Are r9 300 series cards worth the wait?
@KayTees hahah great idea
@JefferyD90 i said i will not spend 400$ on a gpu and the r9 390/x will probably be about that pricepoint.
@D3MON if you're not kidding then i guess you mean that i should get the 290 and after 2 year change it which doesn't sound bad to me at all...
I am leaning towards the buying right now and my main choice would be the 290x but i have a 550w psu, it's a decent psu, will it handle the card?
PCpartpicker says that there are no incompatibilities/issues...
I was "taking the mick" a bit but it is actually what I'm doing, I bought my 290 on black friday for £200 while the msi 970 costs £283+ right now and we know the 970 doesnt have a 40% performance lead.
even if the 300 series is mostly rebrands and my 290 becomes a "380" it'll still be a baller card and if the price is the same will still be a beast value card, I can't imagine there being a price drop, the size of the die, the cooler with all its heat pipes and big fans the amount of vram, the 512bit memory bus, its a very expensive card to make and i don't see the margin being there to price drop.
depending what the 390 and 390x perform and cost like i'll probably get the one with the best fps/£ (probably 390) and sell my 290, I bet I can get £190 for it (boxed, as new with warrranty).
under furmark I draw 487watts so a 550w is fine.
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