Question 1

Where do I write a review, bought 2 march 29, pulled 7970s and popped these in crash, reboot, desktop, crash, installed half disc software, crash, etc, etc etc., after 2 days, pulled them back out put 7970s back runs like a charm. next step is returning these?

Accepted Answer

I've haven't had any problems with mine as of yet, even thou i messing around with 3 different OS, save a copy of your config motherboard and default it, did you add the crossfire to it?

Test this out, try one card at a time, find the one that might be defected, try the next card, after that, depending where your at, plug in the 2nd slot instead of your first slot on your motherboard, again, do them separately and try them out to see how well that goes.

Other than that, I would say try googling with this graphics card with your motherboard.

I have this with my ASUS Sabertooth z87. Works like a charm with my CPU at 4.6GHz 16GB 16000MHZ corsair

Question 2

will this card support amd mantle ?

Accepted Answer

Yes, this card supports Mantle.  Being able to utilize Mantle will depend on your drivers, and, more importantly, the game's support for Mantle.

Question 3

I read somewhere that you can not crossfire this card on a motherboard with pci-e 2.0.  You have to have a MB with pci-e 3.0 to crossfire.  Is that true??  I have the Asus crosshair V Formula Z motherboard...

Accepted Answer

Not true. I ran 6 in crossfire no problems. The rumor came from theres no crossfire bridge any more. Its all done through the slot. What you need to consider 2.0 is slower yes but still a shit ton of bandwidth for the card. What it comes down to is the multiplier, notice for your motherboard it says "3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (dual x16 or x16/x8/x8) ". 2 of the cards will be no issue and it will start to bottleneck at 3 but lets be real running 3 of these with air cooling it will already be bottlenecked due to heat. I would recommend ONLY doing 2 cards and split them between PCIE slots on opposite ends of the board to allow for air flow. This card WILL get to 90C under max load. You will need supplemental cooling in the case to move air to them and away from them as well as your room its in will heat up.

Question 4

Why is NewEgg bundling a PS3 game with a card...?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

will this card work on PCI 1.0 and is a fan's push or pull?

Accepted Answer

The PCIe standard is backward compatible, though PCIe 3.0 is nearly four times as fast as 1.0a. This card would likely see performance issues relating to that. You will also most likely need the latest BIOS firmware on your motherboard to support it, as PCIe 2.1 introduced power features that interrupted backwards compatibility. 
If you mean non-express PCI or PCIe 1x, then the answer is "no, they do not even have the same physical port."
The fans are in a push configuration; exhausting a portion of the air through the expansion slot cover plate. This subtract from the case pressure.

Question 6

What is the difference between the asus 290x and the Asus ROG 290x?

Accepted Answer

the rog matrix card is for extreme overclocking. it has better placement of vram which get really hot on the r9290xdciioc. it also has better caps and chokes that last longer and are more stable. other than that they are virtually identical spec wise.

Question 7

I would like to watercool this card, but noticed that one of the screws has a sticker over it implying a warranty void if heatsink removed. Will my warranty be voided if I pull the heatsink and I do NOT damage the card doing so?

Accepted Answer

It will void out the warranty per Asus's warranty info

But to be honest if you are going to water cool it I would not buy any R92xxX that have a "custom" cooler on it, save your self some money just get a AMD reference card then water cool it.

Question 8

Is this card better then the msi r7970 3 gbd5 twin frozer boost edition? i want to do 2 monitors in the furture.

Accepted Answer

If your wanting to use two monitors as separate displays then the 7970 will be fine.  I used a 7970 for a long time great card.  But if your wanting to use multiple monitors for gaming with resolution like 5760x1080 making the game go a crossed all three, then get the R9290X-DC2OC .  That is what this card was built for high res gaming.  I'm running two R9290X-DC2OC in my pc with no problems they run great!  Get a case with good airflow and you will be very happy with it.  Hope this helps

Question 9

What is the power consumption requirement for this card?

Accepted Answer

I have an overclocked 4770k with this and have seen 550w at the wall under gaming. Card uses 300w or so. I wouldn't use less than a QUALITY 600w PSU with a beefy 12v rail.

Question 10

What should the 12v rails amps be at in order to power this beast?

Accepted Answer

The card uses 300 watts (Peaks around 350). Maybe I'm not sure what you're asking though do you have the switchable rails? I'm using two kilowatt psu's to power my four.

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