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Re: 7990 vs R290 mining
by
kaito
on 10/12/2013, 14:54:38 UTC
7990s. you wont' like the temperature.  I constantly run above 90 c.  can be tricky to keep it running.  will burn a lot of boards.. gl

You need to undervolt the core with MSI afterburner beta. My setting with 1.0V, 950/1000MHz, it hashes at 1320kH/s. The  temperature varies depending on the thermal paste of the cards.
I'm curious, what temps do you get?



no sense to buy a 7990

280x = 750 kh/s - 275w
7990 = 1300 kh/s - 500w

7990 = about 70% faster - about 80% consumption = fail
That's not that bad. It saves you a PCIe slot too.
It only becomes terrible if you factor in the GPU costs.