Overclocking

As usual I ran the Vapor-X R9 290 through our standard overclock testing. That means I overclocked the GPU and memory by themselves and tested them using 3dmark 11 benchmark 2 and then I put the two results together to see if the card could handle both overclocks at the same time. All the while, I document my results as I go. GPU testing went smoothly and actually gave me the same result as the MSI card I tested. The entire time the Vapor-X ran fairly cool, so it is obvious that there is a lot more power left in the card if you know how to massage it out. Memory testing hit the same 6200MHz wall that all of the other 290’s I have tested also hit. This time I was expecting it and bumped it back down slightly for a good result. Lastly, I ran the card with the GPU set to 112MHz and 6000MHz on the memory and it took it like a champ on the first try. All in all the Vapor-X 290 overclocked as expected for an R9 290, but I know there is a lot more room left in it on air.