Overclocking r9 290 tri-x

[christiaan87]

Hello all

I got myself an r9 290 tri-x (as you might have seen in an earlier post). And its up and running.

I am using MSI afterburner to overclock the card.

Current settings:
Core voltage +19
Power limit +50%
Core clock 1100
Memory clock 1350
fan speed Auto

I used valley benchmark and it worked perfectly untill the last frame (small artifacts).
So i wanted to bump up the voltage by +1 (+20)

However, MSI afterburner keeps setting it back to +19.

Should i enable "extend official overclocking limits", and would this help me increase the voltage and would/could this damage my card?
Any other ideas?

 

[Compuser10165]

This setting is more like an awareness so you con't oc too much without manually enabling soe settings. Yes you should enable all voltage related settings there.
So enable:

-Enable hardware control and monitoring
-Enable low-level hardware access (set it to kernel mode)
-Restore settings after suspended mode
-Enable voltage control (Extended MSI)
-Enable voltage monitoring
-DO NOT ENABLE Force constant voltage (DO NOT)
-Extend official overclocking limits

 

[christiaan87]

This setting is more like an awareness so you con't oc too much without manually enabling soe settings. Yes you should enable all voltage related settings there.
So enable:

-Enable hardware control and monitoring
-Enable low-level hardware access (set it to kernel mode)
-Restore settings after suspended mode
-Enable voltage control (Extended MSI)
-Enable voltage monitoring
-DO NOT ENABLE Force constant voltage (DO NOT)
-Extend official overclocking limits

I've added the -Extend official overclocking limits

So got the exact same settings, but it still won't go higher than +19

in valley i got: 1.164 core voltage, so i should be able to up it by another tick.

 

[Compuser10165]

This setting is more like an awareness so you con't oc too much without manually enabling soe settings. Yes you should enable all voltage related settings there.
So enable:

-Enable hardware control and monitoring
-Enable low-level hardware access (set it to kernel mode)
-Restore settings after suspended mode
-Enable voltage control (Extended MSI)
-Enable voltage monitoring
-DO NOT ENABLE Force constant voltage (DO NOT)
-Extend official overclocking limits

I've added the -Extend official overclocking limits

So got the exact same settings, but it still won't go higher than +19

in valley i got: 1.164 core voltage, so i should be able to up it by another tick.

Well, maybe your particular card does not OC too well...

 

[christiaan87]

This setting is more like an awareness so you con't oc too much without manually enabling soe settings. Yes you should enable all voltage related settings there.
So enable:

-Enable hardware control and monitoring
-Enable low-level hardware access (set it to kernel mode)
-Restore settings after suspended mode
-Enable voltage control (Extended MSI)
-Enable voltage monitoring
-DO NOT ENABLE Force constant voltage (DO NOT)
-Extend official overclocking limits

I've added the -Extend official overclocking limits

So got the exact same settings, but it still won't go higher than +19

in valley i got: 1.164 core voltage, so i should be able to up it by another tick.

Well, maybe your particular card does not OC too well...

Maybe i should put: Unofficial overcloking mode on : With / without powerplay support? (it is on disables now)

edit: that didnt help either.

Read something about that i might have to regulate voltage in catalyst and the rest in afterburner :S

 

[Compuser10165]

This setting is more like an awareness so you con't oc too much without manually enabling soe settings. Yes you should enable all voltage related settings there.
So enable:

-Enable hardware control and monitoring
-Enable low-level hardware access (set it to kernel mode)
-Restore settings after suspended mode
-Enable voltage control (Extended MSI)
-Enable voltage monitoring
-DO NOT ENABLE Force constant voltage (DO NOT)
-Extend official overclocking limits

I've added the -Extend official overclocking limits

So got the exact same settings, but it still won't go higher than +19

in valley i got: 1.164 core voltage, so i should be able to up it by another tick.

Well, maybe your particular card does not OC too well...

Maybe i should put: Unofficial overcloking mode on : With / without powerplay support? (it is on disables now)

edit: that didnt help either.

Read something about that i might have to regulate voltage in catalyst and the rest in afterburner :S

That would be an idea. Tweaking the voltage in Catalyst could work but the MSI afterburner could overwrite the settings... I don't know for sure.

 

[christiaan87]

This setting is more like an awareness so you con't oc too much without manually enabling soe settings. Yes you should enable all voltage related settings there.
So enable:

-Enable hardware control and monitoring
-Enable low-level hardware access (set it to kernel mode)
-Restore settings after suspended mode
-Enable voltage control (Extended MSI)
-Enable voltage monitoring
-DO NOT ENABLE Force constant voltage (DO NOT)
-Extend official overclocking limits

I've added the -Extend official overclocking limits

So got the exact same settings, but it still won't go higher than +19

in valley i got: 1.164 core voltage, so i should be able to up it by another tick.

Well, maybe your particular card does not OC too well...

Maybe i should put: Unofficial overcloking mode on : With / without powerplay support? (it is on disables now)

edit: that didnt help either.

Read something about that i might have to regulate voltage in catalyst and the rest in afterburner :S

That would be an idea. Tweaking the voltage in Catalyst could work but the MSI afterburner could overwrite the settings... I don't know for sure.

Thats also what i was wondering, cause why only override a part of the settings?
But i am not really sure i want to use two programs that override each other. So i am not going to do that (yet, maybe in the future)

I did end up with:

+19 voltage
+50 power limit
1090 core clock
1400 memory clock

Got one stable loop so far.
So i guess its at least something .

 

[Compuser10165]

This setting is more like an awareness so you con't oc too much without manually enabling soe settings. Yes you should enable all voltage related settings there.
So enable:

-Enable hardware control and monitoring
-Enable low-level hardware access (set it to kernel mode)
-Restore settings after suspended mode
-Enable voltage control (Extended MSI)
-Enable voltage monitoring
-DO NOT ENABLE Force constant voltage (DO NOT)
-Extend official overclocking limits

I've added the -Extend official overclocking limits

So got the exact same settings, but it still won't go higher than +19

in valley i got: 1.164 core voltage, so i should be able to up it by another tick.

Well, maybe your particular card does not OC too well...

Maybe i should put: Unofficial overcloking mode on : With / without powerplay support? (it is on disables now)

edit: that didnt help either.

Read something about that i might have to regulate voltage in catalyst and the rest in afterburner :S

That would be an idea. Tweaking the voltage in Catalyst could work but the MSI afterburner could overwrite the settings... I don't know for sure.

Thats also what i was wondering, cause why only override a part of the settings?
But i am not really sure i want to use two programs that override each other. So i am not going to do that (yet, maybe in the future)

I did end up with:

+19 voltage
+50 power limit
1090 core clock
1400 memory clock

Got one stable loop so far.
So i guess its at least something .

If it's stable I suggest leave it as it is and enjoy!