A few questions about the R9 290x

[smokey]

This is my first post, I have just built my first system and I need some help getting the most out of it.

I am getting 190 kh/s per 290x when brute forcing against a wpa2 hash, but I have heard people say they get over 200 kh/s per card.

Is there something I should do to optimize my system?

Also I read an article titled AMD R9 290X As Fast As Titan X in DX12 Enabled 3DMark – 33% Faster Than GTX 980.

This made me wonder if dx12 will make r9 290x faster for password cracking.

thanks

[coolbry95]

Over clocking the cards will increase the performance. I get 195 kH/s in my benchmark for the 290x. Direct X has nothing to do with hash cracking..

[epixoip]

Heh yeah, graphics performance is irrelevant for hash cracking. Titan X slaughters 290X.

[smokey]

Heh yeah, graphics performance is irrelevant for hash cracking. Titan X slaughters 290X.

Yes I saw your bechmarks for the titan x, simply amazing.

But The 390x and 390x wce are coming out in about a month, I am hoping that they put a whooping on the titan x. ( its too expensive).

I know you guys aren't fans of water cooled cards, but I was wondering if you planned on doing any benchmarks/tests with the new amd cards?

Also will the price drop on all gpus when the 390x comes out, or will it be older amd only cards that become cheaper?

[epixoip]

If the 390X is anything like it is rumored to be, I won't even bother benchmarking it.