I was looking (or dreaming) of a second 290 and came to this on Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600473877%20600473871&IsNodeId=1&name=Radeon%20R9%20290X
TONS and TONS and TONS of models have 3 or less stars... and not like 3 reviews, like consistently bad reviews...
The only great brand consistently over 3 stars seems to be Sapphire...
I got the Sapphire Tri-X 290 in February 2014, came with Bios 15.042.000.000.000000
I had a few BSOD's, but they were driver errors, and were fixed with Driver updates and updating Adobe Flash and Shockwave Player manually (NOTE: this is what fixed the crashing whle playing youtube/other flash programs)
I also hear that newer Tri-X's (kinda wanted another) have Stock clocks of 947/1250... what the heck? Can anyone confirm this? Did they really do this to these cards? that's not even OC'd...
this is the newest bios I found too: (glad I never flashed mine...)
http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/155941/sapphire-r9290-4096-140121.html
My friend got his Powercolor PCS+ R9 290 in February 2014 too, and he had no issues either, aside from the flash player BSOD... both of our cards are physically healthy
This makes me afraid to buy anything but the Vapor-X (which is what I wanted, or might get one day, lol, I can't decide if I want another 290)
Also, it seems the 1 star reviews have only been since about May... Right about when the pricing dropped back to normal. Hmm...
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So... Does anyone else out there have R9 290/290X/295X2 RMA's???
Is this just in the newer manufactured cards? Are these just stupid reviewers not updating Mobo drivers and Graphics Drivers and shit like that? I actually saw people having to Flash their graphics Bios just to get their card operating... This is honestly ridiculous.
Please share your stories and opinions, let's make this a large thread, it's very interesting to me...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600473877%20600473871&IsNodeId=1&name=Radeon%20R9%20290X
TONS and TONS and TONS of models have 3 or less stars... and not like 3 reviews, like consistently bad reviews...
The only great brand consistently over 3 stars seems to be Sapphire...
I got the Sapphire Tri-X 290 in February 2014, came with Bios 15.042.000.000.000000
I had a few BSOD's, but they were driver errors, and were fixed with Driver updates and updating Adobe Flash and Shockwave Player manually (NOTE: this is what fixed the crashing whle playing youtube/other flash programs)
I also hear that newer Tri-X's (kinda wanted another) have Stock clocks of 947/1250... what the heck? Can anyone confirm this? Did they really do this to these cards? that's not even OC'd...
this is the newest bios I found too: (glad I never flashed mine...)
http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/155941/sapphire-r9290-4096-140121.html
My friend got his Powercolor PCS+ R9 290 in February 2014 too, and he had no issues either, aside from the flash player BSOD... both of our cards are physically healthy
This makes me afraid to buy anything but the Vapor-X (which is what I wanted, or might get one day, lol, I can't decide if I want another 290)
Also, it seems the 1 star reviews have only been since about May... Right about when the pricing dropped back to normal. Hmm...
_____________________________________________________________
So... Does anyone else out there have R9 290/290X/295X2 RMA's???
Is this just in the newer manufactured cards? Are these just stupid reviewers not updating Mobo drivers and Graphics Drivers and shit like that? I actually saw people having to Flash their graphics Bios just to get their card operating... This is honestly ridiculous.
Please share your stories and opinions, let's make this a large thread, it's very interesting to me...
I'd love to compare frame rates. My Tri-X runs 60-70 to110 all ultra 4xmsaa in 1080p on DX11 and Mantle
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