Radeon R9 290

[BigHutch76]

I am considering purchasing a Radeon R9 290 the Asus Version. I am wondering if a 600 watt PSU 80+ bronze will work. Also if the card is better than the GTX 770. Right now the Asus card is a couple bucks cheaper than the GTX 770 and was wondering how much of a gaming performance difference there was. Thanks in advanced.

 

 

Would appreciate links to graphs if possible.

UPDATE: Current plan for my first gaming computer

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/h649yc

[79wjd]

600w is plenty, it is better than a 770 by about 20% 

[Deletive]

600w is plenty for a single 290, it'll be about 16-20% faster then a 770. even more at higher resolutions.

[XTankSlayerX]

600W good.

 

Try to get a 970 if you can

[Glenwing]

The 290 beats the 770 by a comfortable margin, and 600W is plenty.

[Nurmi]

I'll just leave this here.

 

Vapor-X > Powercolor PCS+ > Tri-X > Windforce > TwinFrz > XFX > DirectCu

http://youtu.be/rwRWi3Bz0qc?t=12m53s

[Clyne]

I'll just leave this here.

 

Vapor-X > Powercolor PCS+ > Tri-X > Windforce > TwinFrz > XFX > DirectCu

http://youtu.be/rwRWi3Bz0qc?t=12m53s

We know the Direct one is crap because of the cooler....but not all of them are crappy. My Asus R9 270X runs cool.

[Guest]

I'll just leave this here.

 

Vapor-X > Powercolor PCS+ > Tri-X > Windforce > TwinFrz > XFX > DirectCu

http://youtu.be/rwRWi3Bz0qc?t=12m53s

Hey its me lol

Yeah not all the AMD Asus DC2's are bad, but I have never tried a good one out on the 290's or 290x's.

Honestly, I think people just get lost in Asus's marketing, which is understandable, but as I have said before, I consider the Asus DC2 R9 290 to be a quieter version of the reference R9 290 with no improvements in thermals.