R9 290x

[Dougthesnail]

Hey folks! just wondering if I should purchase an R9 290x with aftermarket cooling or save extra for a 780ti. I've been seriously considering an R9 290x because of the price point and amd's never settle program, however I have been reading up alot on these cards and the consensus seems to be failures. Looking on Newegg, NCIX and Tom's Hardware for product reviews a LOT of people are reporting blackscreen, failures, overheating, rma's, artifacts and bricking. Would it be worth it to purchase one of these or gather some extra money and get a 780ti?

 

My Setup:

Corsair 750D

Asus Maximus Hero VI 

Intel I7 4790k@ 4.8 ghz

16gb of Corsair vengeance pro 2400mhz ram

Kingston SSD now v300 120gb

Seagate Barracuda 2tb

Corsair Rm850 psu

Corsair H100i w/4x corsair sp120 push pull

3x Corsair Af140 Led fans 

and an additional Corsair sp120 for bottom intake

[79wjd]

@Dougthesnail

Sapphire 290x.

[MasonIsPurple]

290X, but if youre willing to wait for the 9xx series...

[xnoobftw]

Hey folks! just wondering if I should purchase an R9 290x with aftermarket cooling or save extra for a 780ti. I've been seriously considering an R9 290x because of the price point and amd's never settle program, however I have been reading up alot on these cards and the consensus seems to be failures. Looking on Newegg, NCIX and Tom's Hardware for product reviews a LOT of people are reporting blackscreen, failures, overheating, rma's, artifacts and bricking. Would it be worth it to purchase one of these or gather some extra money and get a 780ti?

 

My Setup:

Corsair 750D

Asus Maximus Hero VI 

Intel I7 4790k@ 4.8 ghz

16gb of Corsair vengeance pro 2400mhz ram

Kingston SSD now v300 120gb

Seagate Barracuda 2tb

Corsair Rm850 psu

Corsair H100i w/4x corsair sp120 push pull

3x Corsair Af140 Led fans 

and an additional Corsair sp120 for bottom intake

Yes i recently got my r9 290x (upgrading from a 660) and i have 0 issues with it! HECK i can even OC it to 1200MHz on clock speeds!

[Swndlr]

dont do anything quite yet (yeh ik a lot of people say it) but for real, the new shits actually coming (yeh... ik a lot of people say that too) BUT NO WAIT, just seriously wait.

[Fgtfv567]

Get the 290x, shouldn't be a big performance difference

[Dougthesnail]

dont do anything quite yet (yeh ik a lot of people say it) but for real, the new shits actually coming (yeh... ik a lot of people say that too) BUT NO WAIT, just seriously wait.

It is but the new Nvidia cards are supposed to be direct competitors to amd's existing cards and not the new flagships.

[Aniallation]

Hey folks! just wondering if I should purchase an R9 290x with aftermarket cooling or save extra for a 780ti. I've been seriously considering an R9 290x because of the price point and amd's never settle program, however I have been reading up alot on these cards and the consensus seems to be failures. Looking on Newegg, NCIX and Tom's Hardware for product reviews a LOT of people are reporting blackscreen, failures, overheating, rma's, artifacts and bricking. Would it be worth it to purchase one of these or gather some extra money and get a 780ti?

Sapphire Tri-X.

 

Sapphire is the vendor to get when it comes ot AMD, and their Vapor-X and Toxic cards aren't worth the extra money over the Tri-X.

 

Love my Tri-X 290X. Haven't had a single issue with it

[MrImnotMLG]

I recommend the Vapor-X 290x.

[OriginalPromise]

WAIT.

WAIT TILL MAXWELL AND GCN 1.2.

But fuck Nvidia. They fucking sued Samsung.

[Enderman]

How much are you willing to spend? You can get a 780ti for $580...

[79wjd]

Sapphire Tri-X.

 

Sapphire is the vendor to get when it comes ot AMD, and their Vapor-X and Toxic cards aren't worth the extra money over the Tri-X.

 

Love my Tri-X 290X. Haven't had a single issue with it

XFX's lifetime warranty is always tempting

 

It sucks that the Tri-X doesn't have a blue cooler like the Vapor-X...the vapor just looks so much cooler (pun intended)

[Aniallation]

XFX's lifetime warranty is always tempting

 

It sucks that the Tri-X doesn't have a blue cooler like the Vapor-X...the vapor just looks so much cooler (pun intended)

I wouldn't buy an XFX card if you paid me.

 

I had 6 XFX cards, all six were faulty in one way or another, all six had XFX making excuses and not wanting to do shit about them, all six went in the trash can.

[Dougthesnail]

How much are you willing to spend? You can get a 780ti for $580...

Could you link that $580 ti?

[Enderman]

Could you link that $580 ti?

$590 actually, sorry

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121838

[Dougthesnail]

XFX's lifetime warranty is always tempting

 

It sucks that the Tri-X doesn't have a blue cooler like the Vapor-X...the vapor just looks so much cooler (pun intended)

Me too. Wish they had a red and black variant to mach my system

[Dougthesnail]

$590 actually, sorry

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121838

I am in Canada that is $650 here

[79wjd]

I wouldn't buy an XFX card if you paid me.

 

I had 6 XFX cards, all six were faulty in one way or another, all six had XFX making excuses and not wanting to do shit about them, all six went in the trash can.

So, you had an issue with 5 of their cards and bought a 6.....k

[Enderman]

I am in Canada that is $650 here

Yeah well that's too bad, lol.

I'm in Canada too but I can easily get it shipped to my relatives in the states then pick it up from there.

Obviously it can't be $590 all over the world...

[Enderman]

So, you had an issue with 5 of their cards and bought a 6.....k

Smart decision making right there. 10/10.

[Dougthesnail]

I wouldn't buy an XFX card if you paid me.

 

I had 6 XFX cards, all six were faulty in one way or another, all six had XFX making excuses and not wanting to do shit about them, all six went in the trash can.

Yeah, I thought you would have known better after the 4th.

[mc141]

My 290x had artifacts in the begining. formated drive only had rare artifacts. last week I was doing data transfer to my ti84 graphing calculator(gota have games on it.) and I got a wack ton of artifacts untill I deleted my amd drivers and installed the latst beta drivers been a week no issues

[Briggsy]

290(x) is a great card. don't bother with the Asus DCU2 though... it is not meant for the Hawaii GPU. Sapphire is the best bet.

[axbu89]

I had the ASUS DCUII 290x and apart from the fact that I hated the AMD drivers it was great. I sold it and bought the 780Ti because I'd just had enough of the AMD issues. I know someone else with the Twin Frozr and though I don't know what the ventilation in his case is like he says he gets crazy throttling.

 

I'd go 780Ti. I game at 1440p and I still find the performance is better (before I got the 750Ti PhysX card it was better too). If you're gaming at 1080p the performance difference is probably even higher.

[PaulKolby]

a r9 290x is good but if u have extra money and are willing to wait get a 7880 ti it be amazing