R9 290x on canyourunit
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- GTX 560 Ti
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Myntekt
September 11, 2014 10:15:36 AM
So, I just installed the R9 290x, and deleted all the nvidia drivers that I had from my previous GPU using DDU. I just wanted to test if everything was ok so I went to canyourunit.com and it says that I'm using a GTX 560Ti, which I was using, but no longer am. What's wrong?
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Go to the start menu , in the search bar type run then right click on it and press run as admin afterwards type "dxdiag" (without the speech commas) .
A bunch of tabs will pop up then click on the graphics tab then you should see what exact card you're using regardless of what the website says. ( if its the r9 290x then the drivers are correctly installed ) .
Also this is more accurate
N.B : You might have not the choice to run it as an admin so run it anyways and accept the warning that will popup.
A bunch of tabs will pop up then click on the graphics tab then you should see what exact card you're using regardless of what the website says. ( if its the r9 290x then the drivers are correctly installed ) .
Also this is more accurate
N.B : You might have not the choice to run it as an admin so run it anyways and accept the warning that will popup.
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Myntekt
September 11, 2014 10:59:00 AM
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Myntekt
September 11, 2014 11:10:10 AM
Myntekt
September 11, 2014 11:25:35 AM
TopLuca said:
Because websites aren't monitoring the real hardware of the PC , rather the drivers and the overall look of it. If you refreshed the system Hardware rating , you'll see that now its higher and the website should read it correctly.
Refreshed it and it works now.
Another thing, the R9 290X has 4GB of vram, but on that website it says that I only have 3,1GB.
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TopLuca said:
Because websites aren't monitoring the real hardware of the PC , rather the drivers and the overall look of it. If you refreshed the system Hardware rating , you'll see that now its higher and the website should read it correctly.
Refreshed it and it works now.
Another thing, the R9 290X has 4GB of vram, but on that website it says that I only have 3,1GB.
That's the usable , the other is reserved for other processes that we can't really see
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Myntekt
September 11, 2014 11:54:31 AM
TopLuca said:
Myntekt said:
TopLuca said:
Because websites aren't monitoring the real hardware of the PC , rather the drivers and the overall look of it. If you refreshed the system Hardware rating , you'll see that now its higher and the website should read it correctly.
Refreshed it and it works now.
Another thing, the R9 290X has 4GB of vram, but on that website it says that I only have 3,1GB.
That's the usable , the other is reserved for other processes that we can't really see
I thought that this only happened in the normal ram.
Is there a way to the the exact name of the graphics card, in some software? It would tell me that I had a GTX 560 ti before, but now it only says R9 200 series
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Myntekt
September 11, 2014 12:02:22 PM
TopLuca said:
That should do so : http://www.hwinfo.com/download.phpDon't be worried , Your card is good.
It's not that. I bought this card from Amazon, and I tried to buy a used one to see how it goes since it was ~100€ cheaper, and I'm checking if everything is working. Do you know any good benchmarking programs I can use to see if it is working normally?
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TopLuca said:
That should do so : http://www.hwinfo.com/download.phpDon't be worried , Your card is good.
It's not that. I bought this card from Amazon, and I tried to buy a used one to see how it goes since it was ~100€ cheaper, and I'm checking if everything is working. Do you know any good benchmarking programs I can use to see if it is working normally?
Games are the best thing for benchmarks. also always expect 10% deficit ( better or worse ) as this is normal
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Myntekt
September 11, 2014 12:17:53 PM
TopLuca said:
Myntekt said:
TopLuca said:
That should do so : http://www.hwinfo.com/download.phpDon't be worried , Your card is good.
It's not that. I bought this card from Amazon, and I tried to buy a used one to see how it goes since it was ~100€ cheaper, and I'm checking if everything is working. Do you know any good benchmarking programs I can use to see if it is working normally?
Games are the best thing for benchmarks. also always expect 10% deficit ( better or worse ) as this is normal
Now I'm kinda scared, I was playing BF4 on an empty server and suddently a red screen. I rebooted the PC, and it's working again. Now I'm not sure if this has something to do with the fact that I changed the PSU and all the cables, or the fact that this GPU might not be working 100%.
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Myntekt
September 11, 2014 12:24:28 PM
Myntekt said:
TopLuca said:
A Red screen is mostly the HDMI not the GPU , Do stress tests of the GPU and if it succeeds then its good.It always worked before and this has never happened. What do you think I should use to stress test it?
Google it , some programs will work for a portion and others won't.
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Myntekt
September 11, 2014 12:50:55 PM
Myntekt
September 11, 2014 12:56:55 PM
Myntekt said:
How much time should I run it? Is it normal that the fps dropped to 1~5 3 times? 14 minutes have passed and it's at 85°CThat's very demanding so I think that's good , so take it to the real limits and play games.
Do benchmarks in games from 30 secs to 3 minutes and if it stays well then move on to a different game.
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Myntekt
September 11, 2014 1:05:40 PM
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