R9 390x 8GB

[simo292a]

Do you guys think the extra vram on the 390x would come in handy in the future? Like the people said 2gb vram was enough?

[Cyrus49]

Do you guys think the extra vram on the 390x would come in handy in the future? Like the people said 2gb vram was enough?

If you're gaming above 1080, it comes in handy now.

[cheeze_tartz]

yes, but for 1080p, 4 gigs is enough. I would recommend the R9 390. (non-x), though

[SkilledRebuilds]

Do you guys think the extra vram on the 390x would come in handy in the future? Like the people said 2gb vram was enough?

I've only twice EVER seen near 4GB vram used on my 290x.. @ 1080p

 

Titanfall/COD:AW both CACHE more than they need (filling it all, but not always using it all) and were using more than any other game.

 

NO OTHER GAME I OWN (I have 30 installed, some AAA) None will get over 4GB of usage without extensive Modding. (Cept the newly done GTA5, it will if you push shadow distance details further up)

 

Get a 290x!

[simo292a]

I've only twice EVER seen near 4GB vram used on my 290x.. @ 1080p

 

Titanfall/COD:AW both CACHE more than they need (filling it all, but not always using it all) and were using more than any other game.

 

NO OTHER GAME I OWN (I have 30 installed, some AAA) None will get over 4GB of usage without extensive Modding. (Cept the newly done GTA5, it will if you push shadow distance details further up)

 

Get a 290x!

I am more thinking about the future with higher resolutions.

[SkilledRebuilds]

I am more thinking about the future with higher resolutions.

Think also by that time you may already want/need a new GPU anyway. (By the time you get a 4K panel, say you get one in two years, after experiencing 1440p until then)

By this time, the 390x with 8Gb may need to be replaced too.

 

This is not always the case,.. but factor in though....., the CORE grunt of the GPU may not be as good pushing 4K,..why bother if its 35fps avg (See GTA5 4K), so if you cannot use 4K that well, you wouldn't.......ditching the need for 8GB anyway.

 

1440p it has great performance, I doubt the 4GB is holding the 290x back in this regard (Go google 290x reviews for 1440p performance and see if its VRAM limited in the review)

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

If you mod skyrim, yes. Anything else, no.

[Alurit]

if you game at 1080p, you don't need unless you want to mod the shit out of fallout 4 when it comes out (with the avg vram of people playing fallout nearing 4gb I imagine modders will lose their shit over 4k textures), some games might go close to 4gb (because console having unified ram/vram some devs are caching heavily into vram) but I don't think we will exceed it in the the next year.

[Prysin]

On the flip side. If you grab a 390 today, it WILL crossfire with the new cards coming out. Unless they are all HBM, which i doubt. So still, i wouldnt worry. AMD is very lenient this way with their CF. Thus your old card wouldnt be useless.

 

OR you could keep your old 390 and use it for bitcoin mining in the future while gaming on a new card... That way you make money while playing games.....