Minecrafter, you don't need to quote the whole 1st post!

If you plan to run with high resolution multi-monitor setup, it'll be worth it. However for 4k & higher resolution, you'll need more than one card to get nice fps though. If you plan only single monitor, 4GB is more than enough. I'd get 290x lightning. Your PSU is enough for single card.

30 FPS? What games are you playing?

It's not major dilemma. If you're going to run multimonitor and/or at 4k & higher resolution then 8GB would make sense because running games at max settings will eat a lot of VRAM. Even if you did want to run in this kind setup, you'll need two or more 8GB cards. If you stick to 1080p, then 4GB is more than enough. Your PSU is fine for single card.

It's not that simple. Fan on the cooler is not designed to work based on tdp but it based on temps, specifically the core temp. Higher tdp doesn't necessarily mean it will run at higher temp than lower tdp (read heat vs. temperature). It depends on the cooler system. Fan speed & noise depends on a couple of factors like the cooler (heatsink) efficiency/performance & fan specification.

You misunderstand. The "Chicken and duck talk" is Chinese saying that you are not talking about the same thing & misunderstand what he is trying to say.

BTW, I just want to clarify that only.

Better go to Lowyat. Online store always run out of stock.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Jan 27 2015, 03:59 PM

Sorry didn't noticed you live in Penang. I almost go to Penang island to buy computer hardware but last minute I found what I'm looking for at the computer store near my house. 8GB card is rare though. Maybe it's hard to find one there but it never hurt to check it out yourself.

I play BF4 @4K res @ultra & no AA with 290's CFX, the 4GB vram enough for me. It did run at below 3GB vram. The only time it does maxed out the 4GB vram is when there is memory leak issue in BF4 before. The 8GB may useful if there is memory leak but it only delay the inevitable.

For future proof, depends on whether you want to get the 3xx version later when they come out. If you want to settle with 290X for a while & Crossfire them in the future & probably running higher resolution + multi-monitor setup, then the 8GB card is a good choice. Usually once new 3xx gpus are out, current gpus will be out of stock, including the online store. The only way to get 290/290X gpus anymore that time is by go to lowyat. Also 8GB is considered rare unless more manufactures make 8GB cards too before new gpus come out. Take this into consideration before buying 8GB card. In my opinion, two cards or don't. It just my opinion anyway.

You should read the edited message on the refund advice on the geforce forum. Too bad I didn't take a screenshot of the original message. The mod also edited all quoted message from mod too.

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/80...438090/#4438090

Latest Nvidia ignorance.
https://twitter.com/NVIDIAGeForce/status/560881138869497856


Well, it's time to say; suck to be Nvidia owner. LOL. Now now, I'm just kidding & just returning the joke.

Don't buy anymore from that shop.

Yes with display port. However there seems to have issue with certain 4k monitors though.

Since I don't own this monitor, I googled for you. Haha. I found a couple of people using this monitor (gaming at 4K) with their R9 290. I don't see any complain though. So, should be ok I think.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Feb 8 2015, 11:02 PM

If you meant youtube or flash video, some have problem & others don't. So it's not always. YMMV of course. I don't have problem playing youtube or flash video using hardware acceleration.

I also don't have problem playing video with DXVA too. With my previous AMD card, 5870, it does crashed/BSOD when trying to play 4K video using DXVA.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Feb 14 2015, 02:23 PM

What games did you play have screen tearing?

The driver was released briefly but taken down.

15.3 beta

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/P...dows-beta.aspx#

How many of you guys running your 290/290X overclocked? Not just for benching but also when playing games. The only issue with the stock referenced cooler is it's loud. My cards before using water block also ran with the stock cooler & they ran just fine. Loud but ran just fine, especially at stock clock.

Yes, even non-referenced cooler, if you overclocked also need to run with custom fan profile. The only difference is noise. Also referenced cooler doing very good job in cooling VRM.

Yes, custom cooler also have cooling for VRM but they're not necessarily good.

Also don't quote me out of context. I said "Also referenced cooler doing very good job in cooling VRM.". I didn't say better but "very good job". I know for sure Vaporx & Lightning offer very good cooling for VRM which I may say better than other custom coolers but then these are custom boards with better VRMs. I can't say the same for other custom coolers.

If you run at stock fan profile, sure it may throttling. I use custom fan profile no throttling whatsoever & I have two in my rig. I can maintain both below 80C on the core at stock clock. The only bad thing about them is noise. I'm watercooling anyway, so the noise just for short time.

BTW, anyone with 290/290X custom coolers running card overclocked while gaming, not just benching?

I have been buying computer products from them pretty exclusively. They both can be trusted.

What TIM you're using right now? I'm not fan of MX4 but this is just me. Anyway, what you got after third try is the best you can get. I don't think you can get more improvement if changing to different TIM. At most only a couple of degrees.

Modern gpu will run at limited TDP when running furmark. Which means the card not necessarily stable. For true stability test, test with games.