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Friend is contemplating an upgrade for his GPU and i think he's decided on the 290 so which of the 4? Gpu vendors would you choose.

 

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4? there's dozens and trust me some of the "4" are some of the worst... the 3 290s I reccomend are 

Gigabyte's Windforce

Sapphire's Tri-X

PowerColor's PCS+

whichever of those 3 is the cheapest is what I vote for... also avoid MSI's ASUS's and ANY reference ones

 

I like The Windforce G1 by Gigbyte or the Asus DCU2 (I Have two) 

 

The Asus ones are known to have issues with the 290 and 290x O.o

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4? there's dozens and trust me some of the "4" are some of the worst... the 3 290s I reccomend are 

Gigabyte's Windforce

Sapphire's Tri-X

PowerColor's PCS+

whichever of those 3 is the cheapest is what I vote for... also avoid MSI's ASUS's and ANY reference ones

 
 

The Asus ones are known to have issues with the 290 and 290x O.o

Why not the MSI.

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4? there's dozens and trust me some of the "4" are some of the worst... the 3 290s I reccomend are 

Gigabyte's Windforce

Sapphire's Tri-X

PowerColor's PCS+

whichever of those 3 is the cheapest is what I vote for... also avoid MSI's ASUS's and ANY reference ones

 
 

The Asus ones are known to have issues with the 290 and 290x O.o

My two Asus cards are excellent. 

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I would go with Sapphire.

 

Their Vapor-X cards are sexy as hell: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JJJW4Z2/?tag=pcpapi-20

 

The Tri-X one is good as well (and is less expensive): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

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Why not the MSI.

More-or-less just lackluster (unless you're speaking of the lightning in which case pricey)

 

My two Asus cards are excellent. 

Odd it's a rather common issue specially for earlier batches (eg closer to launch not now a year later) mustabeen a lucky one

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Sapphire Dual-X / Tri-X / Vapor-X.

 

I may be a little biased towards Sapphire (since I've used their cards since non-HD series in different systems over the years), but they have yet to disappoint me.

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Sapphire Dual-X / Tri-X / Vapor-X.

 

I may be a little biased towards Sapphire (since I've used their cards since non-HD series in different systems over the years), but they have yet to disappoint me.

 

 

Sapphire and Asus are both really good I would personally choose Sapphire because they make reliable cards and also make the reference boards for AMD.

Any comments about their warranty i mean i don't think the GPU would die but precautionary nah mean,

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Any comments about their warranty i mean i don't think the GPU would die but precautionary nah mean,

 

 XFX's 290s/290x's come with a lifetime warranty. Their customer support is pretty solid, and from what I remember their warranty isn't voided when you OC.  

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My issue Isolated maybe (although reproducible on other machines), read around and you'll see pretty much all brands have equal and different issues.

 

But I've had no end of trouble with the 150mhz low idle memory clocks not even booting/hardlocking on FOUR Windforce cards on Single monitors with various other ill-effects but hardlocking mainly..,.only at 150mhz idle, go to dual (forcing 1250mhz idle for Mem) and their all fine again, stable, workable...

RMA'd many times, replaced a few, still have quirks like the above.

 

Whatever Gigabyte have been using/doing, I don't think I would recommend them,.. and it's not just me,.. but I've also seen some really great Gigabyte cards and results in my time with others... so... there's that i suppose...

 

 

Go with what you like, that reviews relatively well, read up on that company's RMA good/bads from other internet users on forums, make a choice and be happy with its performance.

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I have the Powercolor PCS+  and it's a pretty solid card, but honestly I would just go which ever you like more.

 

I dealt with Powercolors RMA service and it was extremely easy, and they have good customer support.

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