Question 1

Does this card support 4K?  Specifications below the cards say max resolution is 2560 x 1600.

MSI website says 4K resolution.

Which one is it??

Accepted Answer

I'm not sure why they only have the 2560x1600 listed but there are reviews out there that show it is capable of 4k (3840x2160) gaming. I would look at trusted independent reviews over a spec sheet from the manufacturer.

Question 2

I used Neweggs PSU and it recommended I have 1168W PSU. Do I really need to use a 1200W PSU to power this? I have a Intel core i7 LGA 1155 CPU with 16GB system ram, MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB VGA, and ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 motherboard.

Accepted Answer

Th e 750ti only uses 75W max in game. And the 290x has a tDp of about 290W; ironically, and the rest of the components should only add about 125W, so I would say 750W would be plenty for your system.

Question 3

What power supply do I need? I am lookingat 550w

Accepted Answer

A 550W power supply should be sufficient as long as it isn't a low-end brand with poor build quality.

A general rule of thumb - if the reviews say it's good (sort by most reviews), then it probably worth buying.

Question 4

What is the max resolution this card supports?  Newegg says 2560 x 1600.  MSI website says 4096X2160 *see below*

1 (version 1.4a)
Max Resolution: 3840x2160 @30 Hz-30bpp
4096x2160 @24 Hz-24bpp

Accepted Answer

This card is 2160p capable. If you want 60Hz, you will need to use DisplayPort though.

Question 5

how many watts is this?

Accepted Answer

Depends on how hard you push it - I think at stock settings it is nominally about 300 watts per card - I have run three cards and main board on 1200w psu - if you oc them though I think they can hit 400w+ pretty easily - I found that to drive 4 cards (and mainboard) I usually needed a 1500 watt supply

Question 6

How high where you able to overclock this card?

Accepted Answer

I can't remember exactly, but I do remember it was good for it. The heatsink and fans are larger than the standard ones.

Question 7

I own this card and found I need to increase the power limiter to +15% to hit the advertised clock speed. If I leave the power limiter at 0% then the card never pushed more than 900MHz. Tested with Furmark  and afterburner. Is this normal?

Accepted Answer

I can run my card just fine under Furmark with power limiter at 0%, however, whenever I load up afterburner to stock values, it gives me a +13 millivolts.

Question 8

I'm not going to use cross fire, but will this run on my nvidia driver aSUS SABERTOOTH Z77 with Intel processor?

Accepted Answer

This is an ATI card, you need to uninstall the nVidia driver and install the ATI/AMD driver.

Question 9

Do you need to connect both the 6 pin and 8 pin power or just one of them? I am not intending to run in Crossfire, simply and upgrade from my 7870 Ghz Edition, 750w psu.

Accepted Answer

It's been a while since I've been in there but I remember doing both. Just follow the manual which you can download online if you haven't bought it yet.

Question 10

How many monitors can I use with this?

Accepted Answer

I'm pretty sure through display port adapters you can technically run 6 monitors with this card.

I'm currently running 3 at 1080p with no problems. I can run max settings in battlefield 4 in an eyefinity setup without any issues. I'm not sure how it would perform with 6 monitors, but it's going to mainly depend on the resolution you're at. If you're running 4k, it's going to be a lot more difficult for the card to run than you are if you're at 1080p.

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