Try disable ULPS and reboot. Maybe you bought 290x bro.

Maybe he bought a second hand gpu without knowing it.
The first buyer probably flashes the vbios to unlock 290 to 290x.

yeah its 2nd hand could be he flashed to 290x , is there any issues that can happen like instabilities ?

Instabilities? Those parts are disabled for a good reason......


http://www.overclock.net/t/1443242/the-r9-...x-unlock-thread

Read all pages if you wanna know what kinds of instabilities that might appears........

If you bought the gpu from eBay, Alibaba and etc......there is high probability the card was used for bitcoin/litecoin/anykindofcoin mining activity.

Short story = gpu used for mining virtual coin tends to die quickly.

My R9 290 was bought to mine. Still going strong now, no fan problems.

By the way, I'm in Labuan now, any idea if there is lubang to buy PC parts without paying GST?

yeah i know was used for mining but the gpu was rma'ed b4 it was sold to me, even ,my tri x is also a rma'ed unit. so far no issues yet gaming long hours no signs of black screen like my reference r9 290 used to.

Labuan? Now everything also taxed with GST. Some electronics even got double-taxed.

The only way I can think......is to buy the product online, declare it as 'other form of goods ' and hope the goods won't arouse custom officer suspicion........

This post has been edited by JohnLai: Aug 3 2015, 11:20 PM

All items and services in Labuan are GST free right now, that's why I'm asking

Hate to break it to you.....but....Labuan only duty-free.....not GST free....

GST just gets u in every corner no running away from it

Cause most PC shops buy the electronics goods from KL distribution center at GST inclusive price. (Already got GST at import stage)
Blame it on cabotage policy.

EDIT: "GST-free in name only"

EDIT V2 : Some may say shop can claim GST credit from supplier (in this case, KL distribution center), but for this to be possible.....shops must register for GST. Majority of shops in Labuan won't register for sure.

This post has been edited by JohnLai: Aug 4 2015, 12:07 AM

That because ULPS bro. GPU-Z read wrong info from the secondary card. Disable ULPS.

Damn.

I thought labuan was gst free.
Because the groceries here are usually 5-20% cheaper than sabah

yeah i read a few articles ULPS (Ultra Low Power State) - silly me , but the shader count boggles my mind not sure my card is a pure r9 290x or just an unlocked 290x anyway i can check it?

the previous owner did not give you receipt? original box?

Any sticker/product number on the card?

nope no receipt

gotta remove the card and find out

The secondary card is in low power state or off because ULPS. Because of this GPU-Z unable to read correct info from your secondary card. GPU-Z only guessing the shader count which is incorrect. Your card is 290, not 290X.

Look at mine.

ULPS enabled


ULPS disabled


No need to remove. Just disable ULPS to find out.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Aug 4 2015, 01:41 PM

you nailed it bro ur absolutely right GPU Z gila ady cant detect at ULPS on

Sapphire TRI-X




Asus DCU2




Im aware that the clock speeds of the tri x is higher than the asus, how is it possible to make both run at same speeds, MSI afterburner does not seem to sync both the clock speeds, can i OC the Asus slightly to match same clocks of the TRI X

This post has been edited by S4PH: Aug 4 2015, 04:25 PM