290 vs 390

[Rhett M. Quigley]

Ok, would a reference 290 be about as good as, say, a nitro 390?

[thekeemo]

no

half vram

higher temps

higher power consumption

[DannyRyu]

no. 390 is better.

[KayTees]

Ok, would a reference 290 be about as good as, say, a nitro 390?

390 heaps better.

[Rhett M. Quigley]

What if I watercooled the 290?

[Rhett M. Quigley]

And 4gb was enough.

[App4that]

Depends on the model of 290 and 390. Reference 290, all the 390's will be better.

[Rhett M. Quigley]

And power consumption was negligible.

[App4that]

And 4gb was enough.

Yes, I completely agree, it was enough. Now you'll need more.

[Rhett M. Quigley]

Yes, I completely agree, it was enough. Now you'll need more.

 

What games uses more than 4gb?

[App4that]

What games uses more than 4gb?

Fallout 4 if you mod, Shadows of Mordor, and the goal is usually not to have "just enough".

 

You asked a question, why are you arguing the answer?

[Rhett M. Quigley]

Fallout 4 if you mod, Shadows of Mordor, and the goal is usually not to have "just enough".

 

You asked a question, why are you arguing the answer?

 

Because either the answers don't make sense or I want more info. And if vram were not an issue, how much better would a 390 (i.e., a rebranded/refreshed 290) be? Some say not much, yet I see some say a lot.

[xAcid9]

Not quite, take the 390.

[App4that]

A 390 are completely different boards than a 290. The chips are similar, but they behave completely different. I own a Vapor-X 290 and Nitro 390.

 

Vapor-X 290. Lower idle power consumption by 30w, higher load consumption by 40w. Lower fps in synthetic benchmarks by an average of 5%. Runs 10c hotter at load, but VRM run 20c cooler.

 

Nitro 390. Quieter, an average of 5fps more in games, no LED other than the bios button, nicer back plate.

[Sam Z Man]

The 390 has full custom power delivery and faster memory.

[Zackfoo]

390 is slightly better but if you have a 290 then keep it dont upgrade. Or if you can get a killer deal for the 290 then go with  the 290 or even 290x. 

[Rhett M. Quigley]

390 is slightly better but if you have a 290 then keep it dont upgrade. Or if you can get a killer deal for the 290 then go with  the 290 or even 290x. 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129316&cm_re=290-_-14-129-316-_-Product

[App4that]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129316&cm_re=290-_-14-129-316-_-Product

[xAcid9]

A 390 are completely different boards than a 290. The chips are similar, but they behave completely different. I own a Vapor-X 290 and Nitro 390.

Depend, some XFX 390 series use 290 series reference board.

[Zackfoo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129316&cm_re=290-_-14-129-316-_-Product

definitely not the reference model...please.... Vapor-x version of 290x is good. 

[App4that]

Depend, some XFX 390 series use 290 series reference board.

If that's true just add it to the list of reasons to avoid XFX