- Game Faster,Quieter, Cooler
- DirectCU II: 20% cooler and 3X quieter
- 30% less power noise and 2.5X greater durability
- GPU Tweak: Real-time intuitive graphics tuning
- Customize your card
When works its a great card but..
01/01/2015
This review is from: ASUS Radeon R9 290X 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card R9290X-DC2OC-4GD5
Pros:
Fast for a single card with plenty of vram. Looks sharp and is customizable either red or yellow.
Cons:
Very power hungry and a hot head. Very picky about working with certain drivers. Day one I installed this 6 months ago it flickered and the monitor went black. Had to pick and choose more up to date drivers for this to work in safe mode. Windows technical preview installed the wrong driver and crashed the screen as well. Forget about using beta drivers. I tried this card in two different systems with plenty of psu headroom just to be sure..
Overall Review:
Was tempted to get a second card now that its on sale but why throw good money after bad. I read that RMA'ing the card is useless as they send the cards back telling you theres nothing wrong with it from previous reports. I talked to tech support and they think certain drivers don't set the screen refresh rate appropriately. Well this is a serious problem. I have even updated the firmware to the latest. Forget about resell value if the card is a dud. I like Asus as a company, esp their motherboards, but their driver support for audio and video components is fair at best. STAY AWAY!!!
Manufacturer Response:
Dear Davidm,
I understand that you have issue with the graphics card and I want to help you fix it. If you can please provide me with the version of the driver and the link where you downloaded it. For further technical assistance please email me at customerloyalty@asus.com and put case # N150104271 in the subject line for your reference.
ASUS Customer Loyalty are dedicated in helping you and all other ASUS customers.
Thank you for choosing ASUS.
Regards,
Mark
ASUS Customer Loyalty
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