R9 290

[O_G]

Which brand is the best in terms of most bang for the buck

[MbV93]

For R9 290s? All are the same right now, they're reference cards, wait for aftermarket ones.

[tristan1035]

None of them, they're all blowdryers. Wait for non-reference (unless you're water-cooling, buy the cheapest one).

[Butterfish]

None of them, they're all blowdryers. Wait for non-reference (unless you're water-cooling, buy the cheapest one).

more like jet engines 

[SlaughterSmurf]

There is only reference, get what is cheapest/best warrenty. I would wait until non-reference Asus or EVGA, but that's up to you.

[lachyman]

There is only reference, get what is cheapest/best warrenty. I would wait until non-reference Asus or EVGA, but that's up to you.

EVGA will never make AMD GPU's.

[BYOGamingPC]

As everyone else said, go with the cheapest reference Radeon R9 290 until the non-reference coolers emerge. Then you want to go with Sapphire, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, or HIS.

[Zondrax]

So all of them are referance cards? If so, it dosen't matter which one I buy to mount an EKWB on it like one of these?: http://www.coolingconfigurator.com/step1_complist?gpu_gpus=1231#DB_inline?height=260&width=530&inline_id=comp_table right?

[SlaughterSmurf]

EVGA will never make AMD GPU's.

One can dream

[mgsstar]

They are all reference coolers now so the brand doesn't really matter. Just go for the cheapest one. If you plan to overclock and/or want a quieter cooler, I would wait for the R9 290 to release aftermarket coolers.