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Okay, so basically I'm looking to buy a R9 390. The problem is that there are too much choices!

 

So I'm hesitating between these cards:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150759

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127874

http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-radeon-r9-390-strix-ea-114528-1701.htm

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150728

 

Okay so... Will there be any difference if I get any of those cards? What scares me most are temperatures as I love the design of the first card I've put in here, but I doubt it will do a good job at cooling. 

 

Help me??!? ;-; 

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I've personally always used Asus Cards. Never had an issue with them

My Rig: 2x Xeon x5690 @ 3.45Ghz 24GB DDR3 EEC RAM Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 970 SuperMicro X8DT3 Windows Server 2008 R2

 

Here's a little TL;DR of what you need to know about the GTX 970 and R9 390

R9 390 works better in VRAM-bound scenarios and compute bound scenarios and is best paired with higher end processors

GTX 970 works better in CPU-bound scenarios and tessellation bound scenarios and is best paired with lower end processors

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Did you ended up buying that CPU? In which case, none of them. Because the 6300 is too inadequate to power the 390.

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That first card looks like a reference 290/X... That means absolute shit cooling - pretty much started the misconception that AMD cards are heaters. So no go on the first choice.

 

The ASUS card has crap cooling. Rule that off.

 

Best choice would be the MSI model.

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Asus all the way.


Has the best I/O layout, and the highest stock speed.

Don't get the reference card.

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5 minutes ago, AIJ said:

Okay, so basically I'm looking to buy a R9 390. The problem is that there are too much choices!

 

So I'm hesitating between these cards:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150759

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127874

http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-radeon-r9-390-strix-ea-114528-1701.htm

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150728

 

Okay so... Will there be any difference if I get any of those cards? What scares me most are temperatures as I love the design of the first card I've put in here, but I doubt it will do a good job at cooling. 

 

Help me??!? ;-;

Get the MSI or the XFX non blower card those are the 2 best out of that list.

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Just now, dizmo said:

Asus all the way.


Has the best I/O layout, and the highest stock speed.

Don't get the reference card.

 

1 minute ago, HKZeroFive said:

That first card looks like a reference 290X... That means absolute shit cooling - pretty much started misconception that AMD cards are a heater. So no go on the first choice.

 

ASUS card has crap cooling. Rule that off.

 

Best choice would be the MSI model.

 

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Either the MSI or the XFX Double Dissipation. 

The 1st card is strange,  it is a R9 390 with a R9 290 reference cooler which is crap. ASUS GPUs are not that great,  but they have a better cooler than the reference cooler. 

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1 minute ago, Majestic said:

 

Did you ended up buying that CPU? In which case, none of them. Because the 6300 is too inadequate to power the 390.

No. I'm going to get an FX-8320E 

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1 minute ago, AIJ said:

No. I'm going to get an FX-8320E

That's even worse, since it has a lower clockspeed. 

 

 

 

Pascal Undervolting topic, get more out of your card with less power!

Why high refreshrate monitors look better even without Freesync/G-sync in one image.
Stutters, framedrops, "lag". How to provide detailed information with your "bottleneck" question, as well as a few solutions.

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2 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

ASUS card has crap cooling. Rule that off.

ummmmm... no?

My Rig: 2x Xeon x5690 @ 3.45Ghz 24GB DDR3 EEC RAM Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 970 SuperMicro X8DT3 Windows Server 2008 R2

 

Here's a little TL;DR of what you need to know about the GTX 970 and R9 390

R9 390 works better in VRAM-bound scenarios and compute bound scenarios and is best paired with higher end processors

GTX 970 works better in CPU-bound scenarios and tessellation bound scenarios and is best paired with lower end processors

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1 minute ago, Majestic said:

That's even worse, since it has a lower clockspeed. 

 

 

 

I'm going to overclock it tho. Will that make a difference? 

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Just now, AIJ said:

I'm going to overclock it tho. Will that make a difference?

Nope you will be better off getting an i5

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Just now, AIJ said:

I'm going to overclock it tho. Will that make a difference?

Not really dude. If your going with that CPU do a GeForce 970 or 980

My Rig: 2x Xeon x5690 @ 3.45Ghz 24GB DDR3 EEC RAM Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 970 SuperMicro X8DT3 Windows Server 2008 R2

 

Here's a little TL;DR of what you need to know about the GTX 970 and R9 390

R9 390 works better in VRAM-bound scenarios and compute bound scenarios and is best paired with higher end processors

GTX 970 works better in CPU-bound scenarios and tessellation bound scenarios and is best paired with lower end processors

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Just now, AIJ said:

I'm going to overclock it tho. Will that make a difference?

The CPU in that review is the 9590. So a 8320E on 4,7ghz base, 5ghz boost.

 

No, not really.

Pascal Undervolting topic, get more out of your card with less power!

Why high refreshrate monitors look better even without Freesync/G-sync in one image.
Stutters, framedrops, "lag". How to provide detailed information with your "bottleneck" question, as well as a few solutions.

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It is simple.

Not ASUS because they tend to run a lot more hot on AMD cards than other OEM coolers.

Not Gigabyte because they have locked voltage controll.

Not reference because it is crap.

 

XFX - lifetime warranty but loud.

 

MSI and Sapphire - way to go.

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3 minutes ago, ServerSide_Drew said:

ummmmm... no?

Umm...yes?

 

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Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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So. Forget the card with the reference cooler. Also , don't get the asus one , since coolers aren't great for amd cards. Either get the msi or xfx one.

 

I would go msi

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1 minute ago, ServerSide_Drew said:

Not really dude. If your going with that CPU do a GeForce 970 or 980

You do know that the 390 out performs the 970 and there is no debate about that.

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Just now, HKZeroFive said:

Umm..yes?

 

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Um NO. The tri fan design works FINE. Its not the best but its NOT a shitty cooler by ANY streach of the imagination

My Rig: 2x Xeon x5690 @ 3.45Ghz 24GB DDR3 EEC RAM Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 970 SuperMicro X8DT3 Windows Server 2008 R2

 

Here's a little TL;DR of what you need to know about the GTX 970 and R9 390

R9 390 works better in VRAM-bound scenarios and compute bound scenarios and is best paired with higher end processors

GTX 970 works better in CPU-bound scenarios and tessellation bound scenarios and is best paired with lower end processors

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Just now, roctrebira said:

You do know that the 390 out performs the 970 and there is no debate about that.

Yeah it would... IF he had a high frequencies CPU. GTX Cards tend to out-preform AMD cards when the CPU frequency is lower do to the architecture

My Rig: 2x Xeon x5690 @ 3.45Ghz 24GB DDR3 EEC RAM Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 970 SuperMicro X8DT3 Windows Server 2008 R2

 

Here's a little TL;DR of what you need to know about the GTX 970 and R9 390

R9 390 works better in VRAM-bound scenarios and compute bound scenarios and is best paired with higher end processors

GTX 970 works better in CPU-bound scenarios and tessellation bound scenarios and is best paired with lower end processors

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My Sapphire 390 rarely goes higher than 65 degrees Celsius. 

 

It stays at 40-45 at idle, and 60-65 when gaming. I never saw this go up to 70 degrees. So I'd suggest Sapphire. I never tried OC though.

 

Also, I'm in a tropical country so the ambient temps might be a bit higher than yours. 

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