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which ever is cheaper.

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To be really really fast guys, i can get an MSI r9 290 for about 399€ or the Asus one for 430€ ( both non reference obviously). Is it worth the extra 30€? I've never had an msi one so i don't know how they work! I'm going for a silent build.

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The Asus one would probably cool better, but my final answer is: Go for cheaper.

 

The cooling wouldn't be that much different.

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which non-reference model for the MSI and Asus cards?

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MSI is more silent if im not wrong (if there is a difference its an inaudible difference, like 1 dB)

 

and its cheaper so get the MSI one

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Go for cheaper especially when price difference is not that small, performance will be very similar.

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Go with MSI, Asus DCU2 cooler for the R9-290s is crap.

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which ever is cheaper.

 

 

The Asus one would probably cool better, but my final answer is: Go for cheaper.

 

The cooling wouldn't be that much different.

 

 

 

Both are good, so I agree with @_ASSASSIN_ , get the cheaper one. :)

 

 

 

 

 

MSI is more silent if im not wrong (if there is a difference its an inaudible difference, like 1 dB)

 

and its cheaper so get the MSI one

 

 

Go with MSI, Asus DCU2 cooler for the R9-290s is crap.

 

Thanks alot guys = ) I'll go with the MSI one!!

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I was thinking about getting exact the same cards, but I also couldn't decide. I ended up with the ASUS one, only because MSI was sold out everywhere with no delivery dates.

I can say I am very satisfied about the ASUS, and it looks so cool :)

 

If both are in stock, I'd go for the one that's cheaper, though.

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To be really really fast guys, i can get an MSI r9 290 for about 399€ or the Asus one for 430€ ( both non reference obviously). Is it worth the extra 30€? I've never had an msi one so i don't know how they work! I'm going for a silent build.

Thansk alot!!

Msi are good card especially there gaming. If you will get an asus card you should prefer the rog model ehich is a great oc and with more features and better cooling. Whereas msi has there military cmponents but their features are not good as asus.

So if you are not getting a rog model go with the msi twin frozr is better

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You see, Asus Direct CU only efficient when the die touches all heatpipes but in R9-290/290x DCU2 only 2-2.5 heatpipes touches the die which end up the card ramping up the fan speed to cool the core.
Tomshardware did closed case test on the R9-290x and the DCU2 performed pretty badly.
 
 

 

  • Certain vendors are leaving performance on the table due to their half-baked coolers. Direct-contact heat pipes that don't touch the GPU aren't effective in cooling it. In essence, a case is going to accentuate all of the shortcomings of a given thermal solution, some of which aren't evident during open-air testing.

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You see, Asus Direct CU only efficient when the die touches all heatpipes but in R9-290/290x DCU2 only 2-2.5 heatpipes touches the die which end up the card ramping up the fan speed to cool the core.

Tomshardware did closed case test on the R9-290x and the DCU2 performed pretty badly.

 

 

Image taken from Kitguru. http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/asus-r9-290-direct-cu-ii-oc-review-1600p-ultra-hd-4k/3/

 

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yy i saw that post a couple fo months ago! Already ordered the msi one!! Thanks alot!

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I was thinking about getting exact the same cards, but I also couldn't decide. I ended up with the ASUS one, only because MSI was sold out everywhere with no delivery dates.

I can say I am very satisfied about the ASUS, and it looks so cool :)

 

If both are in stock, I'd go for the one that's cheaper, though.

 

Already ordered the msi one! Thanks alot!

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