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R9 390 

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Buy one powerful card ... allow you upgrade in future. 

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390x 

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r9390xgaming8g

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yeah thats good 

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Wow... Canadian Pesos...

 

500 CAD for a 390... That is awful.

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Don't buy that. Get the non LE edition. LE means the binning cannot be vouched for and overclocking is not guaranteed. I don't know what the prices are in CAD, but the preferable 390s you should look out for are the MSI non LE, Sapphire, XFX and PowerColor.

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It was a funny ha ha. They have a freesync monitor so I figure we had this wrapped up :lol:

I personally wouldn't recommend anything under an R9 290 if my friend is looking to spend around $200+. $100 range I would probably recommend a 7950 or 280

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Don't buy that. Get the non LE edition. LE means the binning cannot be vouched for and overclocking is not guaranteed. I don't know what the prices are in CAD, but the preferable 390s you should look out for are the MSI non LE, Sapphire, XFX and PowerColor.

Than What About This? http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100382ntoc2l

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I personally wouldn't recommend anything under an R9 290 if my friend is looking to spend around $200+. $100 range I would probably recommend a 7950 or 280

I agree, especially the way games are being made recently. I actually advised getting a console the other day and meant it. optimizations a real issue right now.

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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I agree, especially the way games are being made recently. I actually advised getting a console the other day and meant it. optimizations a real issue right now.

Yeah. Some games run poorly on console like JC3 and Fallout 4, but that's still the same with low end PC's. Not to mention Consoles in the US are $300 + a bunch of games. Although you can do work on a low end rig, most people already have computers perfectly fine for work. Doing work on a "console killer" build, with mechanical hard drive and low end monitor won't be fun. Although it's not a bad option, a low end PC will never beat a console, which is a low end PC + optimizations, for new games. 

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Don't buy that. Get the non LE edition. LE means the binning cannot be vouched for and overclocking is not guaranteed. I don't know what the prices are in CAD, but the preferable 390s you should look out for are the MSI non LE, Sapphire, XFX and PowerColor.

No it doesn't.

LE is a super small run that in the US is only sold by Newegg and uses literally the exact same parts from start to finish.

 

MSI literally does 0 binning for these, and they don't shove non-LE cards into the LE version.

 

LE is an amazing way to save 30 USD (possibly up to 50 CAD) for literally no cost.

 

I own an LE and "OC Edition" 980ti each. Both preform identically.

 

 

EDIT: In theory you could hypothetically get an LE card that can't reach "OC" levels, but I'm telling you straight up that won't happen. The run isn't big enough for them to dump bad cards into it. This is like saying get a 5930k cause it might OC better than a 5820k... Hogwash. 

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No it doesn't.

LE is a super small run that in the US is only sold by Newegg and uses literally the exact same parts from start to finish.

 

MSI literally does 0 binning for these, and they don't shove non-LE cards into the LE version.

 

LE is an amazing way to save 30 USD (possibly up to 50 CAD) for literally no cost.

 

I own an LE and "OC Edition" 980ti each. Both preform identically.

 

 

EDIT: In theory you could hypothetically get an LE card that can't reach "OC" levels, but I'm telling you straight up that won't happen. The run isn't big enough for them to dump bad cards into it. This is like saying get a 5930k cause it might OC better than a 5820k... Hogwash. 

I am the unfortunate victim of repeating stuff I heard on the internet in this case. I looked up what that meant when I 1st saw, and that was the answer I found, but now can't remember where. I'm still not sure what "super small run" means though and I've seen an LE card on jet.com

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I am the unfortunate victim of repeating stuff I heard on the internet in this case. I looked up what that meant when I 1st saw, and that was the answer I found, but now can't remember where. I'm still not sure what "super small run" means though and I've seen an LE card on jet.com

https://jet.com/how-jet-works

 

Jet finds you savings by matching your order to retailers who can fulfill it at a low cost. We use two different fulfillment methods to make that happen.

 

It is quite likely that Newegg is the actually one selling on JET (note prices are higher.)

 

Super small runs mean that they aren't consistently available, and sometimes are only available to Newegg Insiders. It's a way for Newegg to throw out a product (ESP near launch) that is cheaper than almost anywhere else.

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https://jet.com/how-jet-works

 

 

It is quite likely that Newegg is the actually one selling on JET (note prices are higher.)

 

Super small runs mean that they aren't consistently available, and sometimes are only available to Newegg Insiders. It's a way for Newegg to throw out a product (ESP near launch) that is cheaper than almost anywhere else.

Thanks for clearing that up. What does "LE" actually mean though? I'm assuming it's not actually limited edition.

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Thanks for clearing that up. What does "LE" actually mean though? I'm assuming it's not actually limited edition.

"LITE EDITION"

 

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"LITE EDITION"

Dafuq? Lol, thanks.

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Dafuq? Lol, thanks.

Check out that image above. Dem boxes.

 

Also the LITE Edition is a darker red box lol...

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