R9 290

[grimmjow660]

Which R9 290 should I get? I was thinking of the Sapphire Vapor X Or Sapphire Tri-X.
I was originally set on a 4gb 770, but I hear the 290 is better.

[dragoon20005]

Which R9 290 should I get? I was thinking of the Sapphire Vapor X Or Sapphire Tri-X.

I was originally set on a 4gb 770, but I hear the 290 is better.

if you can afford the Vapor X

 

or the Tri-X is also good enough

[miyabwah]

Gigabyte WindForce 3, Asus DCUII, or VaporX

[Phllips]

normally the windforce is alot cheaper if so then choose it

[dragoon20005]

among the best coolers around the Vapor X or the MSI Tri Frozr from the Lightning series

 

but since we are only talking about 290

 

go for the Vapor X because it use a custom PCB and the Vapor chambers cooling solution is one of the coolest

[mapegl]

TriX. Not only because I have it, but it is good value and performs well. The Vapor-X is better I think, as well as the lightning, but they are more expensive, and you don't really need that. I you want to spend the money though? I would go for the lightning. Looks awesome!

[dragoon20005]

@mapegl

 

sadly the Lightning only comes with the 290X

 

no 290 variant 

[SymphonyX7]

Which R9 290 should I get? I was thinking of the Sapphire Vapor X Or Sapphire Tri-X.

I was originally set on a 4gb 770, but I hear the 290 is better.

The Tri-X is already very cool and quiet too. The Vapor-X is better of course. Aside from the Vapor-X's slightly lower temps, you're mostly paying for the bling which includes a cool looking lightning blue-accented backplate and LED lighting. 

 

 

[wng_kingsley7]

Which R9 290 should I get? I was thinking of the Sapphire Vapor X Or Sapphire Tri-X.

I was originally set on a 4gb 770, but I hear the 290 is better.

I would buy an R9 290 with a preferably shorter cooler. If it fits better in smaller form factor cases it'll be of more use vs a triple fan cooler which is +12"inches.

[SlaughterSmurf]

Vapor X is better in every way since it uses Vapor chambers.

[mapegl]

@mapegl

 

sadly the Lightning only comes with the 290X

 

no 290 variant 

True. Sorry, I forgot.

 

Then I suppose either of the Sapphire ones should be the weapon of choice. They are huge, but the 290 gets too hot otherwise.

[SlaughterSmurf]

Vapor X is better in every way since it uses Vapor chambers.

[mapegl]

I would buy an R9 290 with a preferably shorter cooler. If it fits better in smaller form factor cases it'll be of more use vs a triple fan cooler which is +12"inches.

Dundundun:

 

Because I can! ;-)

 

Actually works really well. But I get what you mean. It would probably help airflow, if the card wasn't as big. But it always stays under 80°C, so that's fine I guess.

And there are many smaller SFF cases as well, so yeah. As I said, I know what you mean. ;-)

[RainbowPee]

Right now the Vapor-X is about $50 more expensive than a Tri-X. Since the Vapor-X has a binned core you can expects some crazy stuff like 1250 Mhz on the core or something. I'd say go for the Vapor-X.

 

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/66491-sapphire-r9-290-vapor-x-oc-review.html He got it to approximately 1280 Mhz on the core.

[Popple2000]

I just got the R9 290 Tri-X from Sapphire myself.

 

Seems great so far.

[seiny]

 

Dundundun:

 

 

Because I can! ;-)

 

Actually works really well. But I get what you mean. It would probably help airflow, if the card wasn't as big. But it always stays under 80°C, so that's fine I guess.

And there are many smaller SFF cases as well, so yeah. As I said, I know what you mean. ;-)

 

Did you OC?

[grimmjow660]

What about this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161459&cm_re=r9_290-_-14-161-459-_-Product

[dragoon20005]

What about this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161459&cm_re=r9_290-_-14-161-459-_-Product

if you like it get it

 

or look for a cheaper 290 

 

just avoid XFX and Asus

[grimmjow660]

if you like it get it

 

or look for a cheaper 290 

 

just avoid XFX and Asus

I thought Asus was good?

I'm just looking for a 290 that has good cooling around $400 because these cards get really hot.

[mapegl]

Did you OC?

Actually not. That would probably work,since my cooler only ramps up to about 40%, but then it will get loud I guess.

[dragoon20005]

I thought Asus was good?

I'm just looking for a 290 that has good cooling around $400 because these cards get really hot.

the cooler they use on the GPU is made more for the Geforce

 

AMD versions are bad as the cooler have no contact with the VRMs and VRAM

 

it lead to bad artifact from VRAM overheating 

[Guest]

I thought Asus was good?

I'm just looking for a 290 that has good cooling around $400 because these cards get really hot.

I have tested all of them, you can see on my channel all the different ones going head to head so that should help give you some informed advice.

The top two are the Powercolor PCS+ and the Sapphire Vapor-X.

Behind those two in a solid third place is the Tri-X, everything else is further down on the list, especially the Asus, its useless.

If for whatever reason you cannot get any of those 3 and you dont want to OC, then I would go with the Gigabyte Windforce.

[it24]

MSI R9 290 Gaming is a good choice too, also cheaper from my experience.

[GRJohn]

What about this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161459&cm_re=r9_290-_-14-161-459-_-Product

I can certainly vouch for this card.

The HIS fan profile is very aggressive so it can get loud not because the cooler is bad or anything of the sort. The cooler is great the fan profile is just way too aggressive so just make sure to use MSI afterburner and set a custom fan curve it's super easy to set up.

The Gigabyte card is also GREAT if you don't care about overclocking then this card is just perfect. VERY quiet at stock 1040mhz. The Sapphire Tri-X is obviously much better but if you keep both cards running at stock you will not notice any difference, it's when you start really pushing the overclocks and voltages do you really see the Tri-X shine.

The Tri-X can sustain a much higher voltage than the Windforce before it starts getting loud.