- Oct 12, 2013
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Hey guys 
I have had a Gigabyte GTX 760 for around 6 months now and I had an extra $500 left in my bank after my birthday, so I decided to pick up a new card. After spending ages trying to decide what to get I got the MSI cooled 290, because of it seemed to perform at nearly the same level as a 780 but at 100 dollars cheaper.
So when it arrived, I uninstalled all of my Nvidia drivers, turned of my PC, took my 760 out and put in the 290. It seemed to work okay, i booted into windows fine, but then noticed more nvidia drivers had somehow automatically installed themselves again, so I removed them and rebooted. Then nothing. I had to put my 760 in again and use the nvidia/amd driver uninstaller, which then let me use the 290 and install drivers. After the drivers had installed and I restarted, I got horrible grey artifacting going horizontally across my screen, but after another reboot I haven't seen it again.
The card seems to be installed perfectly now, although I've had these problems come up since
-The fans produce an inconsistent 'whooshing' noise even when under light load that is seriously frustrating to hear, even when gaming with headphones on. I can't seem to ignore it and it's making me crazy. It seems separate from the noise the fans are supposed to make.
-I'm worried my CFI 600W PSU is only just/not enough power to run the 290 as well as a 4670k, lots of led case lights, a wireless pci adapter and my 4 case fans? It now makes a slight buzzing noise under load that wasn't there with my 760. I'm terrified it'll explode. I can't find any reviews of CFI power supplies but here is the one I have in a 500W variant, the supplier no longer has the one I originally bought.
-The temps go up to 90 degrees in metro 2033 after about 10 minutes. I find this scary high especially considering it's a aftermarket cooler and in reviews people were saying it hits less than 80 under load. I haven't overclocked the card whatsoever. It's running at 977Mhz.
I'm not even sure what the point of this post was. I am just stuck. I'm scared to use my computer now, I'm broke, so I can afford to pay for it to be shipped back to me if they find no faults with the card itself. I'm thinking of trying to sell the graphics card and sticking with my 760 that never went over 70 degrees and I could barely hear it. Is it even safe to continue running this 290 on my PSU? Should I try and RMA the card because of the fan noise that doesn't seem right?
My case is the NZXT H440 which is known to restrict some airflow, I use a 4670K currently at stock because I don't want to push my PSU to exploding. I use 2 4GB sticks of Gskill Ripjaws X memory, the 600W CFI PSU as i mentioned, and my motherboard is the MSI z97 Gaming 3.
Any help is appreciated, I haven't been so stressed about something in a long time. I've literally put nearly all of my life's savings into this computer. Thank you
I have had a Gigabyte GTX 760 for around 6 months now and I had an extra $500 left in my bank after my birthday, so I decided to pick up a new card. After spending ages trying to decide what to get I got the MSI cooled 290, because of it seemed to perform at nearly the same level as a 780 but at 100 dollars cheaper.
So when it arrived, I uninstalled all of my Nvidia drivers, turned of my PC, took my 760 out and put in the 290. It seemed to work okay, i booted into windows fine, but then noticed more nvidia drivers had somehow automatically installed themselves again, so I removed them and rebooted. Then nothing. I had to put my 760 in again and use the nvidia/amd driver uninstaller, which then let me use the 290 and install drivers. After the drivers had installed and I restarted, I got horrible grey artifacting going horizontally across my screen, but after another reboot I haven't seen it again.
The card seems to be installed perfectly now, although I've had these problems come up since
-The fans produce an inconsistent 'whooshing' noise even when under light load that is seriously frustrating to hear, even when gaming with headphones on. I can't seem to ignore it and it's making me crazy. It seems separate from the noise the fans are supposed to make.
-I'm worried my CFI 600W PSU is only just/not enough power to run the 290 as well as a 4670k, lots of led case lights, a wireless pci adapter and my 4 case fans? It now makes a slight buzzing noise under load that wasn't there with my 760. I'm terrified it'll explode. I can't find any reviews of CFI power supplies but here is the one I have in a 500W variant, the supplier no longer has the one I originally bought.
-The temps go up to 90 degrees in metro 2033 after about 10 minutes. I find this scary high especially considering it's a aftermarket cooler and in reviews people were saying it hits less than 80 under load. I haven't overclocked the card whatsoever. It's running at 977Mhz.
I'm not even sure what the point of this post was. I am just stuck. I'm scared to use my computer now, I'm broke, so I can afford to pay for it to be shipped back to me if they find no faults with the card itself. I'm thinking of trying to sell the graphics card and sticking with my 760 that never went over 70 degrees and I could barely hear it. Is it even safe to continue running this 290 on my PSU? Should I try and RMA the card because of the fan noise that doesn't seem right?
My case is the NZXT H440 which is known to restrict some airflow, I use a 4670K currently at stock because I don't want to push my PSU to exploding. I use 2 4GB sticks of Gskill Ripjaws X memory, the 600W CFI PSU as i mentioned, and my motherboard is the MSI z97 Gaming 3.
Any help is appreciated, I haven't been so stressed about something in a long time. I've literally put nearly all of my life's savings into this computer. Thank you
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