since no one decided to help me out with settings I experimented on my own,
visit the GroestlCoin page at cryptocoin talk for settings for a 7970 that really sped up the hash rate and got some results.
I do like to experiment with new coins (when I should be mining my own coins !!)
I am getting 9Mhs each on 2 x R9 290 tri-x with dwarfpool miner and getting 1268khs on 6 cores of a fx8350
power draw is 550watt, temps 60/70
powerdraw in scryptn microcoin on same rig, power draw is 750watt - temps 70/80