MSI R9 390X

[ComputerFreak123]

Hello Guys

 

So I am building a new Pc and nearly have all the parts and for my gpu I have the MSI 390X I would love if you guys would give me an overview of what a beast the card is like noise how much you can oc etc. I have the 760t with neutural airflow.

[thekeemo]

If you have it you can figure it out yourself? Default fan curve is optimized for noise not temps.

[SK_Caterpilar_SK]

1520i saw its max on GPU and on vRam its over 6000 i guess 

[Frosty]

It's hot hot hot. In my experience, the card's fans will not start spinning until it reaches about 60 Celsius. If you have multiple monitors the RAM will clock itself at it's max frequency right away and you'll get it up to that temp pretty fast. if you only have say, 1 1080p monitor, it'll idle around 40 degrees Celsius with the fans off.

 

In super intensive titles it'll reach the mid to high 70s if you have decent airflow. When the fans ramp up it doesn't get loud in the traditional whiny sense, but more a "whooshing" of air due to those two large fans.

 

Oh, and by default it'll run in "gaming" mode (as per MSI's bundled gaming app) , which is max of 1080mhz on the core.     

 

I haven't even attempted to overclock it yet, but apparently there isn't much headroom left on good old Hawaii.

[FruitBasketSilex]

Have it. Love it. Play games on it. Have fun.

[Matt_Twinkletoes]

Hello Guys

So I am building a new Pc and nearly have all the parts and for my gpu I have the MSI 390X I would love if you guys would give me an overview of what a beast the card is like noise how much you can oc etc. I have the 760t with neutural airflow.

Mine thermal throttles...

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

@afyeung 

 

 

Mine thermal throttles...

 

Get some airflow in yo case 

[afyeung]

1520i saw its max on GPU and on vRam its over 6000 i guess 

That's completely wrong. The average 390x will get 1150 on the core. However, VRAM can go all the way up to 1750(7ghz effective), if you add aux voltage.

[afyeung]

 

Hello Guys

 

So I am building a new Pc and nearly have all the parts and for my gpu I have the MSI 390X I would love if you guys would give me an overview of what a beast the card is like noise how much you can oc etc. I have the 760t with neutural airflow.

 

It's fairly quiet under load. But it's not "silent" No fan on earth running at 2000+ RPM will be silent. If the rest of your system is running low rpm fans(<1000rpm), then you will notice it a bit more. Without voltage boost, you are looking to get around 1120-1150mhz depending on silicon lottery. The temps will increase around 2c without voltage. With voltage however (+85mv is probably the max you should do), the temps will shoot way up and your card will run a lot hotter and therefore a lot louder. 1150-1200ish is the max you'll get with voltage on air. If I were you, I would get the R9 390 if it's more than $40 cheaper. The 390x just isn't worth the price increase when you're getting 10% at most more performance.

[SK_Caterpilar_SK]

That's completely wrong. The average 390x will get 1150 on the core. However, VRAM can go all the way up to 1750(7ghz effective), if you add aux voltage.

yeas yeas i was wrong sorry max is 1200Mhz i was wrong

[afyeung]

yeas yeas i was wrong sorry max is 1200Mhz i was wrong

No problem lol. You were probably thinking if the Nvidia cards which clock 1500+. sadly, no mid-high end AMD card can even get near that under water or air cooling

[SK_Caterpilar_SK]

No problem lol. You were probably thinking if the Nvidia cards which clock 1500+. sadly, no mid-high end AMD card can even get near that under water or air cooling

i just...just saw the wrong number )))))

[Matt_Twinkletoes]

 

What are your max load temps?

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

What are your max load temps?

71*C

[Matt_Twinkletoes]

71*C

Yeah that's weird because the msi 390x is supposed to be really quiet and I've sent back my second one now. Also my airflow is fine, I even went as far as pointing to fans blowing directly at the card. The first two msi 390x I had they both thermal throttled at 94C and I'm starting to think It might be a software issue, but I have the latest bios and drivers so I don't really know.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Yeah that's weird because the msi 390x is supposed to be really quiet and I've sent back my second one now. Also my airflow is fine, I even went as far as pointing to fans blowing directly at the card. The first two msi 390x I had they both thermal throttled at 94C and I'm starting to think It might be a software issue, but I have the latest bios and drivers so I don't really know.

Have you tested with the side panel off?

[Matt_Twinkletoes]

Have you tested with the side panel off?

Oh yeah

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Oh yeah

And it throttles even then?

[ivan134]

Yeah that's weird because the msi 390x is supposed to be really quiet and I've sent back my second one now. Also my airflow is fine, I even went as far as pointing to fans blowing directly at the card. The first two msi 390x I had they both thermal throttled at 94C and I'm starting to think It might be a software issue, but I have the latest bios and drivers so I don't really know.

This is an aside, but do you mind posting a picture of the inside of you case? I wanna see how you fit a HDD with that card in that case. I was considering the case, but it didn't look like you could fit an 2.5 slot cards, like your MSI 390x, in there with a 3.5 HDD installed at the same time.

[Matt_Twinkletoes]

This is an aside, but do you mind posting a picture of the inside of you case? I wanna see how you fit a HDD with that card in that case. I was considering the case, but it didn't look like you could fit an 2.5 slot cards, like your MSI 390x, in there with a 3.5 HDD installed at the same time.

With some ghetto zip tie mounting, but now I have a 5.25" to 3.5" adapter.

[ivan134]

With some ghetto zip tie mounting, but now I have a 5.25" to 3.5" adapter.

 

I see. You should add another intake fan.