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R9 280x is showing it's age.

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I've been doing some 1440p and 4k gaming with this card, and often struggle to maintain a solid 30fps, I've considered a Fury X and a 980 Ti, but if I can spend less for a solid card that won't make my room a toasty 145 degrees that'd be optimal. As far as 4k gaming, what options are out there for those who want to hit 60 fps and medium/high settings?

 

I am limited by a 750w power supply.

Current Possibilities:

-390X

 

My build in case compatibility comes into question:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/TucoNuco/saved/TPLKHx

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Thats a 390x. I would not go 4k its not a necessity. I game a 1080p but I would go to 1440 and stop. It looks better than most and is not too power hungry. 

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I've been doing some 1440p and 4k gaming with this card, 

It isn't really showing its age, it was designed to be (and still is) a great 1080p card.

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145 degrees? In C, you would be dead. In F, you would still be dead.

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Thats a 390x. I would not go 4k its not a necessity. I game a 1080p but I would go to 1440 and stop. It looks better than most and is not too power hungry. 

 

Incorrect. At it's current price, the 390x is never the correct answer. I'm saddened to see so many people who keep suggesting or considering this fucking rip off of a card.

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390x is an 8GB 290x

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Do you actually have a native 4k monitor?

 

If so, get 2 290xs, a 295x2, 2 390xs, 2 980s, a 980ti or a Fury X.

 

If not, settle down and get something a bit less meaty.

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Thats a 390x. I would not go 4k its not a necessity. I game a 1080p but I would go to 1440 and stop. It looks better than most and is not too power hungry. 

Absolutely would agree with you, but I can't help but notice that it looks "blurred" on my montior on anything short of 4k, is that something that I can solve via catalyst, or just a given when playing on lower resolutions.

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Do you actually have a native 4k monitor?

 

If so, get 2 290xs, a 295x2, 2 390xs, 2 980s, a 980ti or a Fury X.

 

If not, settle down and get something a bit less meaty.

Yeah, I have a native 4k monitor. Would sli/crossfire cause problems on modern titles?

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Incorrect. At it's current price, the 390x is never the correct answer. I'm saddened to see so many people who keep suggesting or considering this fucking rip off of a card.

Thats a 390x . He mentioned 280x and added a 390x to his build to show us. 

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390x is a 8GB 290x

 

In benchmarks it still seems to shag to 290x into the ground though. Might need to test some scenes that are used by other review websites with the latest drivers, see how much closer they come.

 

Benchmarks seem to show the 390x beating the 980 at 1440p+ though, not bad for an 18 month old chip.

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Incorrect. At it's current price, the 390x is never the correct answer. I'm saddened to see so many people who keep suggesting or considering this fucking rip off of a card.

Agreed

Used 290x (4GB or 8GB) or 2nd 280x are your options for AMD IMO... price>performance

 

290x>390x performance increases are SLIGHTLY from the OC,...but I've OC'd my 290's,........seems to be from a locked out driver enhancing Tesselation

390x gets it, 290x does not, you use the 290x with a hacked 390x driver, performance goes up according to Digital Foundry/Eurogamer.

 

If this is true, dodgey shit...

 

Nvidia forums full of "Gimped Kepler drivers" already

AMD forums full of "Gimped Hawaii drivers" no doubt soon...

 

/The HD7970 (280x) really DID hold out for ages....an epic 1440p card for what it was, and still is a great 1080p card for harder to run titles.

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Thats a 390x . He mentioned 280x and added a 390x to his build to show us. 

Fixed it.

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Fixed it.

I'm not sure what you fixed. "That's" with an apostrophe is "That is." From what I can tell, your "correction" made the post grammatically incorrect.

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Yeah, I have a native 4k monitor. Would sli/crossfire cause problems on modern titles?

 

I've been using 2 290xs in Crossfire for about 6 months now, and to be honest, it works great 95% of the time. I think both AMD and Nvidia have gotten multi-GPU tech to a great level :)

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Incorrect. At it's current price, the 390x is never the correct answer. I'm saddened to see so many people who keep suggesting or considering this fucking rip off of a card.

 

While I think AMD should have kept the price the same as the existing 290/290Xs rather than raising it, I still think the 390 and 390X are solid cards for 4K gaming. Performance is quite good at that resolution and the 20% increase to memory clock speed they have over the previous gen makes a very noticeable difference at 4K. The 390 outperforms the 290X, for example.

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In benchmarks it still seems to shag to 290x into the ground though.

Clocks and maybe some slight architectural tweaks.

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Incorrect. At it's current price, the 390x is never the correct answer. I'm saddened to see so many people who keep suggesting or considering this fucking rip off of a card.

Please. Think before you get pissed and just say random crap about how YOU dont like the 390x. Maybe OP liked it but just read the text in front of you before hitting reply

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I've been using 2 290xs in Crossfire for about 6 months now, and to be honest, it works great 95% of the time. I think both AMD and Nvidia have gotten multi-GPU tech to a great level :)

Okay, definitely something to consider then.

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I'm not sure what you fixed. "That's" with an apostrophe is "That is." From what I can tell, your "correction" made the post grammatically incorrect.

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Clocks and maybe some slight architectural tweaks.

 

It's easily 10-15% better, and however they do it, you cannot deny that it's a better 1440p+ card than the 980. 

 

Plus better crossfire scaling means that while 2 290xs almost catch 2 980s, 2 390xs easily beat 2 980s.

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Okay, definitely something to consider then.

 

I'll not claim it's perfect, but look at benchmarks, any game that might need 2 GPUs supports 2 GPUs. The 295x2 still tops performance indices, and in my mind offers great value. People just bitch about crossfire/SLI, it's utter nonsense.

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MFW I fixed what the post was pointing out, and not the grammar.

I know. This has been the first grammar guy that I have met. And Im very happy about it. 

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