Review - AMD Radeon R9 290X

[ecos]

Having done that you can also OC the card to 1100/1350 or so, with no problems.

--> Before I go for the overclocking option, I would very much like to see what I did wrong before. Also, this goes into a production box, OC is not yet an option, it might become an option after heavy stress testing.

Edit: I see now you did use the od6config tool, so my bet is you did not flick that switch on the card. It needs to be set "away from the rear".

--> The switch had already been set "away from the rear".

Edit2: If the card still throttles despite everything done right, it really gets too hot (>94C) and you should be thankful it saves itself by throttling. Fix cooling if this happens.

--> Temp without OC is somewhere over 75, but not higher than 85.

Have you had the chance to test some NTLM hashes? Just for reference, I'd like to find out if my measurements are really in the woods or not ... if not NTLM stats are available, any alternative stats (not necessary MD4) are fine to compare.

Edit - plus I am quite confused about the results of the benchmarking mode (-b), which are fine, as expected ... the trouble starts when I try to crack real data.

Cheers,
ecos