Best 390?

[Axno]

I've heard good things about the Sapphire Radeon Nitro 390 and the ASUS STRIX version. Opinions?

 

EDIT: Also what would be best for future SLI or Crossfire? I know the temps are crazy high on the Radeon compared to the 970 so would crossfire in the future be a problem? The 970 is on sale for today so should I just get that?

[The Official Czex]

I've heard good things about the Sapphire Radeon Nitro 390 and the ASUS STRIX version. Opinions?

 

Sapphire. The cooler on the STRIX isn't that great on the 390 for some reason.

[JebKerman]

Sapphire always. MSI is also good.

 

avoid ASUS and Gigabyte AMD cards like the plague.

[N64CUBE]

My Sapphire 280x Vapor-x Tri-x performs as well as it looks. And it's one sexy card.

[AresKrieger]

Sapphire always. MSI is also good.

 

avoid ASUS and Gigabyte AMD cards like the plague.

This^, MSI for the customer service, sapphire for the coolers

[Paytend01]

Sapphire and MSI are hands down the best  (IMO)

[Axno]

Sapphire. The cooler on the STRIX isn't that great on the 390 for some reason.

 

Sapphire and MSI are hands down the best  (IMO)

 

This^, MSI for the customer service, sapphire for the coolers

 

My Sapphire 280x Vapor-x Tri-x performs as well as it looks. And it's one sexy card.

 

Sapphire always. MSI is also good.

 

avoid ASUS and Gigabyte AMD cards like the plague.

 

 

What about future crossfire? Would the 390 temps be too much? Should I just buy the 970 that is on sale for today because I mean it's not too big a difference. 

[Guest]

Sapphire has always been my goto (and will continue to be) but MSI makes some kickass cards as well.

[JebKerman]

What about future crossfire? Would the 390 temps be too much? Should I just buy the 970 that is on sale for today because I mean it's not too big a difference. 

in multi-GPU the 390s are far better than 970s as they have twice the Vram to play with. they don't output much more heat anyway. as long as there's a gap between them you shouldn't have temp issues.

 

high temps was for the 290X most recently. but both had massive heat problems a while ago, AMD's just lingered longer than nVidia's. there's a reason gifs like this exist:

[thekeemo]

I would go with MSI

[The Official Czex]

in multi-GPU the 390s are far better than 970s as they have twice the Vram to play with. they don't output much more heat anyway. as long as there's a gap between them you shouldn't have temp issues.

 

high temps was for the 290X most recently. but both had massive heat problems a while ago, AMD's just lingered longer than nVidia's. there's a reason gifs like this exist:

 

 

480 pls.

[Kobathor]

. there's a reason gifs like this exist:

nice meme

 

My EVGA 570 HD was the loudest GPU I've ever had. 

[App4that]

What about future crossfire? Would the 390 temps be too much? Should I just buy the 970 that is on sale for today because I mean it's not too big a difference.

I have a 290 Crossfired with a 390, no heat issues