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R9 290x Matrix Platinum Buy or not .

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So I found a R9 290x matrix platinum for 200 euros. It is a pretty good price for a 290x given the current prices of video cards.

The thing is I know from the past that asus cards had abysmal cooling before the latest cooler they put on the 480s and 1060s and the rest of the cards of that generation.

Can I overcome this ? Does anybody have any experience with that card ? Is it a thermal paste issue ? Or is it just a bad cooler ?

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It's not really a cooler or thermal paste issue, the 290 and 390 ran pretty hot more or less as a way of life.

 

You could help improve temperatures by staying on top of maintenance(repasting, dust clearing, etc) and making sure it has enough airflow. Other than that and delidding the GPU(not recommended, but it has been done), there's not a whole lot to be done about it.

 

My Radeon HD 4850 runs really hot too haha, I don't know why Sapphire made it a single-slot card but it doesn't do the temperatures any favors...

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The thing is the likes of MSI and sapphire cards run way cooler not even reaching 80 (From the research I've made). Asus Matrix Plat goes up in the 90's. There are sapphire cards for arround ~250.

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the GPU on 2xx cards tends to be hot, you're going to mine with it? if you're just going to play go for it you can replace the paste with arctic silver 5 or mx-4

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Considering its one of the worst 290x cards every made and its a ripoff price because all gpu prices are insane, I'm going to say no. Don't buy

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Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

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5 hours ago, Jumper118 said:

Considering its one of the worst 290x cards every made and its a ripoff price because all gpu prices are insane, I'm going to say no. Don't buy

what would have been the best 290X?

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1 hour ago, Wingfan said:

what would have been the best 290X?

The MSI Lightning if i'm not mistaken

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2 hours ago, Wingfan said:

what would have been the best 290X?

lightning or vapour x, but the lightning is better tbh :P 

Rig Specs:

AMD Threadripper 5990WX@4.8Ghz

Asus Zenith III Extreme

Asrock OC Formula 7970XTX Quadfire

G.Skill Ripheartout X OC 7000Mhz C28 DDR5 4X16GB  

Super Flower Power Leadex 2000W Psu's X2

Harrynowl's 775/771 OC and mod guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/232325-lga775-core2duo-core2quad-overclocking-guide/ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/365998-mod-lga771-to-lga775-cpu-modification-tutorial/

ProKoN haswell/DC OC guide: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/41234-intel-haswell-4670k-4770k-overclocking-guide/

 

"desperate for just a bit more money to watercool, the titan x would be thankful" Carter -2016

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