MSI vs Sapphire

[Vicente Gomez]

I am planning on getting an r9 290 for a gaming rig that I am planning on building. Should I get an MSI 4gb or a Sapphire 4gb. The main difference is amount of fans. Sapphire is a tri x, and MSI only has two fans. But what was going through my mind was that since I am getting an MSI motherboard, the MSI graphics card will work best for an msi motherboard. Which one should I get?

[ericlee30]

They are both good brands. I personally would go with the MSI version if you want it to go with your MSI theme

[Rorgash]

i recommends MSI's cooler, the twinfrozer is supposed to be the most quiet one.

[Sonefiler]

dont be a sapphire peasant

[Recon-UK]

dont be a sapphire peasant

I love Powercolor, but now we must fight.

[Sonefiler]

I love Powercolor, but now we must fight.

yaaaaaa

[Recon-UK]

yaaaaaa

[hadesjoy72]

dont be a sapphire peasant

Peasant???? :angry: ....you stinking swine....OP, forgive the minor disagreement between the PowerColor and Sapphire crowd...just go with Sapphire and you will be ok....(actually whichever has the better price at the time ....except PowerColor of course...

[Nickolas47]

Sapphire master race or go for powercooler if you want to have the worst performance ever

[Vicente Gomez]

They are both good brands. I personally would go with the MSI version if you want it to go with your MSI theme

I really dont care about the brands, all i really care about is performance

[Ashratt]

get the sapphire tri-x; best cooler currently if you tweak the fan profile

 

there isn't really much of a performance difference between all cards (at least nothing you could solve with some OC'ing)

go for the best cooler imho

[ericlee30]

I really dont care about the brands, all i really care about is performance

The Tri-X then

[Thorium19]

Get the tri-x as it's a better cooler, unless you desperately want to maintain the msi/red colour scheme

[Recon-UK]

Sapphire master race or go for powercooler if you want to have the worst performance ever

Do not spread bollox.

[Analog]

I can vouch for the quietness and effectiveness of the MSI's TwinFrozr cooler. I had a GTX 770 Lightning and it ran cool and quiet even when it was overclocked to an insane point. 

[Bagmup]

Go with Sapphire because PowerColor is a stupid name

@Sonefiler

*runs away*

[Sonefiler]

Go with Sapphire because PowerColor is a stupid name

@Sonefiler

*runs away*

It is pretty uncreative, but not compared to the now-changed ColorPower lol

but they changed their name to Club3D and thats actually a cool name and their cards are named after cards which is pretty awesome.

After PowerColor i recommend them

 

@Vincente Gomez this is just a fact, the PowerColor PCS+ has the highest clocks at 1040Mhz, thats like a 10-11% boost from stock! And it runs quieter and cooler than the Gigabyte one

[Nickolas47]

Do not spread bollox.

learn to identify sarcasm i was refering to a previous post that a guy said powercolor users are master race also sarcasm because you are a little slow (also sarcasm)

[Hidden Orange]

Go with Sapphire because PowerColor is a stupid name

@Sonefiler

*runs away*

Big Boss, use the cardboard box! Big Boss? Big Boss?! BIG BOOOOOOSS!!!

 

On-topic. I think both are great from what I heard. If you want to keep with the MSI theme, then get the MSI one. Otherwise, get whatever's the cheapest and works well. In other words, don't get a reference R9 290.

[Daniel91]

PowerColor R9 290 OC 4GB PCS+  - 2.5 slots

Sapphire R9 290 OC 4GB Tri-X - 2 slots

MSI  R9 290 Gaming OC 4GB Twin frozor 2 slots

 

i love GPUs with backplates and run quiet i've seen the sapphire one in my friend's rig in action i dont see the sound diffrence in msi or sapphire