R9 390 GPUs

[Simon771]

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/8192MB-PowerColor-Radeon-R9-390-PCS--Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_1006137.html

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/8192MB-VTX3D-Radeon-R9-390-Dual-Fan-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_1006835.html

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/8192MB-Sapphire-Radeon-R9-390-Nitro-inkl--Backplate-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--_1012937.html

 

I'm going to buy one of above cards and just wondering if you guys have any opinion regarding which card I should pick. I would rather go for VTX3D, but I'm wondering what's the performance difference between those 3 cards. They are all R9 390, so I guess it shouldn't be more than 5% difference?

I do realise that Nitro have 40MHz higher clock rate for GPU and that's like 4% better.

But what about VRAM speed? 5000MHz vs 6000 MHz? Where would I feel that difference? Is there a huge difference between those 2?

[shadowbyte]

you can overclock the lesser card to beat a factory oc most of the time. I'd go for the cheapest

[Castdeath97]

Get the sapphire, it has the best cooling.

[wyattzx]

Sapphire is by and far the most reputable brand here, and their card comes with the best cooler, and a backplate as well.

[Narnash]

I would invest for the best cooling solution if it fit in the your case > Sapphire

[calieburger]

As a 390 owner I would advice you to go with a tripple fan cooler, these cards get hot and do your research and go for the best cooler.

[Simon771]

well I'm using NZXT S340 case that isn't so big, but I think that either GPU would go inside.

 

[TheNeutraliser]

i prefer msi r9 series 

[Simon771]

1 hour ago, TheNeutraliser said:

i prefer msi r9 series 

Any specific reason for that?

[TheNeutraliser]

2 hours ago, Simon771 said:

Any specific reason for that?

Cooling, software and the nice program that comes with the card, seems nice ( i own this thats why im telling you )

[Matt_Twinkletoes]

4 hours ago, Simon771 said:

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/8192MB-PowerColor-Radeon-R9-390-PCS--Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_1006137.html

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/8192MB-VTX3D-Radeon-R9-390-Dual-Fan-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_1006835.html

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/8192MB-Sapphire-Radeon-R9-390-Nitro-inkl--Backplate-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--_1012937.html

 

I'm going to buy one of above cards and just wondering if you guys have any opinion regarding which card I should pick. I would rather go for VTX3D, but I'm wondering what's the performance difference between those 3 cards. They are all R9 390, so I guess it shouldn't be more than 5% difference?

I do realise that Nitro have 40MHz higher clock rate for GPU and that's like 4% better.

But what about VRAM speed? 5000MHz vs 6000 MHz? Where would I feel that difference? Is there a huge difference between those 2?

Only get the SAPPHIRE 390

[experiencednoob]

Sapphire

[Mr.Meerkat]

5 hours ago, calieburger said:

As a 390 owner I would advice you to go with a tripple fan cooler, these cards get hot and do your research and go for the best cooler.

As a dual 290x owner who had reference HS (now h75 and Accelero Xtreme III as got sick of tryna sleep with my computer on cause 6mbps down is bae...with all new games being 20gb+), that is not true  even when I had the reference cooler on em, they were only running at 40% fan speed and not going over 85c...but again, that could have something to do with my great 5-10c ambient temps...

 

And for the actual question, Sapphire 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

I'd avoid the VTX3D one. Its the rebrand of the 2nd tier 390 from PowerColor. Their top dog is the PCS+. Both the PCS+ and Sapphire do a really good job at cooling the card. But the sapphire is quieter. Take your pick.   

[Simon771]

You guys convinced me into buying saphire

Thanks everyone!