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My 290X Lightning has had a bit of an annoying run so far, mainly because I cannot have a stable system unless I increase the 2D Core Clocks in GPU Tweak from 300 to 310+ (The card seems to default to 516Mhz no matter what I put in, unless its higher than 516), If I don't set this 2D Clock, the...

Hey all, I have had a little stress recently after finally convincing myself to upgrade my GPU - I get a 290X lightning all set up in my case and I've had no end of trouble with random freeze/stalls or instant reboots. So assuming the the GPU was faulty, I went ahead and sent for a replacement...

I am getting quite close to buying all of my components for a water cooling setup, to the point where I am currently slightly modding a Corsair 750D to hold it all in. I've now come across heavy discussions on the facts that EK Nickel plated products have a tendency to flake, discolour or...

Gigabyte GTX 780 Ti Windforce OC = £530 Asus R9 290X DCU II = £500 at these price points I really can't decide what to go for! I've only had problems with Nvidia in a long distant past, but, the 290X's seem to have quite odd issues of their own at the moment (I'm sure it's normal for everyone...

I've read a tonne of posts about these issues (also affecting 290 cards) I'd like to query anyone here if they have this issue too and if anyone knows of progress on fixing it and/or whether AMD are taking steps to do so... The issue is apparently due to the new memory layout/memory chips...

I've been reading this forum for a little while and finally decided to introduce myself :) A bit about me; I'm studying Computer Science and have a heavy interest in Hardware, VFX, Architecture, Music and making things. Back in School, I loved engineering at school and actually made myself a...