Yes, it's a rebadged 290 with higher clocks and more vram, just make sure you have a decent power supply to support it.
BenderRodriguez to lucyferror
15 Oct 154#12
It's 100 better.
rev6 to lucyferror
15 Oct 15#14
Performance wise at the same clocks, no, just more VRAM.
McHotpoon
14 Oct 15#3
Good price for this product, have some heat £5 cheaper than ccl
xuyingxiang
14 Oct 15#4
Min PSU Requirement 750W... a good heater then
das5665 to xuyingxiang
14 Oct 152#5
Idk why it recommends that. A 500W should suffice as long as you dont pair it with a 9590
starboard to xuyingxiang
14 Oct 151#6
550W is enough! I am running the MSI R9 390 8G with 6700k and three drives.
taras
14 Oct 151#7
its 6!
Studge
14 Oct 15#8
XFX are a Chinese company and the after sales are questionable, I would make sure you buy from places like Amazon
I had an XFX PSU lasted 2 years, then went pop, contacted XFX as they have the warranty after the first year, was just told to go back to seller and let them sort it......
Good Job i purchased it from Amazon as they just gave me a full refund, read on some forums that alot of people wasnt as lucky
rev6
15 Oct 15#9
6 with a £70 hub.
rev6
15 Oct 15#10
You are most likely on the edge of that with not much room for overclocking.
Joshimitsu91
15 Oct 15#11
Avoid XFX GPU's at all costs, you have been warned!
adv to Joshimitsu91
15 Oct 151#31
Agree with this, just for the sake of RMA's. Bought a card for ~£250 a while ago (if memory serves it was a 68XX card) and it would artifact constantly even just during idle on Windows and on Debian, they offered me £90 credit on the xfx store AFTER I sent them the card following them saying they'd repair/replace it after testing. On their store the card I bought was more expensive than the retailer i got it from.
notsram
15 Oct 15#13
Can’t comment on the card, but the game’s not very good :stuck_out_tongue:
Franzkill
15 Oct 15#15
Quick question: 2 of these in Crossfire allow 4K maxed out? :wink:
rev6 to Franzkill
15 Oct 15#16
Depends on the game and FPS you want.
Minstadave to Franzkill
15 Oct 15#21
You won't be able to max AA and effects on all titles but it certainly would be acceptable for 4K.
Mid range i5 will easily draw over 80w when stressed. Add some drives and you're already touching real-world peak efficiency of your 500W PSU.
friiza
15 Oct 15#18
Better than a 290x?
postdaemon
15 Oct 15#19
About on par with a 290x, but better thermal headroom (so probably higher OC) and double the VRAM as standard.
burgess101
15 Oct 15#20
I use an MSI one with a 650w Antec Truepower Bronze PSU coupled with a 4Ghz i7 2700k and it works fine, just don't overclock it a tonne. I have managed to overclock mine a fair bit and it works with no issues, haven't fiddled with the power limits just in case.
aLV426
15 Oct 15#22
Have heat - seems to be a little under the going rate. Tempted...
rev6
15 Oct 15#23
Clock for clock, the 290x is better.
bailey87
15 Oct 15#24
Love a bit of double dissipation
Franzkill
15 Oct 15#25
Hmm I read that full AA isn't really neccesary when going to 4K anyway but I'm not too sure myself. Gotta decide on water cooling options in the meantime :wink: Corsair recommendations?
rev6
15 Oct 15#26
It really depends on the games. AA isn't as important at that resolution.
MBeeching
15 Oct 15#27
It's not necessary but can still offer a superior image. On older titles (e.g. L4D2) some MSAA still offers a more natural image. Witcher 3 and GTA are better with a little FXAA, anything higher is not worth the performance hit.
Some titles don't need it at all due to the heavy post-processing. Didn't use any AA on MGS5 or the Battlefront beta despite turning off motion blur (console nonsense).
rev6
15 Oct 15#28
I think MGSV needs an AA setting :smile: Aliasing is bad.
MBeeching
15 Oct 15#29
Yes I do agree, options are good :smiley:
One day I would love to play it 8k with 8x MSAA!
Shame about those textures....
rev6
15 Oct 15#30
You can't force AA either, but it's a well optimized game, rare these days.
adv
15 Oct 15#32
Does it not have DSR?
BenderRodriguez
15 Oct 15#33
Is there any difference between those card from companies such as Novatech and bough in a brick and mortal shop?
paul.crome
16 Oct 15#34
Picked up a 290X for £209 yesterday. No buyers remorse here. As much as I am an Nvidia fan, the redeons have the edge with compute performance in DirectX12 due to the architecture problems with Nvidia, while this isn't too important and won't make a big difference with many titles, it makes a MASSIVE difference for VR. Bit of a niche requirement (at this time) but still worth considering. (Smoking hot deal for an 8Gb card)
rev6 to paul.crome
16 Oct 151#35
You got the better GPU for less :stuck_out_tongue:
AMD does seem to be the choice for VR.
Easy2BCheesy to paul.crome
16 Oct 15#36
Eh? It won't make a difference with VR at all. At the end of the day, it's still processing geometry and textures. DX12 could be different but even then, the evidence so far is hardly conclusive right now. In fact, Valve's Vive demos are running on a GTX 980, while the big VR demos at GDC this year were running on Titan X.
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General Specifications
Bus Interface PCI Express 3.0 x16
Output Interface 2 x DVI-D
1 x HDMI
1 x Display Port
Expansion / Connectivity
Compatible Slots 1 x PCI Express x16
Width Dual Slot
GPU Specification
Core Clock 1015 MHz
Boost Clock N/A
Stream Processors 2560
Memory Specification
Memory Type 512 bit GDDR5
Memory Size 8192 MB
Memory Effective Speed 6000 Mhz
Display Specification
Multi-Monitor Support Up to 4 displays
Max Digital Resolution 4096x2160
Thermal Specification
Max GPU Temp 99C
Min PSU Requirement 750W
Required Power Connectors 1 x 6-pin
1 x 8-pin
Supported Technologies
Technologies DirectX 12.00 Support
OpenGL 4.5
Mantle Optimisation
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Technology
AMD VSR Technology
AMD LiquidVR Support
AMD FreeSync Technology
AMD True Audio Technology
AMD ZeroCore Power Technology
AMD HD3D Technology
AMD App Acceleration
AMD XDMA CrossFire Multi-GPU Technology
AMD PowerPlay Technology
AMD PowerTune 2.0 Technology
AMD Catalyst
AMD Eyefinity 2.0 Multi-Display Technology
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550W is enough! I am running the MSI R9 390 8G with 6700k and three drives.
I had an XFX PSU lasted 2 years, then went pop, contacted XFX as they have the warranty after the first year, was just told to go back to seller and let them sort it......
Good Job i purchased it from Amazon as they just gave me a full refund, read on some forums that alot of people wasnt as lucky
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sapphire-r9-390-nitro-8gb-review/
Mid range i5 will easily draw over 80w when stressed. Add some drives and you're already touching real-world peak efficiency of your 500W PSU.
Some titles don't need it at all due to the heavy post-processing. Didn't use any AA on MGS5 or the Battlefront beta despite turning off motion blur (console nonsense).
One day I would love to play it 8k with 8x MSAA!
Shame about those textures....
AMD does seem to be the choice for VR.