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Title: Custom BIOS R9 290 @990kh/s
Post by: reda on May 23, 2014, 12:48:47 PM
hello everyone i just wanted to share with you my custom bios for sapphire r9 290 that gives 980-990kh/s

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ke6xprinltfmrnh/bios%20r9%20290%20for%20990kh.zip

remember that these cards goes crazy hot if its not custom, so make sure to add a fan near them !
any tip is welcome thanks

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Title: Re: Custom BIOS R9 290 @990kh/s
Post by: big_coins on May 23, 2014, 12:52:50 PM
would this be ok for the tri-x 290 ?

How to load it onto the card ?

thanks!


Title: Re: Custom BIOS R9 290 @990kh/s
Post by: reda on May 23, 2014, 01:02:56 PM
dunno i run them on standard R9 290
to be more specific it's this one
http://www.lesnumeriques.com/carte-graphique/amd-radeon-r9-290-4-go-p17329/test.html
i guess it's possible to load it on custom, i never tried it
to load it, the only way i know is this one
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?pid=2044#
download their bios zipped file
you'll find the instruction how to update any bios the file is in power point format
and the utility is named flash.exe

but i am sure there is other way to load new bios on your GPU
perhps someone from the forum could guide you better for that
anyway i use the software given by sapphire to load bios


Title: Re: Custom BIOS R9 290 @990kh/s
Post by: MisO69 on May 23, 2014, 01:06:26 PM
I have six of these cards and they certainly run much hotter than the 280x cards I have.

This custom BIOS can you please tell us what you did? Memory timings? Undervolt?

What temps are you running mining scrypt?


Title: Re: Custom BIOS R9 290 @990kh/s
Post by: reda on May 23, 2014, 01:16:10 PM
i don't know i just got it from a mate who run a farm of 60 R9 290

but you can check it by yourself with the right program and tell us what you find ;)
i didn't even asked him about that, hope it helps


Title: Re: Custom BIOS R9 290 @990kh/s
Post by: mirakul on May 23, 2014, 01:27:28 PM
So you are asking for tip before sharing your BIOS?
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Title: Re: Custom BIOS R9 290 @990kh/s
Post by: MisO69 on May 23, 2014, 01:30:46 PM
Okay I'm going to try it out tonight on one of them and let you guys know what I find.



Title: Re: Custom BIOS R9 290 @990kh/s
Post by: sgi02 on May 23, 2014, 03:35:42 PM
It looks like a repackaged version of The Stilt BIOS.


Title: Re: Custom BIOS R9 290 @990kh/s
Post by: reda on May 24, 2014, 12:08:57 AM
dunno who is stilt i just wanted to share a bios i received 2 weeks ago and with it i could get 980kh instead of 830kh with my 290