What R9 390

[Jacke1012]

I want to play GTA 5 very high settings and 60fps+. I am wondering if I need the sapphire R9 380 4GB or the sapphire R9 390 8GB.

My CPU is Intel i5-4460.

 

I just want to ask I have seen videos where some people play GTA 5 maxed out and they only use 3.5GB of VRAM. So do I just need a 4GB or 8GB.

[Guest]

There is a 4gb version of the r9 390? Makes no difference at 1080p anyways, if you want to play at 1440p or 4k i would go with the 8gb version.

 

Btw Sapphire's 390 Nitro is pretty good.

[OAcesync]

There's only a Sapphire R9 390 8GB

[Jacke1012]

There's only a Sapphire R9 390 8GB

Sorry I mean or the R9 380 4GB

[OAcesync]

Sorry I mean or the R9 380 4GB

I would get the 390

[BigDay]

if you get the 390, get the xfx or msi versions. they have the highest reported overclocking ability and they are NOT voltage locked. the 390 from gigabyte IS voltage locked

[ThinkWithPortals]

I love my MSI R9 390 Gaming 8G, so I'd recommend that one from experience, but anything from Sapphire is a great choice too.

[Opeth747]

Gigabyte.

[don_svetlio]

Sapphire Nitro

[DarkBlade2117]

Gigabyte.

Gigabyte isn't good for AMD.

Esther Sapphire or MSI and some times Asus.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

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.

 

[Flare]

I want to play GTA 5 very high settings and 60fps+. I am wondering if I need the sapphire R9 390 4GB or the sapphire R9 390 8GB.

My CPU is Intel i5-4460.

R9 390... HANDS DOWN.

[TheConverter]

msi plz

[Opeth747]

Gigabyte isn't good for AMD.

Esther Sapphire or MSI and some times Asus.

Wrong. Gigabyte cards are fantastic. There's some cases but in general Gigabyte is usually a great way to go.

[Jacke1012]

I just want to ask I have seen videos where some people play GTA 5 maxed out and they only use 3.5GB of VRAM. So do I just need a 4GB or 8GB.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Wrong. Gigabyte cards are fantastic. There's some cases but in general Gigabyte is usually a great way to go.

 

Gigabyte G1 390/x. Volt locked. Gigabyte is the wrong way to go in this case.