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What is the best variant of the R9 390?

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Hi,

 

I'm planning to buy an AMD Radeon R9 390 8GB graphics card. But I'm pretty confused on which one should I get.

 

1. Gigabyte 2-fan Windforce R9 390

2. MSI Twin Frozr V R9 390 Gaming 8G

3. Sapphire NITRO R9 390 (Very long tho, 12 inches)

4. ASUS Strix R9 390.

 

If out of the GPUs above, Sapphire NITRO or Strix 390 is good, will they fit in my case? I'm right now using an R9 290 Gigabyte Windforce 3x. It just barely fits in the case. The case is NZXT Lexa S black.

 

Help will be appreciated, thanks guys! :)

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msi or sapphire, pick the one you like the best

or the cheaper one if you dont care about looks

 

as for whether it'll fit, check the case's max gpu length in their website and check the gpu length `-`

-sigh- feeling like I'm being too negative lately

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I would get the Sapphire. Followed by the MSI card.

 

Avoid the ASUS card for its lacklustre cooling and avoid the Gigabyte card for being voltage locked and having lacklustre cooling like the ASUS card.

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Sapphire

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My chassis can fit upto 11.8 inches for GPU. the Sapphire NITRO is like 12.something inches long. So, will it still fit? if I like, wiggle and and try to fit it inside the HDD bays? (I don't have any HDDs infront of the GPU)
Otherwise I can get the MSI, but it is against my PC's color scheme. (blue and black)

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18 minutes ago, Afrasiyab said:

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the nitro has vapor chamber cooling and really silent fans. msi has a good design but loud fans. from gigabyte i would only buy the g1. i really regret my asus 290, i mean its silent but not very powerful.

 

go for sapphire

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EIther MSI or Sapphire. 

 

19 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

the nitro has vapor chamber cooling and really silent fans. msi has a good design but loud fans. from gigabyte i would only buy the g1. i really regret my asus 290, i mean its silent but not very powerful.

 

go for sapphire

 

They're pretty quiet I'd say. 

 

 

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Just now, Pohernori said:

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there is no comparison to other cards. the audio could just be quiet

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6 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

there is no comparison to other cards. the audio could just be quiet

 

Well... If you'd take a look at his other videos like this... 

 

 

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Just now, Pohernori said:

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the msi is even louder than the nvidia reference card

 

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2 minutes ago, ChrisCross said:

the msi is even louder than the nvidia reference card

 

Pity... That would make the sapphire card louder than the ref cooler as well 

 

 

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Just now, Pohernori said:

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this is why i hate these kind of videos. the audio settings are completely different to the other videos. the background noise alone is way louder than the other coolers

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Xfx has the best balance of everything. Fits 2 slots (msi takes up 2.5), isnt too long, overclocking capability is between that of the sapphire and msi models while not using as much power as the msi models. Acoustics are decent too.

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