R9 290x

haroonshaikh

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Cheers mate. Thanks for the encouragement. I have also ordered an arctic accelero hybrid vga cooler to get the most out of the card.

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Yea. I am waiting on my Arctic accelero hybrid vga cooler that I have ordered separately. Will test when that arrives.
I think i saw a review somewhere of arctic cooler on 290X.
Great idea though...

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1788658
Expect upto 20 degrees drop...
 
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kaiser

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Just a curious question, didn't you have your eyes on the 780 ti that just launched today?
Good question. The ti surprised me as much as it did AMD. Would check and see how the r9 runs under an arctic accelero hybrid. If the results aren't encouraging, I would get rid of it for the ti. However, I won't repeat the mistake of going for a reference board no matter how better the cooling.



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kaiser

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that's even better,,, but does it fit on 290x ?? I am sure you must have researched that so lets just wait for it to arrive...
Yea. Arctic have updated its compatibility list to include the 290x only recently.

Let's see what the 290x is made of. This would be my first gpu overlock. Ironically, I only get grandiose ideas when an exam is near. :)


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Don't worry, everything is going to be fine.
It is actually human nature to like or want something he/she does not have. If you bought Mercedes today,,, tomorrow you might feel as if Audi was a better option..
And over clocking nowadays is pretty safe. If the the temps reach a particular limit, the card wont boot.. simple...
 

kaiser

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Dude u been to Shannon. ...was tbere a while back lovely ppl

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Oh yea. Its just a twenty min drive from us. I am in Limerick by the way. And regularly go to shannon airport to take a plane to the UK. Great people, I agree.

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Don't worry, everything is going to be fine.
It is actually human nature to like or want something he/she does not have. If you bought Mercedes today,,, tomorrow you might feel as if Audi was a better option..
And over clocking nowadays is pretty safe. If the the temps reach a particular limit, the card wont boot.. simple...
Cheers mate. Will definitely overclock it. Really excited about checking how things turn out compared to the stock cooler.
 
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saddam

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umbarak sha kaiser..der zabardast gpu da..yo zal de bya umbarak sha rura
 

lakers808

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Congrats. This is a lovely card. Tom's Hardware is soon gonna post a guide on how to fit a custom cooler on this card. The results they showed looked really promising.
 

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Did u see if u can run bf4 with No issues ..also run the gpu at full fan to see what temps u get

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Awsome bro....now do justice with the card and show us some performance and benchmarks....

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