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#1 ·
Uh...yeah. Post your overclocks
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Maybe someone can make an awesome banner.

Click HERE to submit your form.

Please read the notes for each section of the form. Thanks
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Record your max temps that you get when running a 30min loop of Valley ExtremeHD (No Tweaks).

If you don't crash or get artifacts during those 30min, then you're stable enough to submit a form.

I understand that Valley isn't the best stability tester, but I just wanted to keep everything constant by having everyone use the same bench software that's free and easy to use.


If you'd like me to make changes to your submission, PM me, and I'll change it.

For the Temperature column, the first number is the core temps, second is VRM1, and third is VRM2. GPU-Z shows all of those temps.

For the Overclock column, the first number is the core clock, and the second is the memory clock.

To determine what type of memory you have, open up GPU-Z, and look in the Memory Type section.


The ASUS 290x bios will allow you to use GPUTweak's voltage adjustment (up to 1.4v). PT1 and PT3 have a voltage limit up to 2v (using GPUTweak), no TDP limit, and only one clockspeed setting (no low power/idle clock settings, etc. It always runs at the set clocks/voltage).

PT1 has vdroop, while PT3 doesn't. PT3 can actually give your card more volts than you input, so be very careful with that bios if you decide to use it.
 

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#3 ·
1200/ 1650 @ +200mv in AB 17 (1.291v after vdroop) - benching

1150/ 1500 @ +75mv - Daily abuse and gaming

Stock air cooler

Sapphire 290

Pics and such when I get home on my pc
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#4 ·
So i will post some numbers once I get my card on water...

But I volunteer my self into making an awesome banner!

Also any particular size it should be?

Also shouldnt it be called overclockers club?
 
#6 ·
Lookin good
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I'm liking the emphasis of the red stripes on the card.

Edit: Changed thread title.
 
#7 ·
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Originally Posted by airisom2 View Post

Lookin good
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I'm liking the emphasis of the red stripes on the card.

Edit: Changed thread title.
Nice I figured that was a more appropriate name for here!
 
#10 ·
Sapphire R9 290X with Asus BIOS @1.3V 1200MHz Core under water...
I cannot however touch the clock on the VRAM any bump in the clock there and card becomes unstable
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I was advised to apply a bit of TIM on both sides of the Thermal Pads... I will check that out.


ASIC 74.6%
GPU Temp under load 56C
 
#11 ·
My 4 290s should arrive tomorrow and I just ordered the parts for the custom loop. Wish I had an estimate of when the blocks will arrive
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#15 ·
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Originally Posted by ihaveworms View Post

In after burner, I did

+100mv
+50% power
and 1100 core clock

Those settings were giving me lines through the screen and strange image jumping in valley benchmark. Failing at 1100 core is pretty low, right? This is a 290 unlocked to a 290x.
Well, I made this thread to find out the average Hawaii overclocks, so we won't have definite proof if your card's overclock is low until other people start contributing (hopefully, this thread will kick off).

If you go off of the reviews out there, then the average oc is in the 1075-1150 range.
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Originally Posted by stl drifter View Post

Hey guys are the Gigabyte R290's voltage locked ?
No. None of the reference Hawaii cards are voltage locked.

MSI AB gives you +100mV of adjustment (I think you can get higher with some kind of command line tweak).

If you flash the Asus 290x bios on any Hawaii card, you can use Asus' GPUTweak software that allows adjustment up to 1.4v.

If you flash the PT1/PT3 bioses on any Hawaii card, you can use Asus' GPUTweak software that allows adjustment up to 2v, along with getting rid of the power limits that's on there by default.
 
#16 ·
To set +200mV offset:
MSIAfterburner /wi4,30,8d,20

To restore original voltage offset:
MSIAfterburner /wi4,30,8d,0

shift-right-click in the MSI folder -> "open cmnd window here" - type in MSIAfterburner /wi4,30,8d,10

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
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#19 ·
Powercolor 290x
Hynix
79% ASIC

Max stable OC: 1210 / 1680 @1412mV GPU Tweak (no artfacts in Valley, FSE, Gaming)
Daily usage OC: 1150 / 1500 @ +75mV MSI AB ( ~1.18 according to GPU-Z during Valley)

Valley Daily usage OC (no tweaks):

Max Temps after 3 runs: 36°C / 44°C / 30°C
 
#20 ·
I spent this morning working on my overclock some more. I intially set my voltage in afterburner to +75mv and was going to see how far I could get with that. I was having poor results and thought my card wasn't going to OC very well. I then lowered the voltage to be +50mv and it OCed much better. The more voltage was causing vertical lines and image jumping.

All things said and done, these were my results:

Core Voltage: +50mv
Power Limit: +50%
Core Clock: 1150Mhz
Memory Clock: 1425Mhz

Core temp maxxed at 46C, VRMs were 60C and 39C. This is with a koolance waterblock.
 
#22 ·
Now with water, highest stable is 1175MHz @ 1431mV in GPU Tweak..

Max core: 50*c
Max VRM1: 93+ [ended test here, continued to rise slowly]
Max VRM2: 68+ [also slowly rising]
Avg power draw: 280w VRM1 [25w VRM2]

Other settings are stable but OCCT gives errors.

Question for anyone else with water:

My 7950 idled around 25*c with the same waterblock [universal], and a copper shim.. so 2 layers of paste. This R9 290 unlocked idles ~35*c.. 1 layer of paste.

Is this normal? Or is the paste application likely awful?
 
#23 ·
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Originally Posted by Derpinheimer View Post

Now with water, highest stable is 1175MHz @ 1431mV in GPU Tweak..

Max core: 50*c
Max VRM1: 93+ [ended test here, continued to rise slowly]
Max VRM2: 68+ [also slowly rising]
Avg power draw: 280w VRM1 [25w VRM2]

Other settings are stable but OCCT gives errors.

Question for anyone else with water:

My 7950 idled around 25*c with the same waterblock [universal], and a copper shim.. so 2 layers of paste. This R9 290 unlocked idles ~35*c.. 1 layer of paste.

Is this normal? Or is the paste application likely awful?
My Gelid (air) usually idles in the low 30's after gaming. You can re-check the TIM, I've had the cooling vary massively depending on how well the TIM application is. The first time I applied my own TIM I didn't have nearly enough, and the core got up to 65c very quickly.

Do you have anything to monitor water temps? Also what rad(s) are you using?

What kind of VRM cooling are you using? If you're overvolting as much as you are, I'd be kind of wary of those VRM temps.

Maybe picking up a line of 100x15x.5 super high-end FujiPoly thermal pads might help.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17504/thr-185/Fujipoly_Ultra_Extreme_System_Builder_Thermal_Pad_-_Mosfet_Block_-_100_x_15_x_10_-_Thermal_Conductivity_170_WmK.html
This is one of the best thermal pads you can get, but it's $20. They have a cheaper one (11 w/mK) that's a bit cheaper.
 
#24 ·
Yeah mine is currently idling 37*c, hottest CPU core is 29*c

I really dont want to check the TIM but I sure hope thats the issue.
Setup is:
Pump: 2x MCP 655 PWM
Res: Koolance 452x2
Rad 1: Alphacool 3x180x45mm copper [3x Silverstone AP181]
Rad 2: Alphacool 1x120x80mm copper [2x Corsair SP120]

So to me it seems like there is no reason for high temps, but maybe im just expecting too much.

As for VRM, im already using Fujipoly extreme. Its cooled by this:

VRM2 is just 1 of these:

VRM1 has 2 layer of Fujipoly [unfortunately mounting that heatsink was a pain, 1 wouldnt cut it.. maybe if I order some 1.5mm pad it will work better. TBH though, the heatsink is extremely hot.. so the contact isnt abysmal]

VRM2 has 2 layers of the stock thermal pads, re used from the stock heatsink memory [lol]. im pretty surprised how well it worked.

BTW: Is 3m 8810 the worst thing on the planet, or did Performance-PCs send me the wrong thing? This stuff.. was the absolute worst adhesive i've ever used. Fujipoly was stickier, and its not very sticky..
I mean, it was double sided sticky stuff.. but it... it took 4 tries to hold 1g memory heatsinks on to CLEAN memory chips...
 
#25 ·
@Derpinheimer

It's likely either poor mosfet contact with the heatsink or poor airflow over the heatsinks.

I remember when I had the gelid cooler on my 290@1.4v and +50 PowerTune, if I ran furmark, the VRM temps would never stop going up. I had to stop running it once VRM1 got to 105C. If you don't have proper cooling on vrm1, the temps will really get high. VRM2 stayed at around 65C, and the core at 75-ish iirc (same voltage and powertune) when running furmark.

Just so you guys know, VRM1 is the strip of power phases near the power connectors, and VRM2 is the cluster of mosfets near the displayport.

EDIT: When I put the stock cooler back on, the VRM temps drastically lowered. I think they sat at around 65C/55C at the same voltage/powertune, while the core went up to around 82C at 100% fan.
 
#26 ·
Well, I would say, "Airflow" because the heatsink is so hot, but about 2 inches below it is a 180mm fan... not tons of airflow, but something.. maybe the fin spacing is just screwing it up.

Maybe in a week or something I'll take it apart and try new paste and thermal padding.

PS: I resorted to mounting the heatsink with string,. hoping it can hold it.



LOL

other vrm - demonstrating the garbage that is [maybe?] 3m thermal tape! (its sliding down....)
 
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