Anyone heard of this r9 290?

[jascraft123]

I found this graphics card I had never seen before on Newegg. Anyone heard about this card before and should I buy it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131668

[byalexandr]

Of course, Powercolor is a very popular brand.

[jascraft123]

Of course, Powercolor is a very popular brand.

 

The one on Newegg has no reviews and there are no videos about it on youtube or any reviews online.

[Guest]

Powercolor is like the Galax of AMD

XFX is the EVGA of AMD sorry XP

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Powercolor is like the Zotac of AMD

Zotac*

Ftfy

[Guest]

Zotac*

Ftfy

nu, Zotac has been around for a while, Galax picked up after Linus/Luke did a review on the Hall of Fame edition, I've always known the main brands like

Zotac, EVGA, MSI, Asus, Pny, ect but I had never heard of Galax until, Well I really started watching people from OCUK stream, then I found 8Pack (#1 OCer) then after that I found out about the KFA2/Galax and hall of fame, 

[Atmos]

I actually just installed one of those in a new system two days back. Big card, but really quiet, great cooling. I would def. rec this card again, that and it just looks so sick. Keep in mind though, it's a BIG card, and can sag a bit.

[byalexandr]

The one on Newegg has no reviews and there are no videos about it on youtube or any reviews online.

Because it's a 290X.

[Clyne]

Powercolor is like the Galax of AMD

XFX is the EVGA of AMD sorry XP

what the heck

XFX is more like PNY

Sapphire is EVGA

[Guest]

what the heck

XFX is more like PNY

Sapphire is EVGA

WHAT IS IT BECAUSE XFX AND PNY HAVE 3 LETTERS? THATS IT RIGHT? PICK ON THE 3-CHARACTER COMPANYS? BULLY.

in all seriousness I forgot about sapphire TBH I don't really see many people use Sapphire cards anymore.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

nu, Zotac has been around for a while, Galax picked up after Linus/Luke did a review on the Hall of Fame edition, I've always known the main brands like

Zotac, EVGA, MSI, Asus, Pny, ect but I had never heard of Galax until, Well I really started watching people from OCUK stream, then I found 8Pack (#1 OCer) then after that I found out about the KFA2/Galax and hall of fame,

Powercolor has been around for very long. Longer than Zotac was actually. Both these companies are owned by bigger corporations. And in terms of quality, both are lacking a little from sapphire and Evga respectively.

Galax was actually Galaxy till they changed their name. Their HOF cards are quite well known even before Mr Linus reviewed those cards.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

WHAT IS IT BECAUSE XFX AND PNY HAVE 3 LETTERS? THATS IT RIGHT? PICK ON THE 3-CHARACTER COMPANYS? BULLY.

in all seriousness I forgot about sapphire TBH I don't really see many people use Sapphire cards anymore.

Don't see people using Sapphire cards? Are you living in a cave? :lol:

[LamboLaddy]

They're a smaller bunch, but I honestly wouldn't pick a fight with a PowerColour fanboy, they're bloody savage.

[Guest]

Don't see people using Sapphire cards? Are you living in a cave? :lol:

Does a basement count?

I don't go oustide much

Reason why I say this, I haven't seen many people use Sapphire or AMD based cards for that matter, Maybe its because I've just been working with higher priced builds where AMD cards aren't typically used; If anything I've seen Zotac and MSI cards used more then the typical EVGA 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Does a basement count?

I don't go oustide much

Reason why I say this, I haven't seen many people use Sapphire or AMD based cards for that matter, Maybe its because I've just been working with higher priced builds where AMD cards aren't typically used; If anything I've seen Zotac and MSI cards used more then the typical EVGA

Hmm don't know where you've seen all this but nearly everyone here is recommended a sapphire card when they asked to be introduced to an AMD gpu :lol:

[Zulkkis]

Both

 

Asus

MSI

Gigabyte

 

AMD

 

Sapphire ("Premium" AMD brand)

Diamond

Club3D (Since 2013 AMD-only, only private corp. which has ever sold both brands)

PowerColor

XFX (used to be nVidia only, post-Fermi AMD exclusive)

VTX3D

HIS

 

nVidia

 

EVGA ("Premium" nVidia brand)

Zotac (Financial ties to Sapphire)

Inno3d (ASIA & EU)

Palit

Pny (Only one besides nVidia making Quadros, and doesn't bring much to the gaming side of things)

Gainward

Galax

  -KFA2 (Premium brand of Galax)

 

+

 

nVidia / AMD occasionally produce their own, very limited runs. Mobile chips have no branding.

 

Dead?

 

BFG (nVidia, Fermi-KO)

Sparkle (nVidia)

 

LOL

 

Matrox

[Clyne]

WHAT IS IT BECAUSE XFX AND PNY HAVE 3 LETTERS? THATS IT RIGHT? PICK ON THE 3-CHARACTER COMPANYS? BULLY.

in all seriousness I forgot about sapphire TBH I don't really see many people use Sapphire cards anymore.

Sapphire coolers are usually one of the best coolers on the market....

It's the top of the end gpu maker for AMD GPUs. 

[Clyne]

Both

 

Asus

MSI

Gigabyte

 

AMD

 

Sapphire ("Premium" AMD brand)

Diamond

Club3D (Since 2013 AMD-only, only private corp. which has ever sold both brands)

PowerColor

XFX (used to be nVidia only, post-Fermi AMD exclusive)

VTX3D

HIS

 

nVidia

 

EVGA ("Premium" nVidia brand)

Zotac (Financial ties to Sapphire)

Inno3d (ASIA & EU)

Palit

Pny (Only one besides nVidia making Quadros, and doesn't bring much to the gaming side of things)

Gainward

Galax

  -KFA2 (Premium brand of Galax)

 

+

 

nVidia / AMD occasionally produce their own, very limited runs. Mobile chips have no branding.

 

Dead?

 

BFG (nVidia, Fermi-KO)

Sparkle (nVidia)

 

LOL

 

Matrox

It's more like BFG going along with PNY before they killed it off.

[Zulkkis]

Seems so, wasn't aware of the ties.

 

Makes sense.

[jascraft123]

I actually just installed one of those in a new system two days back. Big card, but really quiet, great cooling. I would def. rec this card again, that and it just looks so sick. Keep in mind though, it's a BIG card, and can sag a bit.

Is the card sagging something that will potentially affect my computer greatly or is it just something to be aware of?

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Is the card sagging something that will potentially affect my computer greatly or is it just something to be aware of?

 

Eh in most cases, it wouldn't affect the user.

But you should definitely be aware of how much your card sags. It also looks fugly.  

[Atmos]

Is the card sagging something that will potentially affect my computer greatly or is it just something to be aware of?

 

Unless it sags so far that it breaks or some crap, not really We're talking like, a MAJOR sag, like, one side is 3 inches lower than the other. Its primarily a aesthetic problem. There are solutions out there, just nothing real classy. If it concerns you enough, you can get little canes basically that prop up the card from the bottom of your case.

[miagisan]

Unless it sags so far that it breaks or some crap, not really We're talking like, a MAJOR sag, like, one side is 3 inches lower than the other. Its primarily a aesthetic problem. There are solutions out there, just nothing real classy. If it concerns you enough, you can get little canes basically that prop up the card from the bottom of your case.

Or use some fishing line and tie it to a screw on top of your case (I like fishing line cause for the most part you won't see it)