On a happy note, new cgminer for HVC is a nice speed improvement, at the cost of extra power usage.

My rigs before

290x @1150Mhz -I8 25mh
290 @1150Mhz -I8 22mh
280x @1170Mhz -I8 16mh
270 @1150Mhz -I8 10mh
270 @ 1190Mhz -I8 11mh

My rigs now:

290x @1150Mhz -I8 31mh
290 @1150Mhz -I8 28mh
280x @1170Mhz -I8 22mh
270 @1150Mhz -I8 14mh
270 @ 1190Mhz -I8 15mh

EDIT:  Just don't do what I did, and overwrite the batch file with my wallet address with the default one and mine for over an hour for somebody else at 300mh.