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XFX R9 390

Ike2070
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Is this card good? I mean, compared to its MSI and Sapphire counterparts. Thanks in advance! 

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Is this card good? I mean, compared to its MSI and Sapphire counterparts. Thanks in advance! 

 

It's a good card, yes.

 

Sapphire is probably the best AMD card manufacturer, MSI comes second and third probably XFX.

I would never suggest Asus' cards nor Gigabyte's.

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It's a good card, yes.

 

Sapphire is probably the best AMD card manufacturer, MSI comes second and third probably XFX.

I would never suggest Asus' cards nor Gigabyte's.

why asus makes fine cards 

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Asus' cooler isn't really made for AMD cards, I'm pretty sure it doesn't cool the VRMs properly.

not only that - it coil whines, uses cheap chinese VRMs, doesn't even seat the cooler properly half the time (heatpipes not making contact) and having awful support

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
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Asus' cooler isn't really made for AMD cards, I'm pretty sure it doesn't cool the VRMs properly.

 

 

not only that - it coil whines, uses cheap chinese VRMs, doesn't even seat the cooler properly half the time (heatpipes not making contact) and having awful support

ahh i didnt know all of this (not an amd guy) although i have had a few of their nvidia cards and they are just fine ( i did know about the bad support)

Project Iridium:   CPU: Intel 4820K   CPU Cooler: Custom Loop  Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition   RAM: Avexir Blitz  Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD and Seagate Barracuda 3TB HDD   GPU: Asus 780 6GB Strix   Case: IN WIN 909   PSU: Corsair RM1000      Project Iridium build log http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/451088-project-iridium-build-log/

 

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ahh i didnt know all of this (not an amd guy) although i have had a few of their nvidia cards and they are just fine ( i did know about the bad support)

Asus is being rated at the very bottom in terms of customer support - avoid them

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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Asus is being rated at the very bottom in terms of customer support - avoid them

ya i know about the support it seem to be mostly monitors and gpus their motherboards are some of the best i have used 

Project Iridium:   CPU: Intel 4820K   CPU Cooler: Custom Loop  Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition   RAM: Avexir Blitz  Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD and Seagate Barracuda 3TB HDD   GPU: Asus 780 6GB Strix   Case: IN WIN 909   PSU: Corsair RM1000      Project Iridium build log http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/451088-project-iridium-build-log/

 

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Any more opinions on the XFX card? lol

Ive had an xfx r9 290 for a while never had an issue never had a complaint about support their cooler is nice and quiet id go for it honestly

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