Posted December 17, 2014 Friend is contemplating an upgrade for his GPU and i think he's decided on the 290 so which of the 4? Gpu vendors would you choose. Okbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 I like The Windforce G1 by Gigbyte or the Asus DCU2 (I Have two) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 Friend is contemplating an upgrade for his GPU and i think he's decided on the 290 so which of the 4? Gpu vendors would you choose. Okbye. 4? there's dozens and trust me some of the "4" are some of the worst... the 3 290s I reccomend are Gigabyte's Windforce Sapphire's Tri-X PowerColor's PCS+ whichever of those 3 is the cheapest is what I vote for... also avoid MSI's ASUS's and ANY reference ones I like The Windforce G1 by Gigbyte or the Asus DCU2 (I Have two) The Asus ones are known to have issues with the 290 and 290x 5820k4Ghz/16GB(4x4)DDR4/MSI X99 SLI+/Corsair H105/R9 Fury X/Corsair RM1000i/128GB SM951/512GB 850Evo/1+2TB Seagate Barracudas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 Author 4? there's dozens and trust me some of the "4" are some of the worst... the 3 290s I reccomend are Gigabyte's Windforce Sapphire's Tri-X PowerColor's PCS+ whichever of those 3 is the cheapest is what I vote for... also avoid MSI's ASUS's and ANY reference ones The Asus ones are known to have issues with the 290 and 290x Why not the MSI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 4? there's dozens and trust me some of the "4" are some of the worst... the 3 290s I reccomend are Gigabyte's Windforce Sapphire's Tri-X PowerColor's PCS+ whichever of those 3 is the cheapest is what I vote for... also avoid MSI's ASUS's and ANY reference ones The Asus ones are known to have issues with the 290 and 290x My two Asus cards are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 I would go with Sapphire. Their Vapor-X cards are sexy as hell: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JJJW4Z2/?tag=pcpapi-20 The Tri-X one is good as well (and is less expensive): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= MY CURRENT PC CPU: Intel Core i7-4770k COOLER: Noctua NH-D14 MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming ATX RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 16GB DDR3-1600 STORAGE: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD and Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM HHD GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 SLI CASE: Fractal Design R4 PSU: EVGA 1000W 80+ Gold PERIPHERALS - KEYBOARD: Corsair Vengeance K70 w/ Cherry MX Browns MOUSE: Logitech G500/M100 MONITOR(S): Acer H236HLbid (I want an Asus PB278Q) SPEAKERS: Some Cyber Acoustics $10 speakers PICTURES AND FULL PARTS LIST @ PCPARTPICKER - http://pcpartpicker.com/b/z4Pscf "Don't get so caught up in trying to make a living that you forget to make a life." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 Why not the MSI. More-or-less just lackluster (unless you're speaking of the lightning in which case pricey) My two Asus cards are excellent. Odd it's a rather common issue specially for earlier batches (eg closer to launch not now a year later) mustabeen a lucky one 5820k4Ghz/16GB(4x4)DDR4/MSI X99 SLI+/Corsair H105/R9 Fury X/Corsair RM1000i/128GB SM951/512GB 850Evo/1+2TB Seagate Barracudas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 Sapphire hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 More-or-less just lackluster (unless you're speaking of the lightning in which case pricey) Odd it's a rather common issue specially for earlier batches (eg closer to launch not now a year later) mustabeen a lucky one Lucky two... I have two of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 Sapphire Dual-X / Tri-X / Vapor-X. I may be a little biased towards Sapphire (since I've used their cards since non-HD series in different systems over the years), but they have yet to disappoint me. Intel Z390 Rig ( *NEW* Primary ) Intel X99 Rig (Officially Decommissioned, Dead CPU returned to Intel) i7-8086K @ 5.1 GHz Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master Sapphire NITRO+ RX 6800 XT S.E + EKwb Quantum Vector Full Cover Waterblock 32GB G.Skill TridentZ DDR4-3000 CL14 @ DDR-3400 custom CL15 timings SanDisk 480 GB SSD + 1TB Samsung 860 EVO + 500GB Samsung 980 + 1TB WD SN750 EVGA SuperNOVA 850W P2 + Red/White CableMod Cables Lian-Li O11 Dynamic EVO XL Ekwb Custom loop + 2x EKwb Quantum Surface P360M Radiators Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum + Corsair K70 (Red LED, anodized black, Cheery MX Browns) AMD Ryzen Rig AMD R7-5800X Gigabyte B550 Aorus Pro AC 32GB (16GB X 2) Crucial Ballistix RGB DDR4-3600 Gigabyte Vision RTX 3060 Ti OC EKwb D-RGB 360mm AIO Intel 660p NVMe 1TB + Crucial MX500 1TB + WD Black 1TB HDD EVGA P2 850W + White CableMod cables Lian-Li LanCool II Mesh - White Intel Z97 Rig (Decomissioned) Intel i5-4690K @ 4.8 GHz ASUS ROG Maximus VII Hero Z97 Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7950 EVGA GTX 1070 SC Black Edition ACX 3.0 20 GB (8GB X 2 + 4GB X 1) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz Corsair A50 air cooler NZXT X61 Crucial MX500 1TB SSD + SanDisk Ultra II 240GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD [non-gimped version] Antec New TruePower 550W EVGA G2 650W + White CableMod cables Cooler Master HAF 912 White NZXT S340 Elite w/ white LED stips AMD 990FX Rig (Decommissioned) FX-8350 @ 4.8 / 4.9 GHz (given up on the 5.0 / 5.1 GHz attempt) ASUS ROG Crosshair V Formula 990FX 12 GB (4 GB X 3) G.Skill RipJawsX DDR3 @ 1866 MHz Sapphire Vapor-X HD 7970 + Sapphire Dual-X HD 7970 in Crossfire Sapphire NITRO R9-Fury in Crossfire *NONE* Thermaltake Frio w/ Cooler Master JetFlo's in push-pull Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD Corsair TX850 (ver.1) Cooler Master HAF 932 <> Electrical Engineer , B.Eng <> <> Electronics & Computer Engineering Technologist (Diploma + Advanced Diploma) <> <> Electronics Engineering Technician for the Canadian Department of National Defence <> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 Sapphire and Asus are both really good I would personally choose Sapphire because they make reliable cards and also make the reference boards for AMD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 Author Sapphire Dual-X / Tri-X / Vapor-X. I may be a little biased towards Sapphire (since I've used their cards since non-HD series in different systems over the years), but they have yet to disappoint me. Sapphire and Asus are both really good I would personally choose Sapphire because they make reliable cards and also make the reference boards for AMD. Any comments about their warranty i mean i don't think the GPU would die but precautionary nah mean, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 17, 2014 More-or-less just lackluster (unless you're speaking of the lightning in which case pricey) Just ordered the 290x lightning, was priced at 350 (320 If I decide to do the stupid MIR). Seems 350 is pretty average pricing for most of the higher end 290x's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 18, 2014 Any comments about their warranty i mean i don't think the GPU would die but precautionary nah mean, XFX's 290s/290x's come with a lifetime warranty. Their customer support is pretty solid, and from what I remember their warranty isn't voided when you OC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 18, 2014 My issue Isolated maybe (although reproducible on other machines), read around and you'll see pretty much all brands have equal and different issues. But I've had no end of trouble with the 150mhz low idle memory clocks not even booting/hardlocking on FOUR Windforce cards on Single monitors with various other ill-effects but hardlocking mainly..,.only at 150mhz idle, go to dual (forcing 1250mhz idle for Mem) and their all fine again, stable, workable... RMA'd many times, replaced a few, still have quirks like the above. Whatever Gigabyte have been using/doing, I don't think I would recommend them,.. and it's not just me,.. but I've also seen some really great Gigabyte cards and results in my time with others... so... there's that i suppose... Go with what you like, that reviews relatively well, read up on that company's RMA good/bads from other internet users on forums, make a choice and be happy with its performance. Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 18, 2014 I have the Powercolor PCS+ and it's a pretty solid card, but honestly I would just go which ever you like more. I dealt with Powercolors RMA service and it was extremely easy, and they have good customer support. My Rig: Spoiler Case: NZXT H210 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700x Motherboard: MSI B450 AM4 Motherboard Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB Video Card: MSI RX480 Power Supply: Corsair TX 750w Storage: Samsung 840 120GB And a 500GB WD BLUE Monitor: Acer S231HLbid 23" and an old Dell Mouse: RAZER DeathAdder 3.5G Keyboard: Ducky DK9008G2 PRO MX Cherry Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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