R9 290.. is it still powerfull enough.

[Tekraf]

Looking at my R9 290 reference i brought 3 years ago now.. and cant afford to get anything better. what should i do. try and get some better cooling for it? get a RX 480? for the %11 improvement in games?
Im stuck unable to figure out what to do, with gtx 1070 being the best atm performance/price people say to get.. but at $530 USD ?? = $699 AUD atm who has $700 for a gpu not including $50 for shipping... ??
im saving my money waiting for prices to go down. but they seem to just stay up there. ive been more of a AMD fan. for GPU for pricing.. but with the only gpu being a 480. makes me have no choice but to look for nvidia GPUs.

Let me know what you guys think. i should do. i dont make much money if any atm. and most of my pc  is 3+ years old.
i7 4790k
16gb ram

R9 290 Reference
128gb ssd
2tb hdd
thermaltake bronze 750 watt PSU
nanoxia deep silent 2 case
nzxt x61 cpu cooler AIO
asus z97 pro wifi MOBO
noise levels . cant here my self think.


 

[MaxBunny]

1 minute ago, Tekraf said:

R9 290.. is it still powerfull enough.

Yes. Use it until it dies, or see how much you can sell it for. If you can exchange it for a 480 then that's fine too.

[Tekraf]

1 minute ago, MaxBunny said:

Yes. Use it until it dies, or see how much you can sell it for. If you can exchange it for a 480 then that's fine too.

Yeah id be lucky to get anything for it. maybe just use until it dies. save money why i still use.. it. just the noise after 3 years.. of that fan is quite horrific

[bughtoo]

21 minutes ago, Tekraf said:

Yeah id be lucky to get anything for it. maybe just use until it dies. save money why i still use.. it. just the noise after 3 years.. of that fan is quite horrific

lucky to get anything for it? Rly? those cards sell for around 150-180$ NO PROBLEM! ...... 

[Evann]

Get another used R9 290 and rock them in Crossfire!

You could also get a "kinda" cheap R9 Fury.. currently priced at 299€, where i live. Which is a pretty darn good Bang / Buck IMO.

[Tekraf]

19 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

lucky to get anything for it? Rly? those cards sell for around 150-180$ NO PROBLEM! ...... 

yeah but then id have $150 AUD and no gpu.. and for the money.. its more center mental value to me   as my first HIGH end gpu.

[bughtoo]

i understand that  If yo uwant the performance boost u might consider CF the 290 with another CF for 150$  Then you might get to the performance like 10-20% slower than 1070

[Tekraf]

4 minutes ago, Evann said:

Get another used R9 290 and rock them in Crossfire!

You could also get a "kinda" cheap R9 Fury.. currently priced at 299€, where i live. Which is a pretty darn good Bang / Buck IMO.

i bet it would be but

442.97 Australian Dollar is the cost for your priced fury x and all i can find here in AUS is like $600 fury

[Tekraf]

Just now, bughtoo said:

i understand that  If yo uwant the performance boost u might consider CF the 290 with another CF for 150$  Then you might get to the performance like 10-20% slower than 1070

yeah but it dosnt solve the noise issues

 

[Tekraf]

Just now, Tekraf said:

yeah but it dosnt solve the noise issues

 

and then id need a new PSU 1000+

[bughtoo]

3 minutes ago, Tekraf said:

and then id need a new PSU 1000+

 

3 minutes ago, Tekraf said:

yeah but it dosnt solve the noise issues

 

And 1000+W PSU is a nonsense for that  i got 1000w PSU with 2x r9 290x custom watercooling loop, 2HDD 1 SSD 32GB of RAM 11 FANS, LED, OC 4790k to 4.8 GHZ, gaming keyboard, usb wifi dongle, 2 gaming mouse and a gaming headset and i am totally fine  Never used more than 900W of the power under Full load. 

i understand that  If yo uwant the performance boost u might consider CF the 290 with another CF for 150$  Then you might get to the performance like 10-20% slower than 1070

 

since 290 is just 390 with less ram and like 3% lower clock speed this might give you a good idea: 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4nmhjw/gtx_1070_vs_crossfire_r9_390_1440p_not_oc/

[Tekraf]

Just now, bughtoo said:

 

And 1000+W PSU is a nonsense for that  i got 1000w PSU with 2x r9 290x custom watercooling loop, 2HDD 1 SSD 32GB of RAM 11 FANS, LED, OC 4790k, gaming keyboard, usb wifi dongle, 2 gaming mouse and a gaming headset and i am totally fine  Never used more than 900W of the power under Full load. 

i understand that  If yo uwant the performance boost u might consider CF the 290 with another CF for 150$  Then you might get to the performance like 10-20% slower than 1070

 

since 290 is just 390 with less ram and like 3% lower clock speed this might give you a good idea: 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4nmhjw/gtx_1070_vs_crossfire_r9_390_1440p_not_oc/

Searched for r9 290 on ebay in AUS $300. minimum ! pc hardware in aus is allways stupid prices...

 

[bughtoo]

20 minutes ago, Tekraf said:

Searched for r9 290 on ebay in AUS $300. minimum ! pc hardware in aus is allways stupid prices...

 

oh sheit. Here in europe i got 290x with watercooling block for that  

[Nena Trinity]

3 hours ago, MaxBunny said:

Yes. Use it until it dies, or see how much you can sell it for. If you can exchange it for a 480 then that's fine too.

But the RX 480 is proven to be slower in most titles, could be drivers but for now not worth it...  

[MaxBunny]

8 hours ago, Nena360 said:

But the RX 480 is proven to be slower in most titles, could be drivers but for now not worth it...  

It uses much less power AND works better in tessellation games though so it's a good trade-off. ^^

 

11 hours ago, Tekraf said:

i bet it would be but

442.97 Australian Dollar is the cost for your priced fury x and all i can find here in AUS is like $600 fury

https://www.visiontek.com/graphics-cards/radeon-rx480-polaris-edition-8gb-gddr5-402-detail.html

 

^Refurb. $219 for a 480 8GB model.

[ivan134]

9 hours ago, Nena360 said:

But the RX 480 is proven to be slower in most titles, could be drivers but for now not worth it...  

Only stock 480. Overclocking to 1400 MHz+ gives ~15% performance increase that makes it faster than a 390x.