIOS or VBIOS?

The bios on the.gpy.. the one controlled by the tiny switch

Octopuss · Mar 9, 2014

Then he is talking nonsense. The UEFI VBIOS is only good for (actually required) fast boot feature of Windows 8. From what I could read on the internets, it brings absolutely nothing to the table if you run anything else.

AsRock · Mar 9, 2014

kiddagoat said:
I have disabled the onboard video..... This is still occurring.... the machine will wake up and I see the monitor light come on like it is going to wake up but just sits at a black screen.... again if I let the machine stay sitting at the screen saver it is fine....
if I turn off my monitor manually or let windows do it.... it is about 50-50 whether or not it gets signal again....

Is the monitor on though ?, If it's the same issue i get it with the 6770 monitor light comes on but black screen. So i have the comp setup so if you hit the power button it shuts down and if you start it back up it's perfectly fine, well that was until i found out by turning the screen off and on fast as possible would fix it..

I do believe it is a bios issue as it was about that time it was changed.

Anyone got the XFX DD with the 1050 clock setting and if so hows it doing ?..

As if i am going be over paying one thing for siure i want one with a lifetime warranty lol.

eidairaman1 · Mar 9, 2014

He said the switch is for legacy motherboards that use a bios and not uefi.

fullinfusion · Mar 9, 2014

eidairaman1 said:
He said the switch is
for legacy motherboards that use a bios and not uefi.

Sorry had my wires crossed :/ neliz said

The BIOS decides how you initialize the card in you system, you can't boot a GOP/UEFI bios on a system wth only a legacy bios.

R00kie · Mar 9, 2014

fullinfusion said:
you can't boot a GOP/UEFI bios on a system wth only a legacy bios.

Well, fortunately with MSI cards, you can, as it is a hybrid UEFI/legacy BIOS. The card that comes in the box tells you that

fullinfusion · Mar 9, 2014

gdallsk said:
Well, fortunately with MSI cards, you can, as it is a hybrid UEFI/legacy BIOS. The card that comes in the box tells you that

Position #2 is hybrid UEFI.. #1 is legacy and why are we going on about this? There both the same clocks and and don't do shit. I just flash #1 but be sure to back both up and rename them so you know what is what

fullinfusion · Mar 9, 2014

Crossfire users, can I just pop the 2nd card into the system and reboot? Or remove the driver power down and put the card in and install the driver again? This no crossfire bridge is new to me and just looking for so advise.

15th Warlock · Mar 10, 2014

fullinfusion said:
Crossfire users, can I just pop the 2nd card into the system and reboot? Or remove the driver power down and put the card in and install the driver again? This no crossfire bridge is new to me and just looking for so advise.

I would recommend removing the driver with driver cleaner, then physically installing the card and installing the driver back again on reboot

fullinfusion · Mar 10, 2014

Id

15th Warlock said:
I would recommend removing the driver with driver cleaner, then physically installing the card and installing the driver back again on reboot

I'd imagine windows will install some pci-e to pci-e link or bridge driver on boot up before the driver even starts to load hey?

AsRock · Mar 11, 2014

Well i thought screw it, after looking much more in tot he XFX R9-290X-EDBD i thought i just get one and should have it on Thursday

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fullinfusion · Mar 11, 2014

AsRock said:
Well i thought screw it, after looking much more in tot he XFX R9-290X-EDBD i thought i just get one and should have it on Thursday .

Why xfx? Just a question and don't mean anything. Link?

broken pixel · Mar 11, 2014

19621 with AMD Radeon R9 290X(2x) and Intel Core i7-3930K Processor
Graphics Score
24375
Physics Score
17735
Combined Score
8520

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/1319834

AsRock · Mar 11, 2014

fullinfusion said:
Why xfx? Just a question and don't mean anything. Link?

Well except for them standing by every product i have ever had of them and having a lifetime warranty along with me living in the US i will be allowed to remove the cooler clean it and what not re apply paste without any worry of voiding the warranty. If your in the US you just ask them and they just give me the ok to do it my self which saves a lot of BS..

And why go for one of the others when they only have 2-3 year warranty's with them anyways which are pretty much the same price...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150700

fullinfusion · Mar 11, 2014

@ broken pixels.. nice run. I'm getting around 10600 on a 3770 and one 290. When I get home its going to be interesting to see what my 2nd card can bring for a score. What's you're extreme score?

broken pixel · Mar 11, 2014

I use 2 XFX 290x GPUs they have elpida memory chips but I did get them before the price increase.

I run both at 1050/1350 gaming and bench them up to 1100/1450.

I also mine with them most of the time, so they are solid cards and XFX had a good warranty for US based peeps.

broken pixel · Mar 11, 2014

fullinfusion said:
@ broken pixels.. nice run. I'm getting around 10600 on a 3770 and one 290. When I get home its going to be interesting to see what my 2nd card can bring for a score. What's you're extreme score?

I think that one is my best score for my 2x 290x besides doing the tess tweak that 3d mark does not like, it does 20k plus.

I will bench a few with higher clocks on my CPU and GPU to see.

Boneface · Mar 11, 2014

Heres mine redone with better and all Heatsinks attached! Card runs about 60c with AC/Windows fan off, 50c or less on

System Name	Main / HTPC
Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X / Ryzen 7 2700
Motherboard	Strix B550i / B450i Aorus Pro
Cooling	Lian-Li Galahad 360 / Wraith Spire
Memory	Corsair LPX 2x16 3600MHz / HyperX Predator 2x8GB 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 FE / ARC A380
Storage	WD Black SN770 1TB / Sabrent Rocket 256GB
Display(s)	Acer Z301c / 39" Panasonic HDTV
Case	Corsair 2000D / Cougar QBX
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V379 / Realtek ALC1220
Power Supply	Corsair SF600 / BeQuiet SFX Power 2 450W
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	Drop Sense75 with WQ Studio Morandi's
VR HMD	Rift S
Software	Win 11 Pro 64Bit

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

System Name	PCGOD
Processor	AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard	Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling	Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory	16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s)	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case	AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s)	Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply	Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard	Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software	Windows 7 Pro 64

Processor	Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	Asus TUF-Gaming B550-Plus
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S
Memory	32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon Rx 580 Nitro+ 8GB
Storage	HP EX950 512GB + Samsung 970 PRO 1TB
Display(s)	HP Z Display Z24i G2
Case	Fractal Design Define R6 Black
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-5
Power Supply	Seasonic PRIME Ultra 650W Gold
Mouse	Roccat Kone AIMO Remastered
Software	Windows 10 x64

Processor	Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	Asus TUF-Gaming B550-Plus
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S
Memory	32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo F4-3600C16D-32GTZNC
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon Rx 580 Nitro+ 8GB
Storage	HP EX950 512GB + Samsung 970 PRO 1TB
Display(s)	HP Z Display Z24i G2
Case	Fractal Design Define R6 Black
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster AE-5
Power Supply	Seasonic PRIME Ultra 650W Gold
Mouse	Roccat Kone AIMO Remastered
Software	Windows 10 x64

Processor	AMD 3900X \ AMD 7700X
Motherboard	ASRock AM4 X570 Pro 4 \ ASUS X670Xe TUF
Cooling	D15
Memory	Patriot 2x16GB PVS432G320C6K \ G.Skill Flare X5 F5-6000J3238F 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	eVga GTX1060 SSC \ XFX RX 6950XT RX-695XATBD9
Storage	Sammy 860, MX500, Sabrent Rocket 4 Sammy Evo 980 \ 1xSabrent Rocket 4+, Sammy 2x990 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung 1080P \ LG 43UN700
Case	Fractal Design Pop Air 2x140mm fans from Torrent \ Fractal Design Torrent 2 SilverStone FHP141x2
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V677 \ Yamaha CX-830+Yamaha MX-630 Infinity RS4000\Paradigm P Studio 20, Blue Yeti
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-750 \ Corsair RM1000X Shift
Mouse	Steelseries Sensei wireless \ Steelseries Sensei wireless
Keyboard	Logitech K120 \ Wooting Two HE
Benchmark Scores	Meh benchmarks.

Processor	Intel Core i9 13900KF
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z690 Hero EVA Edition
Cooling	Asus Ryujin II 360 EVA Edition
Memory	4x16GBs DDR5 6800MHz G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo Series
Video Card(s)	Zotac RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Airo
Storage	2TB Samsung 980 Pro OS - 4TB Nextorage G Series Games - 8TBs WD Black Storage
Display(s)	LG C2 OLED 42" 4K 120Hz HDR G-Sync enabled TV
Case	Asus ROG Helios EVA Edition
Audio Device(s)	Denon AVR-S910W - 7.1 Klipsch Dolby ATMOS Speaker Setup - Audeze Maxwell
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 1300W
Mouse	Asus ROG Keris EVA Edition - Asus ROG Scabbard II EVA Edition
Keyboard	Asus ROG Strix Scope EVA Edition
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey VR
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64bit

System Name	X99
Processor	5930K @ 4.7GHz @ 1.323v
Motherboard	Rampage V Edition 10
Cooling	EK
Memory	Dominator Platinum 32GB
Video Card(s)	2x Gigabyte xtreme gaming 980ti
Storage	Samsung 950 Pro M.2, 850 Pro & WD320
Display(s)	Tempest X270OC @100Hz
Case	Thermaltake Core P5
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	120-G2-1600-X1
Mouse	Mamba 2012
Keyboard	K70
Software	Win10
Benchmark Scores	http://www.3dmark.com/fs/6823139

System Name	Bones Beast
Processor	Intel Core i7 4770k@4.5ghz
Motherboard	ASROCK Extreme 3 Z87
Cooling	Corsair H100 4x120mm fans!
Memory	2x4gigs Corsair Vengance 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX R9 290 @1151/1350/Corsair H55
Storage	Samsung 120gig 840/OCZ Vector 120gig SSD/500gig SG/320
Display(s)	Samsung S27A950D 27in 3D 120hz monitor
Case	NZXT S340
Audio Device(s)	Asus Zonar d1/Z506 Speakers
Power Supply	Coolermaster GX750watt PSU
Software	Windows 10 64bit

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