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A week from now you won't regret spending that little bit extra as you are gonna have an awesome gaming experience.
ooohhh I think I need to buy this card. 512 bit
Buss width is not everything when one takes into account the overall architure, the GTX 960 got hammered for having a 128-bit buss but it performs well due to the compression used.
The 8GB vram on that gpu is way overkill I reckon, 6GB would have been more than sufficient, no idea what the cost saving would have been though. Hey you'll never run out of vram though!
Get me one as well
Buss width is not everything when one takes into account the overall architure, the GTX 960 got hammered for having a 128-bit buss but it performs well due to the compression used.
The 8GB vram on that gpu is way overkill I reckon, 6GB would have been more than sufficient, no idea what the cost saving would have been though. Hey you'll never run out of vram though!
Get me one as well
Time to trade in this old 7950... This beautiful beast of a card... I hate to see it go.
Get hold of gtx gaming and see what he'll trade it in for, he's got the sapphire r9 390 going for R5400. He's in your neck of the woods and does tradeins on old gpus.
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Just got a used 280X so confirmation bias incoming. It's a beast of a card for the price. To the op, I have a 650watt super flower in my machine.
Cheers
Yeah it's a great card. I bought mine brand new from Wootware for R4k, which at the time was the deal of the century. I won't replace it until the next generation of video cards are out and fully support DX12.
mr_norris
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I bought the Asus Strix R9 390 a week or two ago, and I have no regrets. The only bottleneck in my entire system is my aging AMD Phenom II X6 1090t, and almost above average GSkill RAM.
Be warned, those cards are massive - I thought the 7870 I was using before was massive
And the LED's by the power connectors are always on, so you have a permanent lamp - I've reached the acceptance stage.
A cool feature is that the fans only kick in when the card hits 65 degrees, so you have virtually silent operation (until you start gaming). The flip side to that though, is that the idle temp is quite high unless you setup a custom profile to make the fans kick in at a lower temp.
I got a 750W Seasonic PSU to go with it. Figured a PSU that's way more than what I need would run more efficiently (I don't completely recommend it though, as it morphs into a turbine when gaming).
Be warned, those cards are massive - I thought the 7870 I was using before was massive
And the LED's by the power connectors are always on, so you have a permanent lamp - I've reached the acceptance stage. A cool feature is that the fans only kick in when the card hits 65 degrees, so you have virtually silent operation (until you start gaming). The flip side to that though, is that the idle temp is quite high unless you setup a custom profile to make the fans kick in at a lower temp.
I got a 750W Seasonic PSU to go with it. Figured a PSU that's way more than what I need would run more efficiently (I don't completely recommend it though, as it morphs into a turbine when gaming).
I'm using the Antec 750 HCG PSU, I have a PCS+ 390 so it should be work well with your 290
Upgrading to a 290/390 can be costly when you factor in a new PSU but so worth it in the end!
I'm using the Antec 750 HCG PSU, I have a PCS+ 390 so it should be work well with your 290
Upgrading to a 290/390 can be costly when you factor in a new PSU but so worth it in the end!
Yeah specially since the 7850 is now almost useless
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You should be able to X-Fire with that power supply.
My plan is to x-fire when frame rates start dipping below 60fps.
But I seriously doubt 750W will be enough. I seen some benchmarks that show the 390 can draw over 350W at times. Will need at least 1000 to 1200W with my CPU and x-fire GPU combo.
But I seriously doubt 750W will be enough. I seen some benchmarks that show the 390 can draw over 350W at times. Will need at least 1000 to 1200W with my CPU and x-fire GPU combo.