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is $350 for an ax7990 worth it?

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As title says, im about to buy a Powercolor HD 7990, for $350, is it worth it? Has anyone heard of problems with this card? Besides Amd's software....

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seems like a good deal but im pretty sure there are alot of problems with that card

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OMG GET IT

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For mining hell yeah. But gaming on multi monitor, I heard that it has problems with frame pacing. 

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For mining hell yeah. But gaming on multi monitor, I heard that it has problems with frame pacing. 

They kinda fixed that.... Kinda.

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really great price

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Buy it. Buy it now.

 

DO IT.

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Personally I would save a bit more and go for a powerful single card solution... But that might just be because I hate the 7990. It is an actual burning inferno, and loud as hell. Thats coming from someone with dual gtx 470s. DUAL FERMI.

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Um yes extremely 

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Personally I would save a bit more and go for a powerful single card solution... But that might just be because I hate the 7990. It is an actual burning inferno, and loud as hell. Thats coming from someone with dual gtx 470s. DUAL FERMI.

dude the thing is normally like 800$ maybe try and flip some profit on it if anything else ( sell it on ebay and put it on as like a  bitcoin mining card)

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Personally I would save a bit more and go for a powerful single card solution... But that might just be because I hate the 7990. It is an actual burning inferno, and loud as hell. Thats coming from someone with dual gtx 470s. DUAL FERMI.

Really, I have seen about 5 separate reviews of this card performing better than the 690 and at lower temps.

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dude the thing is normally like 800$ maybe try and flip some profit on it if anything else ( sell it on ebay and put it on as like a  bitcoin mining card)

Exactly. It's an $800 card. Why would somebody be willing to sell it for $350? If OP doesn't know the seller personally I wouldn't trust this at all.

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Totally eliminated in the last Catalyst update, now on par with Nvidia.

Not totally eliminated. The issue has been alleviated but it wont be totally eliminated until there is a hardware fix. It is much MUCH better though. But no, they are not on part with nvidia yet.

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I had a Powercolor 7990 that I got from Newegg. I RMA'd that sucker SO fast. It had so many issues. That card get to nearly 90c with fans on 100% while mining. That is just ridiculous. Would not recommend.

 

Although, buying it and turning a profit on it isn't a bad idea ;)

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Really, I have seen about 5 separate reviews of this card performing better than the 690 and at lower temps.

Citation please. Otherwise disregarding what you said.

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The first one that comes to mind is the TechofTomorrow review

ty hadnt seen that. In any case I dont consider either of them a good option. And if somebody is selling one for $350 I would be willing to bet there is something wrong with it. (unless OP knows the seller personally)

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That is a good point I had not considered.

Im going to his house to test it... any suggestions on what i should use to test it? Yeah i think ima buy it and just flip it to fund my custom loop, i already bought a block for my 7970, kinda of a waste if i stuck with the 7990. 

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Im going to his house to test it... any suggestions on what i should use to test it? Yeah i think ima buy it and just flip it to fund my custom loop, i already bought a block for my 7970, kinda of a waste if i stuck with the 7990. 

What do you want to test it for?  A synthetic will let you pump out heat, but a game benchmark will let you know how it really runs.  I would try it out with BF4 or something for like an hour and see if it crashes or doesn't put out the frames it should.

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