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VTX3D r9 290?

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Has anyone heard of them? It has an aftermarket cooler and is on sale for £275 at Aria, but not a single review or unboxing that I could find.

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Nope. Never heard of them.  :mellow:

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If you're looking at getting this,

Get the 290X Instead as its on sale today... http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-164-PC

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Has anyone heard of them? It has an aftermarket cooler and is on sale for £275 at Aria, but not a single review or unboxing that I could find.

They arent the biggest company and so they make cheaper parts, i believe they work closely together with Powercolor and Club3d which id be surprised if you havent heard of them. Anyways you dont need to worry about them, pretty decent little company and the customer service is decent. Thats a good price, correction that is a very good price.

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they are fairly new and have gotten a lot of bad reviews, Id say stay away.

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From what I've heard VTX3D basically make garbage reference cards or 5450s. It's not a bad deal just don't expect the same kind of temps/noise you'd get from a bigger brand. Still better than reference 290 cooler though :P

 

VTX3D are owned by the same company as Powercolour, TUL Corp.

 

 

But that's just me picking on the little guy :)

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They arent the biggest company and so they make cheaper parts, i believe they work closely together with Powercolor and Club3d which id be surprised if you havent heard of them. Anyways you dont need to worry about them, pretty decent little company and the customer service is decent. Thats a good price, correction that is a very good price.

By cheaper parts do you mean they cut corners and use bad parts tk keep costs down, or do they just sell cheap and keep their margins low?

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That's a reference card though, the VTX3D 290 isn't. I considered that 290x (on sale at Aria too) but don't fancy 95 degrees and 60 decibels:P

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*whispers*

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I know, but budgets and I'm a first time builder and terrified of breaking it :/
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By cheaper parts do you mean they cut corners and use bad parts tk keep costs down, or do they just sell cheap and keep their margins low?

They use slightly louder fans and their heatsinks are smaller also there is a little amount of copper in the heatsink compared to some other coolers, its still an effective cooler however it doesnt match the "mainstream" brands. and yes it does obliterate the reference, i think its about 1-2oc hotter, also they dont ever update the box design and no optional extra and NO DRIVER DISC NOOOOOO. Its a problem and you can overclock some with the assumption that you dont completely lose the silicon lottery.

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They use slightly louder fans and their heatsinks are smaller also there is a little amount of copper in the heatsink compared to some other coolers, its still an effective cooler however it doesnt match the "mainstream" brands. and yes it does obliterate the reference, i think its about 1-2oc hotter, also they dont ever update the box design and no optional extra and NO DRIVER DISC NOOOOOO. Its a problem and you can overclock some with the assumption that you dont completely lose the silicon lottery.

1-2 degrees hotter than the mainstream competition?

I'm slightly sceptical Still. A sapphire 290 tri-x just went with "slight usage" for £240, for example

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1-2 degrees hotter than the mainstream competition?

I'm slightly sceptical Still. A sapphire 290 tri-x just went with "slight usage" for £240, for example

get it, get it. Thats a awesome deal.

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I know, but budgets and I'm a first time builder and terrified of breaking it :/

Fair enough

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get it, get it. Thats a awesome deal.

It's gone, but tracking others, as well as MSI/Giabyte

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http://www.techpowerup.com/197159/vtx3d-unveils-the-radeon-r9-290x-r9-290-x-edition-graphics-cards.html

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Thanks, but that reads more like a standard press release and isn't exactly what I'm looking for.

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