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IM scared to buy the 290x from asus because of its cooling issues but right now its priced at only £210 which is £70 cheaper than any other 290x. Is the cooling so bad as to make the card unworkable???

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If you're meaning the reference one,  it's probably going to be bad.

If you're meaning a DCUII one it should be okay.

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Heyyo,

Is it the reference cooler or custom cooler?

Otherwise? Just wait for the rebrands to release which will probably slightly more efficient.

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Heyyo,

Is it the reference cooler or custom cooler?

Otherwise? Just wait for the rebrands to release which will probably slightly more efficient.

 

There are only issues with the reference cards, if it is DCUII it will be fine

 

If you're meaning the reference one,  it's probably going to be bad.

If you're meaning a DCUII one it should be okay.

DCUII. I heard bad things about the cooler not making full contact with the gpu die and as such giving bad, bad cooling performance

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DCUII. I heard bad things about the cooler not making full contact with the gpu die and as such giving bad, bad cooling performance

I think you'll be fine.

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DCUII. I heard bad things about the cooler not making full contact with the gpu die and as such giving bad, bad cooling performance

You're fine, my brother has an Asus R9 290 DCU2 and it tops out at 72C.

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DCUII. I heard bad things about the cooler not making full contact with the gpu die and as such giving bad, bad cooling performance

That was rev 1.0 I am pretty sure you are buying 1.1 Or higher

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IM scared to buy the 290x from asus because of its cooling issues but right now its priced at only £210 which is £70 cheaper than any other 290x. Is the cooling so bad as to make the card unworkable???

 I had this card and only had issues with it, as far as cooling goes.

Yes the DCUII card.





 
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 I had this card and only had issues with it, as far as cooling goes.

Yes the DCUII card.

what problems? Are u sure ur temps were nothing to do with being on quiet mode at the bios switch rather than performance?

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what problems? Are u sure ur temps were nothing to do with being on quiet mode at the bios switch rather than performance?

High temps on core and vram. No tested it on both modes.

It got so bad that it downlocked itself.

Sent it back got another card with similair issues back, glad I ditched that POS.





 
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High temps on core and vram. No tested it on both modes.

It got so bad that it downlocked itself.

Sent it back got another card with similair issues back, glad I ditched that POS.

when was this?

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when was this?

When it launched got a rev 1 and newer rev card forgot the number.

But yeah I'm not the only one with this issue also had some coilwhine and the card couldn't OC Asus just fcked up on that card I'm happy running a STRIX 970 now so no hate for Asus.





 
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That was rev 1.0 I am pretty sure you are buying 1.1 Or higher

they remade the cooler???

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They "Remade" it was just changing it so the heatpipes fit onto the GPU itself

Ok so did that fix the majority of the heating problems?

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Ok so did that fix the majority of the heating problems?

 

From what I've heard, some people say yes it's fine and others say no it still has issues. 

 

Personally, I would not buy the DCUII 290x. I would wait for another 290x to go on sale or just pay more upfront knowing I'm getting a good card that will be able to cool itself properly out of the box. But that's me. 

 

There's a risk, but you can always add a Kraken G10 water cooling bracket with any Asetek-based AIO like the H55 to cool it. But then you're spending more in the end - the same or more than what you'd have spent on another 290x with non-defective air cooling.

 

So it's kind of a toss up. Are you willing to take the risk or just spend more upfront? ;)

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From what I've heard, some people say yes it's fine and others say no it still has issues. 

 

Personally, I would maybe wait for another 290x to go on sale. I would even pay more just knowing I'm getting a card that will be able to cool itself properly out of the box. But that's me. 

 

There's a risk, but you can always add a Kraken G10 water cooling bracket with any Asetek-based AIO like the H55 to cool it. But then you're spending more in the end - the same as what you'd have spent on another 290x with non-defective air cooling.

 

So it's kind of a toss up. Are you willing to take the risk or just spend more upfront? ;)

I can always take the risk. Test it and if im not happy send it back. I aint gonna OC it anyway so if its temps are fine eg low 80's under load then ill be happy enough

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DO NOT BUY ANY NEW AMD CARDS RIGHT NOW. THEIR NEW STUFF IS COMING OUT IN 5 DAYS. WAIT 5 DAYS EVEN IF THE 290x IS ON SALE, THE NEW CARDS MAY BE WAY BETTER, THUS WORTH GETTING INSTEAD.

 

The new 390 and 390x is not going to be anywhere near the $210 the OP's looking to spend. What I was suggesting is to wait for the new 300 series cards to launch and then grab a 290x on sale (a better one than the DCUII). ;)

 

They might be better, but I doubt they will be "way better". 

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I've been eyeing these cheap 290Xs too :) (275€) I've also found a 295X2 for 550 €
Man its tempting to buy these  :blink:

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