at stock? w00t. My 7950 only managed to squeeze 28fps-33fps @1150mhz on same setting. I guess those huge memory bandwidth really helps.

This post has been edited by Acid_RuleZz: Dec 2 2013, 09:39 PM

red camp = 270x/7870xt
green camp = 760/670

Other than the 290s, all R9 and R7 used non-ref cooler since launched.

Not worth it, the jump is barely noticeable imo. Get 280x instead.

290 offer you better price/performance imo, if you can wait for non-ref cooler to be release while saving more fund that will be better.

Looks like there's nothing but problem with your card. Go RMA it mang.

What game you planning to play? Not really recommended to cfx mid-range card.

If you can find one for a really cheap price, go for it.
I'm not really a fan of CFX/SLI because it will become a rather expensive paper weight/cup holder when the game didn't support it, not to mention frame pacing and screen tearing could be an issue. Sometime you will end up spending more time fiddling with the setting or finding fixes rather than playing the game.

when you want to update BIOS, you need to flash it with software.
what you mean? your 7950 didn't perform as good as other 7950 or you comparing apple to orange?

why you want to flash your BIOS? what model is your card? what is the SKU?

71.8%? That's cute.. my card ASIC quality is 56.8%.

You won't melt your card since PowerTune will throttle the speed down when it reach 95c, and 95c is perfectly fine for the 290s according to AMD. Just try overclock your card and if the voltage is unlocked, don't touch it.
Locking up your system is part of overclocking process, don't worry about it.

This post has been edited by Acid_RuleZz: Dec 5 2013, 02:06 PM

Quick review of NZXT Kraken G10 by LMG.

Yes, it is worth getting especially for under RM1.5k just that the reference cooler is quite loud.

Higher ASIC quality mean low leakage on the chip thus it can achieve higher clock speed with less voltage. Card with high ASIC quality can get more clockspeed with the default voltage meanwhile card with low ASIC quality need more voltage to achieve higher clock.

Overclocking still depend on silicone lottery though, 2 card with same ASIC quality will have different overclocking ceiling.

Again.. my 7950 Vapor-X ASIC quality is 56.8%. It mean nothing to me.

lol? did you simply increase it to 1250/1300 or you gradualy overclock it?

want better ASIC quality? buy a 2nd hand card with better ASIC quality.

Does you card come with dual BIOS? If yes, try toggle it and reboot your PC.

Why? You want to send a graphic card for a review?

Demmit, i'm at N9. You can try send to bro owikh84 or goldfries though.

This post has been edited by Acid_RuleZz: Dec 7 2013, 11:30 AM

Nah.. i'm bad at essay and my photography skill sucks.

Is there any warranty sticker on you 290x?

Maybe you can ask them install it for you? You gonna need to buy a heatsink for VRM at front of the PCB though.

Can i know the exact graphic setting you used to benchmark Sleeping Dogs? Because 45-ish is way too low for a 7970 Ghz at this setting.

Yes if there's no artifacts or your core & vrm temperature is still good.

Yeah, i took that from your MSI GTX760 review.

Card Score
MSI GTX 760 55.8
ASUS GTX 670 56.3
Sapphire HD 7970 Ghz Edition 45.5

http://www.goldfries.com/hardware-reviews/...ic-card-review/

Just for the cards? Are you running them on seperate PSU?

I see.

Btw, if you happen to have a GTX760/770/670/680 with 4GB VRAM lying around, i hope you could do review/myth busting about 4GB card with 256bit bus width can't utilize more than 3GB of VRAM.