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What is the best r9 290 in a world where money doesnt matter? I think the tri-x or vapor-x. One of my friend says the powercolor pcs+ and we kind of have an arguement there, so I decided to also ask here. Thank you for replying.

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The saphire one with 8gbs vram that u probably cant get anymore lol

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vapor X, whatever is Sapphire's top offering is often the killer piece for AMD cards, I'd take the vapor X.

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The saphire one with 8gbs vram that u probably cant get anymore lol

r9 290 with 8gb vram?

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The tri-x afaik, bare in mind it's a very long card though.

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r9 290 with 8gb vram?

Oh sorry thats the r9 290x isnt damn i was forget with those stupid names i just read r9 290 and think there all the same lol well for just r9 290 it would probs be the power color PCS+ or the saphire vapor x.

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is the powercolor pcs+ better than the tri-x? it is not than the vapor-x, that is for sure

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The tri - x is 12" long. I have it in my rig right now and it is an awesome and very very silent card. I even have a bit of oc on it. 
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is the powercolor pcs+ better than the tri-x? it is not than the vapor-x, that is for sure

 

At Overclock.net there's a whole thread of people who have issues with the Powercolor PCS. It's a nice design but apparently has a lot of issues. Even if you check the Newegg reviews on it it seems to be the same story.

 

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1381504-community-standards/

 

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is the powercolor pcs+ better than the tri-x? it is not than the vapor-x, that is for sure

They're probably both as good, but the Sapphire Tri-x guarantees that the card has Hynix VRAM which is better than the Elpida VRAM, although they may've fixed the blackscreen issues, with Elpida VRAM.

 

Anyone else know if they managed to fix the blackscreen problems with cards with Elpida VRAM? and i'm not 100% sure if the Powercolour PCS+ card guarantees Hynix VRAM.

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At Overclock.net there's a whole thread of people who have issues with the Powercolor PCS. It's a nice design but apparently has a lot of issues. Even if you check the Newegg reviews on it it seems to be the same story.

any links please?

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What is the best r9 290 in a world where money doesnt matter? I think the tri-x or vapor-x. One of my friend says the powercolor pcs+ and we kind of have an arguement there, so I decided to also ask here. Thank you for replying.

I'd say Windforce or Tri-X...

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any links please?

 

Newegg reviews

 

Overclock.net

 

If you scroll through the reviews you can see that the problems people have are the same as the ones as on Overclock.net. The Overclock.net thread is long so you're going to have to do some digging.

 

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1381504-community-standards/

 

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god damn... im talking about r9 290 not 290x. ty amd for those stupid names

Nvidia does the same thing just with Ti and boost... 

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I think I've finally decided on the R9 290 Vapor-X. My last AMD part was a 5770 Vapor-X which was nice and quiet.

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