R9 390 Blues.

[TheAlmightyChalupa]

Whelp. I have decided to finally swallow my pride and admit that the Gigabyte G1 Gaming R9 390 was not my finest purchase. It runs hot, loud, and somewhat unstable. I get pretty rough artifacting with no overclock. It's voltage locked and has a plethora of compatibility issues. However, it is the exact amount of performance I need, and I feel like I would be losing money trying to resell it to get a different card. So the question is, should I bite the bullet and get a completely new card, wait for Pascal and Polaris, or should I attempt to tackle the most annoying issues, such as heat and noise, with a liquid graphics AIO, like the Kraken G10 or the corsair equivalent. I already have a Kraken X61 I could put on it, but I wanted your opinion on if this is even worth attempting to salvage. Thanks in advance for all feedback!    

[CtrlAltELITE]

I would attempt to RMA your current card first. Then either keep the replacement or wait for pascal/polaris.

[danrey84]

Well 390's do run hot and are power hungry but from what u are writing about artefact's even at stock voltage that does not seem right and standard cooling should do the job so buy a G10 seems pointless to me. Personally I would RMA it I have only ever had EVGA GPU's and when I have had to deal with there support team they have been. Top dog so cant comment on any other companies. 

[SparkyRain]

24 minutes ago, danrey84 said:

Well 390's do run hot

 

Personally I would RMA it 

Run hot? Myths from 290x days? I don't see 70 C° "running hot"

Spoiler

 

However I don't disagree with the other part. Rma it.

[don_svetlio]

3 hours ago, danrey84 said:

Well 390's do run hot and are power hungry but from what u are writing about artefact's even at stock voltage that does not seem right and standard cooling should do the job so buy a G10 seems pointless to me. Personally I would RMA it I have only ever had EVGA GPU's and when I have had to deal with there support team they have been. Top dog so cant comment on any other companies. 

Most are fairly cool and quiet - MSI, Sapphire, XFX. Gigabyte are loud tho

OP, RMA the card. Even though it's a poor design, it should NOT be artifacting

[mhonor]

From what I've heard, Gigabyte Radeon cards are not the best and have high RMA rates. Maybe RMA the card, then sell it as a factory refurb? With original packaging / invoice / warranty you should be able to sell it without too much of a loss. Maybe they'll even give you a new card, who knows. 

 

Grab a sapphire, MSI, XFX like don_svetlio says.

[C3DMaX]

i had the same problem with the exact same card, i managed to return it (6 months between purchase and that decision) and simply bought the sapphire model from the same store. im happy i did it, as the sapphire model is much better in both noise and temperature. things to consider when getting the sapphire though are that it uses 2 8 pin connectors instead of 1 8 pin and 1 6 pin like the gigabyte one, also it is alot longer and heavier