Which R9 390 should I buy?

[Martzel]

Hello,

I'm thinking about buying a R9 390, but I'm not sure which manufacturer I should choose.

I'm tending to Asus or MSI, but they're the most expensive ones, are they the extra cost?

 

Thank you,

Martzel

[FuzzyYellow]

I would go for the Sapphire card. they generally are the best IMO.

[Shoob]

Sapphire. Unless MSI is cheaper, but still Sapphire. Always Sapphire.

[xAcid9]

Sapphire, MSI and sometime Powercolor. 

[OAcesync]

Sapphire better cooling,way quieter under load(zero RPM at idle) and a sexy sleek cooler

MSI better overclocking, Black/Red with backplate but big pipes sticking out(if that annoys you)

 

It's your choice really

[manikyath]

both asus and msi are more so nvidia brands than AMD brands.

 

msi does decent on the amd side as well, but dont bother with asus, their coolers werent made for the heat of AMD.

[kameshss]

Sapphire!

 

Or MSI.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

This should help you out

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1561704/official-amd-r9-390-390x-owners-club

 

 

XFX= Full cover waterblock available. Good clockers usually, and cooling is sufficient for core, but not stellar, and VRM's tend to get hot

Sapphire= No water block available, but has excellent air cooling. Require 8+8 pin connectors versus 8+6. Some would prefer that, in hopes of obtaining higher OC results, but unfortunately OC results so far on the Nitro and Tri-X are only mediocre-good

Gigabyte= No waterblocks. Well built card, decent cooling, but the voltage is hard locked, so expect clock ceiling to be very limited... most likely 1100 or less.

PowerColor= Offers full cover waterblocks, and also has excellent air cooling, but so far there have only been weak-mediocre-ish overclocking results. 1150 or less on the core seems to be the norm, with most landing between 1130-1140, even despite it's excellent cooling.

MSI= No full cover waterblocks available. Stock air cooling is good but not great with regards to the core temps, but seems to be very good for the VRM temps. So far, these seem to have the best overclocking results. Most poeople hitting 1160-1200

Asus= (DCU2) Full cover block available. Not much info on these, but theyappears to use the same cooler as the 290 series, which was a poor performing cooler. I have seen very few purchasing the Asus card. Overclock results seem to be average so far, but have very little data to make a general claim.

Asus= (Strix) Unsure on waterblocks with these... stock cooling is good. Very little OC information, but from what I have seen, they are average. Probably in line with Sapphire when it comes to binning.

[SpaceJunglerX]

I have the Sapphire R9 390 and safe to say it justifies the price.

 

I get 61*C under load MAX! and 45*C idle, running Witcher 3 1080p 60fps stable on High/Ultra.. (non OC)

Fans are turned off when browsing network or watching movie and they turn on when you game..

 

I think you will be happy with it if you decide to buy it. 

Cheers, SJX

[IcarusLSC]

MSI, PC then Sapp...

[Zackfoo]

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[Zhuocheng]

Sapphire

[Martzel]

I can't decide between the MSI and the Sapphire. I may overclock my card and a backplate looks just awesome and the overall looks of the MSI are better. But the Sapphire has a massive heatsink. And a nice PCB?

 

The MSI has two DVI-D, one DisplayPort and one HDMI, which sums up to 4 connectors in total.

The Sapphire has three DisplayPort (which I personally prefer), one HDMI and one DVI-D, which sums up to 5 connectors in total.

 

Like I said I prefer DisplayPort but is really better than DVI-D? And how does it look like Hertz wise?

[Nena Trinity]

Sapphire is safest option but the MSI one is probably good to!

 

I heard XFX is good to but their quality control seems to be a bit poor cause some has coil-whine or worse...

[Martzel]

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[Martzel]

Since a lot of you recommend the Sapphire and it was available with a backplate for 333€, i bought the Sapphire.

 

Thank you for all the answers, this card is just awesome and literally cool.

 

 

But when I'm AFK and my monitors turn off my desktop icons aren't in the same order, when I'm reactivating them.

Does someone know, why this happens?