which R9 290?

[Daniel91]

Im saving up to get a R9 290 which brand should I go for and pls say why

these are the brands available to me

asus

MSI

sapphire

gigabyte

powercolour

aand I cant order online cos my dad doesnt trust me with his credit cards after the pokemon tcg incident.

I'm hoping for cool and quiet card

thanks guys

[Shd0w2]

pokemon tcg incident....

 

 

buy the msi for quiet 

[Appelzaadje]

same cards same chips minimal difrence between all of them just dont get a refrence cooler if u want silence 

[the ginger gamer]

Personally i love the gigabyte windforce addition, it is awesome with the 3 fans if you have the room for it. 

[Daniel91]

pokemon tcg incident....

yea well I was 10 I kinda ordered $2000 worth of trading cards

buy the msi for quiet

[Daniel91]

Personally i love the gigabyte windforce addition, it is awesome with the 3 fans if you have the room for it.

Will it fit into a podigy?

[the ginger gamer]

Will it fit into a podigy?

I think so, but to make sure either add them together in a build on pc part picker or measure how much room you have in your case and then find the length of the card which i believe is around 11.5 inches. But i think it should fit. Hope that helps.

[thewhitestig]

MSI TwinFrozr provides the lowest temperatures. Windforce by Gigabyte is also a great option. 

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Sapphire Tri X not MSI please.

[Daniel91]

Sapphire Tri X not MSI please.

why not MSI?

[TheNinjaNextDor]

why not MSI?

The way their cooler was put on my card was so bad. Thermal paste EVERYWHERE and the worst thermal pads ever.

[Bagmup]

Will it fit into a podigy?

 

Easily

[Sonefiler]

I would say PowerColor PCS+, but if you can't order online you have a 0.000001% chance of finding one in a store. 

 

Don't get Asus. Only one heatpipe fully touches the die and two pipes don't touch at all.

Don't get MSI. It spews Mineral Oil everywhere.

Sapphire is okay, but I don't trust their build quality. They have plastic everywhere.

Gigabyte is alright as well but I heard there were some noise issues and really really loud coil whine.

 

Not on your list:

HIS: Would not recommend. Their asthetics make me cry, and they're fairly loud, but they have very high clocks.

VisionTek: No one knows much about them. From what I've seen they're like a better MSI.

[Tacitus]

these are the brands available to me:

asus - doesn't cool properly, worst of the aftermarket coolers

MSI - efficient and quiet cooler, some reported issues of poor quality control

sapphire - efficient and quiet cooler

gigabyte - not necessarily a bad card, but better alternatives exist, and relatively large numbers of complaints about coil-whine.

powercolour - get the PCS+, it has an efficient cooler. Some complaints about noise, but the fan curve can be altered, there's plenty of headroom to allow for temps to run a little higher. 

 

 

My suggestions I've edited into your original post. Just read what I've put there.

[Sonefiler]

My suggestions I've edited into your original post. Just read what I've put there.

It's not really loud at all. In fact there is no coil whine at all. They put the coils in glue to absorb sound.

[Tacitus]

It's not really loud at all. In fact there is no coil whine at all. They put the coils in glue to absorb sound.

 

Not the coil whine. I've just heard it has an aggressive fan curve that might annoy some. Nothing that can't be manually changed.

[Sonefiler]

Not the coil whine. I've just heard it has an aggressive fan curve that might annoy some. Nothing that can't be manually changed.

It does have a big fan curve. But it always stays below 70C so I don't really mind.