Only when your computer crash while overclocking & overvolting. The driver remember your last clocks but not voltage if your computer crashed. In normal reboot, the driver remember both clocks & voltage.

Not really. Overclocking potential pretty much similar between 290/290X & 390/390X. In general, 390/390X have better memory overclocking, up to 1700 & above but I also have seen some can't even break 16XX range. Many 290/290X can do 1500 to 1600 on the memory while some can not. There's some 290/290X cards that can do 1700 & above on the memory too. One of my card for example can do above 1700 on the memory. It's all about silicon lottery. Gaming at 1200 on the core is doable on 290/290X if watercooling & I believe on the 390/390X as well.

Anyone know the cheapest 1440p monitor?

This post has been edited by kizwan: Dec 7 2015, 02:22 PM

290X because it is fully unlocked card, 2816 stream cores. Also last time I checked Vapor X have the best cooling.

Fury X.

Sorry, I don't know any shop is selling Fury X at best price. All I see above 3300. At this point I would just add a couple of hundreds & go for 980Ti.

There is a guy selling used Fury for 2200 at garage sales. He live in Penang though.

For whether PSU is enough question, don't look at low or high tier or even the PSU total wattage. Always look at whether the PSU is single or dual or multiple +12V rail(s) & their amperage. For example, nzxkore's 600W PSU have two rails +12V1 & +12V2. +12V2 for CPU only while +12V1 for everything else. With this PSU, it basically less than 264W for the gpu.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Dec 30 2015, 04:35 PM

Nah, that is basically how it work with dual +12V rail PSU. Check ATX specification. The PSU in question is ATX12V v2.3 compliance according to the manufacturer website.


The "four-pin connector" is the ATX12V or P4 cable for the CPU.

Also even form jonnyguru:-


This post has been edited by kizwan: Dec 31 2015, 11:09 AM

That is why it is recommended to get a good quality PSU. Even electronics will not live forever, they have life expectancy too. A good quality PSU will be able to deliver max rated wattage continuously without any ill effect. PSU manufacturer know how long their PSU going to last & this is how they give warranty. If the PSU have 5 years warranty, that is the minimum life expectancy for that PSU. The PSU may live longer but the efficiency may drop by then which means it will need to draw more power from the wall to deliver the same wattage. Also when a good quality PSU go out, it will not take your computer components with it.

The NON-ISSUE comment is about the quality (power delivery) in general. Basically the article is saying, as long as the PSU is a good quality PSU, it doesn't matter whether the PSU is single or multiple rails.

Regarding dual-rails PSU, the division of +12V rails is pretty much +12V2 for the CPU & +12V1 for everything else. Unless the connectors on the PSU have choices to connect the cables to +12V1 or +12V2, the division of +12V rails apply to all dual-rail PSUs. The PSU I commented on, the "Compliance with Intel ATX 12V V2.3" already gave it away. More than two rails PSUs is different story.

The problem is that you did not read my earlier post correctly. No one talking about multi rail not good that time.

Please don't jump to conclusions before you know what I'm actually trying to say.

I replied after I read these:-
Basically what I'm saying to them is that don't judge whether nzxkore's 600W PSU is enough or not enough based on the total wattage but look at the +12V rail(s) & the amperage. The last two sentences are me showing why the nzxkore's 600W PSU is not enough.

You can see in the video, they measured temp on the center of the card which go up to 103C. So the actual temp for VRM is likely at least slightly higher than that. However I doubt the card was throttling because VRM overheating because the card already throttling at the beginning of the test. Remember 290X cards are TDP limited when running furmark which means the core will throttling when running furmark. This apply to 295x2 too since it's based on 290X (x2) anyway. Having said that, the VDDC power reading in the video doesn't look right at all.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Jan 6 2016, 09:44 PM

I see. Actually it shouldn't throttling with vrm at 100C on Hawaii cards.

Nah, that is the declared card value for custom.

I don't know. Hopefully retail less than that. If it's 6.7k, I'll rather go green or retire from gaming altogether.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Feb 15 2016, 11:26 AM

Well, do your current gpu have enough powerhouse for VR?

Any other older games that going to get DX12 patch? BF4 maybe? GTAV?

Stock Power Limit & TDP can cause throttling even if temp is low. Just increase power limit.

Try set power limit to the max & increase voltage a little bit.