MSI 290X 3 GPU Setup

[mrpark]

Hello:

A few newbie questions: Please have some mercy

I was thinking about getting three of these MSI 290x cards, has anyone undervolted this card successfully yet? I have an old intel dp35dp motherboard and I will try to use the unpowered X1 to X16 risers cables (and hope they will work without doing the x1 wire jumper trick) and a 1200W Lepa power supply (and maybe daisy change another 600w). I read they can get 1000k hash, so since I couldn't get the 7950's anymore I am glad about the higher hash rate. One other dumb question, is plugging in a monitor for setup take from the mining power? What to use to monitor mining? perhaps VNC? Any suggestions or comments appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[Lauda]

Buying those cards for mining or even gaming is wrong.
The price/performance ratio is just not good enough compared to 280x and 290.

[MrMirkin]

Buying those cards for mining or even gaming is wrong.
The price/performance ratio is just not good enough compared to 280x and 290.

No this is a fantastic card for gaming, beats the titan at half the price.    

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-review-benchmark,3659-6.html

For Mining, not so much....  The 280x is only about 15% under it for scrypt mining for instance

[zakorus]

hi doing the same thing here... what if i wanted to watercool 3 of those cards to squeeze an immense amount of performance out of them

[zakorus]

hi doing the same thing here... what if i wanted to watercool 3 of those cards to squeeze an immense amount of performance out of them

EKWB makes water blocks for them.

coolingconfigurator.com/


~BCX~

THANKS!