An amd r9290x and nvidia gtx 780 ti version are now both available. Sapphire trix r9 290x is the best implementation of the 290x chipset ive tested so far. Reason why gpuz state asus r9 290x is i was using some asus branded drivers from their support site. Mar 11, 2014 is sapphires beastly triple fan cooler capable of taming the toasty r9 290x gpu. Gpu tweakhelps you modify clock speeds, voltages, fan performance and more, all via an intuitive interfac. Arctic gpu cooler for all common graphics cards from nvidia and amd. Sigma cool mkii gpu cooler mount for water cooling aios enzotech mosc1 heatsinks 20. Accelero xtreme iv 280 x highend vga cooler for amd.
Gpu tweak streaminglet you share onscreen action in real time so others can watch live as games are played. My hard drive was broken and i had to get a new one, and reinstalled all of my software. The three 92 mm pwm fans and the preapplied mx4 thermal compound ensure efficient cooling, even under overclocking. Pci express solution graphics cards radeon r9 290x lightning. Excellent consistency the range of scores 95th 5th percentile for the amd r9 290x is just 6. Blowers or closed gpu coolers are the most common cooling solution in highend video cards, like those from amd or nvidia. Were interested to see what the extra ram provides for the radeon r9. Vcheck points allow you to accurately measure the voltages of your graphics card as software will always show a small.
Radeon settings is the new, streamlined user interface, engineered to bring out the best of amd graphics hardware. Futhermore, msi provide all new airflow control technology on twin frozr. We discussed this with amd and we were told r9 290x gpu running at 95c is absolutely normal and intentional. The trix cooler keeps the gpu temperature at a low level contributing to an excellent overclocking. This maximizes the use of airflow and efficiency of the available cooling surface and enhances heat pipe performance because of the directed airflow. Sep 25, 20 the amd radeon r9 290x hawaii gpu is just a few hours away from launch and we have now got the latest pictures of the graphic card which show the final design by amd. Weve got a few favourites that spring to mind, and though its tough to pick out a single solution. Redesigned directcu ii runs 20% cooler and 3x quieter, with the cooltech fan driving 360degree airflow. My 290 is running as a 290x with the accelero xtreme iii cooler. However, the air being pushed up through the radiator is. The kuhler will dump the gpu heat out the case, and the extra heatsinks glued onto the ram and vrms should help cool them, which is a major weak spot with the kraken g10 system. Prices seem to be stabilizing a little, which is a good thing.
This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the amd r9 290x performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions. You barely hear anything on the silent setting with the nzxts software, and only until you set the fan profile to extreme do you hear anything. May 31, 2014 it keeps the gpu in the 60s, and it keeps the vrms well within a reasonable temperature range. Sapphire radeon r9 290x trix oc 4gb gddr5 pcie techspot. Hg10 allows you to cool your r9 290x or 290 with an aio liquid cooler. Hi guys, i just wonder if the new amd gpu r9 290x will be available with 3rd party cooler.
Amd radeon r9 290x fan speed test, 204055100% the leaf. If you are going to overclock gpu or processor, then we do recommend you purchase something with some more stamina. Because this card is squarely aimed at the overclocking enthusiast, it makes perfect sense asus chose to incorporate amds fasted gpu into this offering. Arctic accelero xtreme 4 3fan big air cooled heatsink for gpu.
Graphics card cooler for graphics cards from amd and nvidia. Radeon radeon r9 290x lightning graphics card the world. Kraken g12 with 120240 water cooler has fan but no heatsinks on vram, vrm, but gpu sits low near intake fans full card length. Computer case fans suck hot air from the front of the graphics card and blow it away. Radeon radeon r9 290x gaming 4g graphics card the world. The asus directcu ii cooler is attached to the matrix r9 290x.
One problem i am running into, though, is that this is the sort of cooler that dumps all the gpu heat into the case interior, relying on the case fans to exhaust it all. Here my topic of my latest vga card maintenance topic series. It far out performs any stock gpu cooler ive ever seen. One of this software was the drivers on the disk that came with the gpu. Radeon r9 290x overclocked and benchmarked at 4k tweaktown. Raijintek morpheus ii heatpipe vga kuhler caseking. Zotac firestorm is the next completely free and easy to use cpu cooling software for windows. To avoid overheating other computer components, blowers expel the hot air outside of the case. With a cooling capacity of 300 watts, the accelero xtreme iv 280 x offers an unmatched cooling performance. The core ideology of lightning is the ability to break world records, easily. Amd radeon r9 290x hawaii gpu final model pictured hot. Water cooling the amd radeon r9 290x amds new topend graphics card, the radeon r9 290x, is certainly worth adding to your shortlist if you have around. A set of amd hawaii r9 290x gpu specifications have been revealed by the german website. This is my 2nd replacement gpu and a different motherboard previous was amd board with a fx8350 now using an intel board with an i76700k i dont need to upgrade for better performance the 290x is great at 1440p i just want to upgrade so i have a video card that actually works properly.
Sapphire amd radeon r9 290x 4gb maintenace days xd evga forums. The software controls the gpu performance based on your system configuration and what you are running to give you performance only when needed. I also have an nzxt kraken g10 water cooling bracket and an antec kuhler 620 water cooler sitting in a box that i might swap out for the accelero at some point as a test. Nv gpu pro nv gpu pro software automated gpu overclock tool. From its fan control section, you can view realtime fan speed and manually change fan speed to decrease the cpu temperature. Third party cooler for r9 290x toms hardware forum. Thanks to a single bios switch, a lightning graphics card is ready for extreme performance, by tripling or quadrupling the power, current and thermal limits of the card. This is clearly at the highest end of pricing for this card and competes with the likes of the sapphire trix at the same price point. Asus sent us the amd r9 290x version to have a look at, so thats just what well do. The radeon r9 290x was a highend graphics card by amd, launched in october 20. The gpu is operating at a frequency of mhz, memory is running at 1250 mhz. Amd radeon r9 290x crossfire on your average system the cards require you to have a 800 watt power supply unit as minimum.
Nov 17, 2015 i have an amd radeon r9 290x gpu that has been working perfectly for the past year. The stock radeon r9 290x has 320gbsec of available memory bandwidth, but as you can see our overclocked sapphire radeon r9 290x trix gpu has. So i thought well i think this card needs some cleaning after cleaning it it worked just. The arctic accelero r9 290xxtreme iii anandtech forums.
The amd radeon r9 290x hawaii gpu is just a few hours away from launch and we have now got the latest pictures of the graphic card which show the final design by amd. Extremely powerful and quiet for ultimate performance without compromise. How we tested sapphires vaporx r9 290x 8gb sapphires. Compared to the reference cooler which dumps the heat out the back of the case. Wonder why amd locks the fan speed to 40% or 55% depending on the bios setting. Jan 18, 2014 amd radeon r9 290x on your average system the card requires you to have a 550600 watt power supply unit. Amd radeon r9 290x hawaii gpu final model pictured hot new. Heat from the gpu is transferred to the fin grid array by virtue of heat pipes with msis special superpipe technology. It is mainly a graphics card tweaking utility through which you can monitor and control the fan speed of cpu and nvidia graphics card. Im currently in the process of waiting for my components to arrive from amazon, but i wanted to post up my build, and as i start the build i will update the thread accordingly. Graphics card cooler for graphics cards from amd and. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the hawaii graphics processor, in its hawaii xt variant, the card supports directx 12.
I was just wondering what the easiest aftermarket cooler would be for the r9 290x. So what i wanted to ask is what is my best option, should i flash 290x bios and invest in aftermarket cooler, and overclock it. Asus claims 20% cooler and 3x quieter operation when compared to reference design coolers. Sapphire radeon r9 290x trix overclocked, power consumption. Sep 01, 2017 radeon r9 290x overclocked and benchmarked at 4k.
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