R9 290-290X owners thread

[AsRock]

13.251 work any better, i know some one who been having issue's with multi monitor and blacks screens and this driver they said it worked better for them..

 

[Lopez0101]

I don't have overdrive enabled and I use TRIXX, but I get problems with that as well. Have to turn the monitor on and off a few times sometimes. One that that works almost every time hitting ctrl+alt+del.

 

[eidairaman1]

Sounds like a monitor sync issue.

 

[newconroer]

I don't have overdrive enabled and I use TRIXX, but I get problems with that as well. Have to turn the monitor on and off a few times sometimes. One that that works almost every time hitting ctrl+alt+del.

I have the same thing. Monitor goes off after ten minutes and when I return, I move the mouse and the monitor is on, but there's no picture. I have to CTRL ALT DELETE.

Someone said it was driver version - may try a new one today.

 

[Lopez0101]

It's been doing it for multiple drivers, so I'm not sure what the cause is.

 

[newconroer]

Ok then we'll scratch that.

The only reason I was not using the most recent 14.7RC1 was because temperatures vs the older 14.3.

 

[AsRock]

Ok then we'll scratch that.

The only reason I was not using the most recent 14.7RC1 was because temperatures vs the older 14.3.

Just out of curiosity any chance there was extra performance ?, as there must be a reason for the higher temps..

 

[newconroer]

Just out of curiosity any chance there was extra performance ?, as there must be a reason for the higher temps..

That's what the general consensus is. It's the only thing that would be logical however I can't notice anything significant. I may go back to them and test further.

 

[fullinfusion]

The latest WHQL is the best driver so far, the RC drivers are laggy and have issues.
I hope the next WHQL is a good one

 

[mastrdrver]

Does using Afterburner or Trixx allow you to overclock without the screen wake problem?

Also is everyone using one of the DP for one of their monitors? Has any one tried using all 3 with out using the DP?

 

[Lopez0101]

I've only used DP, wonder if it's a DP related issue.

 

[Champ]

So I'm really leaning towards buying a pair of 290s for my new gaming rig. How much performance difference is there between the 290 and 290x price and power consumption wise. Any other way also.

 

[Lopez0101]

Best bet is to check out the 290X reviews TPU has done, Price to performance ratio also shows the 290's, so you can compare the two.

 

[droopyRO]

I dont want to open another thread, so i ask here, what setting do i have to modify in CCC to adjust gamma in games, i only need a small bump of 0.1-0.2 i`m used to nVidia drivers, thanks.

 

[Lopez0101]

Should be under color settings. Desktop Management > Desktop Color.

 

[droopyRO]

I did that but i dont remember it to work when switching to 3d apps, will check again when i get home. Thanks.

 

[Lopez0101]

I dunno about that. I use my colorimeter with DisplaycalGUI and it works fine from desktop to 3D fullscreen aps.

 

[droopyRO]

I only wished i had one of those, i only have my Eyes v 2.1beta to adjust my monitor Problem is that i dont see details in black so a small bump to the gamma settings should solve it. But apparently it works only in 2D or desktop not 3D games like Battlefield(witch has only a brightness setting).

 

[AsRock]

Can you not just increase the gamma though your monitor ?.

 

[droopyRO]

No the U2713HM dose not allow that, http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php in this test i can barely see the number 5 box and cant see the 1-4 boxes no matter the brightness. And that setting in CCC works only in desktop, i will see about a colorimeter, thanks for answering.

 

[Lopez0101]

What about in-game gamma settings?

 

[newconroer]

SOLVED:

Having no page file was causing the issues, which have now stopped. Lesson learned, even with SSD, use a page file. For reference it required me to go to 8192mb, which is conveniently twice that of the R9 290s VRAM.



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Crossfire is giving me headaches this time around. Together they crash/black screen often in games and tests. Also, they occasionally black screen at the desktop. When they do crash games, it is after it's loaded a map or assets. BF4 for example, let's me work through a map for about a a minute and then gives me a Direct X texture allocation error and occasionally the VRAM error. It then proceeds to crash Windows Explorer when I try to open task manager and says system RAM allocation is out of memory.

Skyrim on the other hand loads up fine and then when I pan the camera it slows to a crawl and all textures go black. If I disable crossfire, it works.

Bioshock Infinite black screen/not responding after about a minute in.

Firefall won't launch.



On the plus side, they have yet to BSOD or turn off the computer/power down.


Alone, each card has passed multiple tests.

I've tried :
-Different combinations of the BIOS switch on each card
-Both cards physically alone in both PCI E slots, and also with them installed simultaneously but Crossfire disabled via software.
-Undervolt/overvolt, underclock/overclock shared or separate profiles
-Several complete driver reinstalls, fresh from 14.3 to 14.7
-Checked all the fans, cooling solutions and monitored no excessive or new high temperatures
-Installed CCC to ensure Catalyst AI was on standard instead of advanced setting
-Disabled any overlays AB, RP etc.
-Run on single monitor


I thought maybe it was PSU related, but wouldn't I be facing constant and instantaneous crashing rather than a delayed fail? Also would I not see more BSODs and complete computer shut-offs if it was PSU? Additionally, Heaven benchmark runs and other synthetics do not crash....

I read somewhere that 290s had a problem with supplying enough voltage when used in PCI E 2.0 configurations. It just so happens my board runs both these cards at 2.0 x8
It seems unlikely, though just in case anyone got a PCI E 3.0 board in England I could borrow to test?

 

[mastrdrver]

I've only used DP, wonder if it's a DP related issue.

Yesterday morning I switched it over to be using the DVIs and HDMI for the three monitors. Well, twice now I've been watching a video on youtube and had it full screened. Then allowed the monitors to go in to sleep. Waking them after a long time (yesterday i did it before I went to work and last night before I went to bed) has caused the BSOD to occur. At least so far, I've not had an issue since switching away from the DP.

 

[Lopez0101]

SOLVED: Having no page file was causing the issues, which have now stopped. Lesson learned, even with SSD, use a page file. For reference it required me to go to 8192mb, which is conveniently twice that of the R9 290s VRAM.

I get more issues with BSODs for "Paged fault in non paged area", I think it may be related to having set my page file to a small size. I'll try upping it a bit.

 

[claylomax]

Anybody here with a reference 290x?