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Max Voltage for a 24/7 R9 290 OC

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Should be okay if you up the voltage till 1.25v, try to stay below 1.3v unless you go underwater.

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Hey guys, my R9 290 is feeling a bit dated and i want to overclock it to get a bit more out of it. Temperatures aside (I'll make sure those are okay), how far can I go on the voltage slider before seriously risking damaging the 290? Is +50 mV okay? Or can I go safely further?

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go as high as you can AMD and NVidia set those voltage limits at a ''safe'' level.

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Hey guys, my R9 290 is feeling a bit dated and i want to overclock it to get a bit more out of it. Temperatures aside (I'll make sure those are okay), how far can I go on the voltage slider before seriously risking damaging the 290? Is +50 mV okay? Or can I go safely further?

What is your current/default 3D voltage? Check with GPU-Z while running some 3D stuff. (or just click the ? button in GPU-Z)

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What is your current/default 3D voltage? Check with GPU-Z while running some 3D stuff. (or just click the ? button in GPU-Z)

According to GPU-Z it's 1.188v at load

 

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Should be okay if you up the voltage till 1.25v, try to stay below 1.3v unless you go underwater.

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Should be okay if you up the voltage till 1.25v, try to stay below 1.3v unless you go underwater.

Thanks so much for your help, I'll give it a go!

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Eh, is that the GPU core or +12V? I'm kinda not sure and figured I'd also ask.

 

Should be okay if you up the voltage till 1.25v, try to stay below 1.3v unless you go underwater.

Question, could +20 MHz (I want to round mine to 1 GHz :D) potentially brick everything? It's factory OCed and stable atm. Should I do that on stock settings, just bump the core or not worth?

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Eh, is that the GPU core or +12V? I'm kinda not sure and figured I'd also ask.

 

Question, could +20 MHz (I want to round mine to 1 GHz :D) potentially brick everything? It's factory OCed and stable atm. Should I do that on stock settings, just bump the core or not worth?

That's GPU core. And no, I'm sure you can bump the core on your 280 20 Mhz no problem.

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