modding the cooling is way outta my budget bro  ,what do you mean that u cant use 14.x drivers its the same card and latest drivers should certainly work? Please enlighten me afraid i will also have issues as u have 

Hi... I need some help  
Well... This morning i wake up and turn on my desktop and don't know why my monitor got no display....
After i switch to samsung monitor and got some problem so i just uninstall the AMD driver and install it again...
But then i connect back to my Dellu2414h monitor don't know why still got no display   
I really don't know what to do to fix this problem at all...

  me too no sign  ...mybe  waiting the stock vapor    as replacement

12.6.2014

290 Tri-X  gpu prob

what is the issue of ur gpu bro will my reference design suffer the same fate? Btw mine is sapphire also but reference cooling. Seems ur cooling is better and still have problems 

yup i know urs is tri x, so ur problem is rattling issue or gpu kong? sInce reference cooling is not as good as ur tri x , im just curious 

I'm running 2 units of 290 Tri-X now. No such issues.
I only got the rattle on my first card.. solved with a cable tie between the card and the back of the casing. No vibration, no rattle. Too lazy to spend a few minutes doing the DIY rubber method under the fan screws.

You should RMA your card due to the black screening then.

u always follow our facebook page, thanks.

btw, malaysia got 5units only i heard.
sapphire got 2 distributor in Malaysia. and the R9 290 Tri-X always got stock, the RMA time for the saphire should be max 1 month if not mistaken.
u can chase the shop for this. Btw, the R9 290 Tri-X we only claim warranty for once out of 30-40units we sold, i remember is the sapphire word no have light when power on,
still dont have any other issues for this card.

It is good but i think you still need to buy heatsinks for the VRM and VRAM since the cooler didn't cover it. If i'm not mistaken, M1X using it.

I think you can try find Sapphire Tri-X cooler from user that switched to WC since it use reference PCB. llk maybe?
Just use MSI Afterburner OSD to monitor, Raptr don't have any hardware monitoring tool.
Raptr GVR is superior and recording performance hit is little to nothing in most games compare to MSI AB VCE, but Raptr GVR still lack compatibility.
OBS with VCE is superior to MSI Afterburner and better than GVR in term of compatibility.. it can literally record everything that show on screen or off screen.

Oh right.. you can't send for warranty claim without the original cooler.

Yup i read it takes 4 slots for me no issues as my casing is corsair 500r nothing under my gpu and not planning to cfx also, so how is the temps is it worth the money spent? 

if they sell that backplate saperately 

was considering this also but the top backplate i kinda x suka seems like its not on direct contact to vrm correct me if im wrong 

i just cant accept the stock cooling noise its like a plane ready to take off  , for me if can play on full load hovering around 60-70 degress with minimal noise is ok for me already, i used to wc a pair of 6970 loved the temps and no noise at all now misekin ady no monay to wc r9 290.

thats the beauty of mk-26 i can choose my own fans i have a pair of cmaster 120mm fan lying around so id try use that. U wire to a fan controller? not directly to ur gpu? How to find out my gpu fan amps scared to overload my gpu connector please advise sifus here 

i remember b4 i used artic accelero it comes with special epoxy glue for ram sinks im nt sure does the MK-26 uses glue or double sided tape panas sure drop 1 

My 290X is 60c on idle even under water and hits 80 when i open chrome. It wasn't like this before 14.7 got installed. It was even 90c when i am not doing anything when i switched the DVI cable to the bottom one. My 4770K is cosy at 34c tops idle. Dafuq.

I only installed the block last friday brah. It was stock reference before that. No issues.

Sigh. Why did i go WC. Should have went 290 Croessfire non reference and be done with it.