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3 Way 7850's or R9 290???

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Christmas is around the corner and I've been looking to upgrade my gpu, the R9 290 looked like a great buy to play games like battlefield 4 and crysis at 1080p. At the moment I run a HD 7850 V2 top edition gpu and for the same price as a R9 290 I could buy 2 more 7850's. Now should I just buy the R9 290, Buy 1 more 7850 or 2 7850's? Keep in mind next year I plan on buying a 2560x1440p monitor. Btw I am running a 1000w power supply so will that be enough? Thanks all, - Nathan

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R9 290 w/ aftermarket cooling.

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1000w is enough.

Get the 290 though.

You'd be quite limited by the 7850's vram.

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Single card is always better then crossfire/SLI, I'd say just wait for the aftermarket coolers. They should arrive soon but that's all we know so far.

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Wow thanks all for the quick response! I guess I'll pick up the R9 290 then, but does anyone know when the aftermarket versions will be released? And as for selling it how could I go about that? As in we're do I sell it :P. also do you have any cool suggestions for anything else to pick up in the $100-150 price range. Thanks, -Nathan

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Wow thanks all for the quick response! I guess I'll pick up the R9 290 then, but does anyone know when the aftermarket versions will be released? And as for selling it how could I go about that? As in we're do I sell it :P. also do you have any cool suggestions for anything else to pick up in the $100-150 price range. Thanks, -Nathan

They will hopefully be released before christmas, or early January.

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ONE R9 290. please!

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Christmas is around the corner and I've been looking to upgrade my gpu, the R9 290 looked like a great buy to play games like battlefield 4 and crysis at 1080p. At the moment I run a HD 7850 V2 top edition gpu and for the same price as a R9 290 I could buy 2 more 7850's. Now should I just buy the R9 290, Buy 1 more 7850 or 2 7850's? Keep in mind next year I plan on buying a 2560x1440p monitor. Btw I am running a 1000w power supply so will that be enough? Thanks all, - Nathan

You can't do 3 way 7850 sorry to destroy your dreams but I would suggest R9 290 with a after market cooler

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You can't do 3 way 7850 sorry to destroy your dreams

LOL ... i'm surprised it took this long for someone to say something..  

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Wow thanks all for the quick response! I guess I'll pick up the R9 290 then, but does anyone know when the aftermarket versions will be released? And as for selling it how could I go about that? As in we're do I sell it :P. also do you have any cool suggestions for anything else to pick up in the $100-150 price range. Thanks, -Nathan

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