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Hello, I was wondering if I were to get a second R9 390X if it would be bottle necked by my i7-4790K at stock speed or vice versa. I would rather not pay and pray. Thank you!
 

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Chasis: Coolermaster Storm Stryker
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45
GPU: MSI R9 390X 
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master H100i
PSU: EVGA 1000W G2
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What resolution?

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What resolution?

Sorry, Resolution would be 1080P, 3 way monitor set-up.

Plan on upgrading monitors later down the line. 

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Sorry, Resolution would be 1080P, 3 way monitor set-up.

Plan on upgrading monitors later down the line. 

 

I'd prefer getting one 980 Ti. If that's available. 

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you really cant bottleneck any intel proccesor with 4 or more cores 

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you really cant bottleneck any intel proccesor with 4 or more cores 

Thank you so much for the info. I was just really curious. I just upgraded from a GTX 770 and was planning on Adding a second card for the hell of it and to get a bit more performance and future-proof this. 

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I'd prefer getting one 980 Ti. If that's available.

He already has a 390X.

And from times past we know that 2 290X's will beat a Titan X until vram becomes a factor so the 8Gb on 390X's will mean you get better performance then a 980ti and have more vram.

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your i7 can support dual 980Tis

 

but given that the heat output is really high

 

go for Single best GPU like the Fury X

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He already has a 390X.

And from times past we know that 2 290X's will beat a Titan X until vram becomes a factor so the 8Gb on 390X's will mean you get better performance then a 980ti and have more vram.

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also saying that it is crossfire i would buy the best amd card there is 

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GPU: rx480  4gb                                                 CASE: Corsair Spec-01 red              OS: Windows 10

PSU: EVGA 500   watt                                       SSD:    v60gb Mushkin ssd                HDD: 1000GB WD BLUE

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He already has a 390X.

And from times past we know that 2 290X's will beat a Titan X until vram becomes a factor so the 8Gb on 390X's will mean you get better performance then a 980ti and have more vram.

 

Opps, my mistake. I missed "already have" part.

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your i7 can support dual 980Tis

 

but given that the heat output is really high

 

go for Single best GPU like the Fury X

Was mainly going for the 390X because it has the 8 gigs of V-ram for a single card, which I think is super impressive and makes this card that much more future proof. 

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It will work just fine but it will be hot. Better have good air flow in ur case especially venting then excess heat out

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My 4790k maxes both my overclocked 980ti's 100 percent

And only reaches like 60 percent usage in gaming at 144hz

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Hello, I was wondering if I were to get a second R9 390X if it would be bottle necked by my i7-4790K at stock speed or vice versa. I would rather not pay and pray. Thank you!

 

Current system specs in case you need them for any reason...

Chasis: Coolermaster Storm Stryker
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45
GPU: MSI R9 390X 
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master H100i
PSU: EVGA 1000W G2

 

0 bottleneck 

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Was mainly going for the 390X because it has the 8 gigs of V-ram for a single card, which I think is super impressive and makes this card that much more future proof. 

8GB is great for 4K

 

but AMD is moving to HBM for a reason

 

because of the titan size memory bandwidth

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Thank you very much for all the info! I wasn't expecting such fast responses like that o-o.

It's good to know that there would be zero bottleneck and I am happy about that. I am already aware about the heat issue and I will try to be finding a way to deal with that, be it adding another fan or whatever. Thank you so much! 

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you really cant bottleneck any intel proccesor with 4 or more cores 

That is far from true. A Q6600 would bottle neck a single R9 290.

 

His computer will be fine though.

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