290 Tri-fire?

[Shmee]

How well does 290 tri fire work these days? I have 3 290s, and was wondering if it was worth putting them all in one system. How would this compare to a Fury or my 1070? What games would definitely benefit from these?

I mostly play WoT, BF series, SWBF, and various other games when not playing those. I would either use it with my Asus freesync monitor, 2560x1440 144Hz, or my HP ZR30W 2560x1600 60Hz. Would use them with a Seasonic gold 1250W.

 

[nathanddrews]

You're the one with three 290s... how about you tell us?

 

[Dave2150]

I'd imagine it would be too hot and lout for most people.

 

[nurturedhate]

I'd imagine it would be too hot and lout for most people.

Only if they are reference models or in a terrible case. This perception really needs to die.

 

[PontiacGTX]

if the scaling is ok and there arent cpu bottlenecks(maybe at 1440 you could get some ) maybe around GTX 1080 or a GTX 1070 OC

 

[bystander36]

Only if they are reference models or in a terrible case. This perception really needs to die.

3 video cards side by side would have no space between them, and most likely would be loud regardless of style. The reference cards actually perform better with no space from my experience.

I agree with the first response. You have them, experiment for us.

 

[Shmee]

Ok, will do!

 

[Dave2150]

Only if they are reference models or in a terrible case. This perception really needs to die.

My perception is fine thanks. I've owned and used Hawaii and Grenada cards in a well ventilated case, they produce the most heat and noise that I've ever seen in a GPU. Though that shouldn't come as a surprise as they are power hungry cards.

 

[Jackie60]

I had three 290s in trifire, I used wedges to keep them further apart than they would normally sit after seeing some bitcoin rigs. All reference but if you don't
artificially give them breathing space they cook. That was a while back but scaling was usually good but driver support or lack of meant a variable experience. They were really noisy and hot but kept the room warm over a chilly winter.

 

[Headfoot]

I'd be interested to see. I know on my 290 crossfire I can't hardly get it to work right. Half the time it "works" I get horribly nauseating texture/object flicker. I can't imagine tri fire will be anything but worse in that regard