Asus DirectCU II R9 380X Acoustic

[CJChua]

So I was lurking around trying to find some GPU to buy at the future and I saw Asus R9 380X. I heard of many bad news about DirectCU II and III this year. So I wanna ask how's the acoustic and temperature at the 380X

[Xenift]

On the AMD cards there are fairly ok.

But i would prefer MSI ones, and on a budget, powercolour.

I don't see a specific reason in getting them.

 

Other than that, their nvidia variant is kinda trash.

[96Evo]

When buy amd gpu, go for sapphire or msi only

Asus cooler is not good for amd card

[CJChua]

On the AMD cards there are fairly ok.

But i would prefer MSI ones, and on a budget, powercolour.

I don't see a specific reason in getting them.

 

Other than that, their nvidia variant is kinda trash.

So you're telling me that AMD cards on Asus is ok but NVIDIA is bad? If yes then thanks for the help sir

[Xenift]

So you're telling me that AMD cards on Asus is ok but NVIDIA is bad? If yes then thanks for the help sir

Yes.

[NinjaJc01]

The MSI cards are nearly silent. And at 0 load, they are silent.

EDIT: And Strix cards look bad (IMHO)

[jaffacakes]

So I was lurking around trying to find some GPU to buy at the future and I saw Asus R9 380X. I heard of many bad news about DirectCU II and III this year. So I wanna ask how's the acoustic and temperature at the 380X

 

Asus is pretty meh lately with their cards.

I'd personally go with Sapphire, MSI, XFX (best bets) or Powercolor (if the rest isn't available).

 

Gigabyte and Asus are the ones you would want to stay away from on the latest cards, doable options if the only options.

[don_svetlio]

Asus and Gigabyte are the WORST GPU OEMs @CJChua

[NuclearPeace]

I would go with the Sapphire Nitro 380X, but those cards fly off the shelves and are constantly out of stock on Newegg.They sell out pretty much every other day, so if you want it by Christmas you better order it ASAP because of shipping deadlines.

[WynLore]

Yes.

I thought it was the other way around. If I remember correctly on Asus' AMD cards, some of its VRMs don't make decent contact with their coolers.

 

Asus and Gigabyte are the WORST GPU OEMs @CJChua

Which one's worse, though?

[don_svetlio]

I thought it was the other way around. If I remember correctly on Asus' AMD cards, some of its VRMs don't make decent contact with their coolers.

 

Which one's worse, though?

Asus. They don't have customer support

[WynLore]

Asus. They don't have customer support

Hold on, give me a minute.

 

 

 

[don_svetlio]

Hold on, give me a minute.

 

 

 

 

Their customer support is SO bad that it's non-existent

[WynLore]

Their customer support is SO bad that it's non-existent

What did Gigabyte do to be as bad as Asus?

All I'm told is that Gigabyte's coolers for the 300 series are underwhelming.

[don_svetlio]

What did Gigabyte do to be as bad as Asus?

All I'm told is that Gigabyte's coolers for the 300 series are underwhelming.

If you mean having a 2-fan cooler on a 390X is underwhelming then that's putting it lightly. It's Bios is also bricked, forcing 100% fan speed or NO fan speed and it has regular Black Screens

[WynLore]

If you mean having a 2-fan cooler on a 390X is underwhelming then that's putting it lightly. It's Bios is also bricked, forcing 100% fan speed or NO fan speed and it has regular Black Screens

Damn... its like Asus and Gigabyte barely give a fuck about AMD.

[don_svetlio]

Damn... its like Asus and Gigabyte barely give a fuck about AMD.

Asus are trash on both. 980 Ti DC3 uses the Fury cooler and 2 of the heatpipes don't make contact AT ALL.

[MMKing]

The problems explained in the post above where present on the DirectCU 2 cooler as well.

 

http://cdn.overclock.net/d/d9/d9b2f3c8_asusfail.jpeg

[WynLore]

Asus are trash on both. 980 Ti DC3 uses the Fury cooler and 2 of the heatpipes don't make contact AT ALL.

The extra two heatpipes were there just for show? If thats a marketing strategy or whatever, I think they're messed up.

[don_svetlio]

The extra two heatpipes were there just for show? If thats a marketing strategy or whatever, I think they're messed up.

Yep

[WynLore]

Yep

Great... I was gonna buy the 980 Ti Poseidon so I don't have to spend on a block, until I saw that.

[don_svetlio]

Great... I was gonna buy the 980 Ti Poseidon so I don't have to spend on a block, until I saw that.

Avoid them. Really. I bought into Asus thinking *sexy cooler* and now want a Sapphire Dual-X

[Najuno]

Choices and recommendations for AMD are fairly easy. Because as always you´ll get what you pay for. When I build a PC for myself or for a client, they will either get EVGA, if it´s nVidia, or Sapphire, if it´s AMD, period.

I only bought my Titan Xs directly from nVidia because I wanted to have those cards on release day and for this certain GPU it doesn´t make a difference, because all Titan Xs share the same standard PCB from nVidia. But honestly this went on my nerves a bit, because it was impossible to register the cards directly at nVidia at first, but you need to do that in order to fall into their warranty system. Won´t happen again.