of course Matrix is better in terms of stock performance...just that it will eat up 3slots. overclocking wise, cant say which one is better...depends on our luck and this time I got lucky with dc2 Top hehe

yeah cool enough and noise level very2 satisfying..even the fans running at 60% the noise is still acceptable.

This post has been edited by shepard: Nov 17 2013, 09:22 PM

Iimnm should be next month(dec) bro, Im also waiting for Asus r9-290 DCII Top..

clock to clock performance difference is ~0% since its pretty much the same chip.

hmm same card as mine and I do face similar problem before but now its totally gone...You're on win7 or 8.1 now? ermmmm, I suggest try do these first:

- uninstall everything related to AMD radeon driver (clean your registry as well after full uninstall)
- uninstall every overclocking or monitoring tools including profiles etc..
- restart your PC and install AMD driver 13.11 b8 (what I was using right now)

This post has been edited by shepard: Nov 28 2013, 12:13 AM

wanna try this 290 card so bad..damn wish I have the cash right now, CF 2pcs and enjoy gaming for at least 2years ahead

This post has been edited by shepard: Nov 29 2013, 08:14 AM

whoa I cant help then since I'm using win7 64bit..probably its a windows problem with this driver, have you tried latest 13.11 beta 9.4 btw? Maybe someone with Win8.1 PC and Radeon GC can help here

how about catalyst 13.9 WHQL, tried already?

As sai86 mentioned, its a good idea to try out your GC on another PC...swapping is a good way to troubleshoot problem but we need another PC for that

NecroPhilia It could be win8.1 trial(no update?) and driver conflict, from my current 280x Top, 5pcs of my previous HD7970s, 2pcs 7850s, 7770 none of them have any issues on Win 7 64bit eventhough I always keep the driver updated to latest beta driver. Its a good idea if you can fresh install win7 on separate HDD/SSD and try latest 13.9 WHQL..see if the problem goes away or not.

if the problem persist, then I suggest go to nearest computer shop ask for their help to try out...then only RMA if confirm GPU problem.

This post has been edited by shepard: Nov 30 2013, 08:55 PM

Lol no offense taken at all..I was just telling that no issues on win7 64bit thus I've no idea if it's on Win8.1..it would seem to me that you really need to find out whether your GC or software conflict causing this problem..try out some of our sifu's suggestion and let us know your result

If the size is around 4.5GB, it's China Rising update then.

lol you serious?.. I never destroy my cards before due to even an extreme overclocking...dont worry guys as long as we know what we're doing nothing will goes wrong when overclocking our GPU. just need to monitor the temperatures(core,vrms) by playing around with fan profile, A/C or watercooling.

This post has been edited by shepard: Dec 28 2013, 01:09 AM

haha yes but they'll scare seeing that ...I destroyed my GPU once but due to water cooling..damn, that's why retired now.