barnsley
born in a.....
Cru has done it (the white Geforce bit) on here and it looks nice. If you get a ref card then do eet.
Returning My 290X Matrix :(
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Dicehunter
Resident Newb
That sounds like it will look really badass. You owe us pics once you do it
I will don't worry ^_^
Actually quite excited over this haha
Ok I have ordered a reference 780 Ti, The needed paint I already have so now I'll just send my 290X Matrix back tomorrow and on Tuesday my reference 780 Ti will arrive ready for modding, Also ordered a custom backplate to go along with my general theme.
Now I just have to wait ^_^
This is roughly what we can expect colour wise but instead of red it will be matt black -
This is the LED mod -
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NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
In all honesty the air cooler sucks... so the fact you didn't realize it would means your hopes were to high. Its really a LN2 or nothing card. The better all rounder is the Lightning. You would be more pleased with that on the air side.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
I wouldn't say my hopes were high for this card, I was just expecting a card that would clock as well as a reference model, Which it doesn't and also better temps which to be honest they are maybe a few degrees better than a stock cooler but nothing good and I know it was for LN2 but after seeing what the performance was like on air I can't see the performance being much better on LN2, This card is over priced for what it is
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SuB
The Webmaster
*ack* shouldn't put PCB's on the outside of anti-static bags!!
Dice mate, you need to get yourself a waterloop, a proper one. It would:
a) get rid of all your noise issues
b) give you something else to lavish over
c) give you more stuff to mod and play with, besides water is FUN!
Dice mate, you need to get yourself a waterloop, a proper one. It would:
a) get rid of all your noise issues
b) give you something else to lavish over
c) give you more stuff to mod and play with, besides water is FUN!
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
I wouldn't say my hopes were high for this card, I was just expecting a card that would clock as well as a reference model, Which it doesn't and also better temps which to be honest they are maybe a few degrees better than a stock cooler but nothing good and I know it was for LN2 but after seeing what the performance was like on air I can't see the performance being much better on LN2, This card is over priced for what it is
Based off of reviews you shouldn't have thought much more than that. Hopefully on LN2 its better. I would try going for the Lightning instead as pretty much everyone is having better results.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Luckily those aren't my pictures and I know what you mean, A little pet peeve of mine as well with the bags.
I am going the WC route once I get moved etc... I already have the radiator, Pump/Res combo, Tubing, CPU block, Liquid and fittings, All of which from XSPC.
I won't be water cooling my 780 Ti though as I really like the look of the cooler and after modding it I'll like it even more ^_^
Plus the temps are really good on Nvidia's side compared to the 10th level of hell oven that is the 290X which in all honesty I was quite shocked by and would love to know why AMD thought it was ok to release something that puts out as much heat as a car engine.
barnsley
born in a.....
They didn't name it after a volcanic island for nothing
. My mates 290 tri-x isn't that bad tbh, his 280xs were worse. I just think asus never tried, if a couple of smaller companies can tame it... Also, you may think your 290 was hot but have you ever nearly burnt yourself on the reference card? the air it chucks out the back of it is near boiling temps D:. Not going to lie, If I had one I wouldn't need to ever use my central heating or stove ever again.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
They didn't name it after a volcanic island for nothing
Also, you may think your 290 was hot but have you ever nearly burnt yourself on the reference card? the air it chucks out the back of it is near boiling temps D:. Not going to lie, If I had one I wouldn't need to ever use my central heating or stove ever again.
I ran Watch_Dogs, Crysis, WoW and the card itself felt like the door of an oven and thats with 3 Corsair AF fans at full speed blowing over it, I even had to take the side panel off my 540 as the window was getting very hot.
AMD seriously need to pull their finger out, Give up the lazy engineering and optimize optimize optimize optimize, They can't keep bringing out these mini ovens otherwise Nvidia will keep growing in market share and eventually take over as people don't want to have 90'c cards in their rigs unless they live at the north/south pole.
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barnsley
born in a.....
except they're not all 90c cards. Point in hand Sapphire, Powercolor, MSI etc etc, heck those even run cooler than most 780s...
Its just Asus and XFX (not that that is suprising...) that haven't been able to deal with the card. Asus were lazy and didn't put much effort in. XFX can't make cards for s**t so its to be expected.
You've also got to remember its not just r9-290/290x vs 780/780ti as well. I'd hazard a guess that the 770/280x market is just as big/bigger, same with the 760/270x. Calling AMD's engineering lazy (while true in terms of that ****ing stock cooling design) is a bit daft based on one card.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Not basing it off one card though, So far I've tried the Asus Direct CU II, Reference and now the Matrix and all suck ass temp wise compared to Nvidia's offerings
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barnsley
born in a.....
AS I have said over and over again, the Asus cards are crap, as are the reference cards. The only difference between the two is you can't hear the Asus cards as much.Not basing it off one card though, So far I've tried the Asus Direct CU II, Reference and now the Matrix and all suck ass temp wise compared to Nvidia's offerings
Oh and the asus cards put the heat everywhere as opposed to cooking your display cable.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
I'm going to have to use this ^_^
AMD is providing more value for their cards, 2 in 1. The users will never have to use a seperate heating system again. I recall a person justifying their high powered PC during the cold seasons with this, AMD is only providing inovation Cant see it being very good during summer though, or does it have some feature that makes it become dormant like the volcano does...
Enuf said.
EDIT: Asus definately didnt try with the aftermarket coolers this time around, the DCUII series was basically a heatsink and cooler ripped off the 7XXX series GPU's
Cant see it being very good during summer though, or does it have some feature that makes it become dormant like the volcano does...Enuf said.
EDIT: Asus definately didnt try with the aftermarket coolers this time around, the DCUII series was basically a heatsink and cooler ripped off the 7XXX series GPU's
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