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3 minutes ago, pmanftw said:

My friend just bought a used r9 290 and he wants me to test it in my build, which has relatively new parts.  I have a r9 390, so would I still need to reinstall drivers even if these cards are kind of the same?

Same drivers across the 7000-400 series. You're fine.

 
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no i don't think so.

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No need unless you get black screen when logon.

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