XFX R9-290X problems

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Gable4sh

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Hey guys, I just recently had my new gaming PC built. As said in the title I bought the new R9-290X from XFX. The card runs good (better than my really old 6550D) but it is not running as good as it should be. On BF4 ultra graphics on multiplayer, I get about 30-40 FPS. I know that this card should get way more than that. I have the latest 13.11 catalyst beta driver from AMD. Also, when I put the graphics from ultra to low, I only gain about 5-10 FPS.

PC Specs:
ASrock 990FX Extreme9
AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0 ghz
Corsair RM-850
XFX AMD R9 290X 4GB
G-Skill Ripjaw 16GB
Coolermaster HAF X (full tower)
Random Asus DVD drive
Samsung 840 Series 2.5" 128GB SSD SATA 3.0
1TB Western Digital internal drive
 
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robax91
Heat could be throttling the performance. There could be some other factors, this seems strange though. I'd say contact the vendor for an RMA perhaps. This is performance you can expect (it's not on here, but it performs around the same as the Titan (sometimes lower or higher depending on aftermarket or OC) :

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I know this is a BF3 benchmark, but it's to show power relative to the Titan as a reference at 1080p gaming:

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Heat could be throttling the performance. There could be some other factors, this seems strange though. I'd say contact the vendor for an RMA perhaps. This is performance you can expect (it's not on here, but it performs around the same as the Titan (sometimes lower or higher depending on aftermarket or OC) :

Ultra-1920.png


I know this is a BF3 benchmark, but it's to show power relative to the Titan as a reference at 1080p gaming:

bf3-19-and-25-fr.png
 
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TechDude58

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Are you using Windows 7? I recently upgraded from Win7 to Win8 and it boosted my fps a lot. I went from 40 avg to 80 avg... My FPS never drop below 60 even on the graphically intensive part of the game... Thats on 64 player maps

Settings all ultra
2560x1080 resolution
X2 Msaa and Low AA post
150% res scaling

FX-8350 4.5ghz
CF 7970s
16gb Corsair Vengeance
 
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Also, check with other boards or forums for optimized Catalyst settings, I know some of the drivers were updated, but you could have a setting mis-clicked or over-riding an in-game option which could hurt your performance. Also, even if you have 100 case fans, you'll need to configure them in a way to suck in cool air and exhaust hot air. If you have a bunch just sucking in air, it won't help but to trap in hot air.

For fan configs, I'd put one at the front of the case sucking in cool air and from the side of the case sucking in cool air to blow directly to your GPU, then have a fan by the CPU exhausting air and one at the top exhausting air that rises because it is warm. Other than that, make sure your PSU fan is sucking air from outside the case if that is possible and exhausting it directly out, some people have it facing up, in the case which takes air from the GPU and causes turbulence in air-flow.

Your 290x wants to run at 70-80c for optimal performance. You should also consider the Tom's guide fix of replacing the stock thermal paste if you have a reference 290x. Link:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290x-thermal-paste-efficiency,3678.html

Hope all this helps.
 
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Mandingo_2013

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Try what I did. I have a 7990 that had heat problems. I took apart the video card cleaned off thermal paste AMD put on card really messy. Replaced thermal paste with Arctic silver 5 pea size amount in middle of gpu's. Put everything back together and went from 45-60fps ultra 1080p to 90-120fps ultra 1080p. Problem solved due to AMD spreading too much thermal paste the card ran horrible. Once, I cleaned their mess and applied my own paste properly. The paste spread evenly throughout chip for better cooling. Better effective paste better performance.
 
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