You will be right on the limit, but if you run the cards at stock should be OK, if overclocking the cards then I doubt it.
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You will be right on the limit, but if you run the cards at stock should be OK, if overclocking the cards then I doubt it.
ive used both the 290 and 290x at 1400p and you cant tell the difference in games but at theses prices I think would stump up the little extra for the x
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Great to see powerful video cards offering 8GB of GDDR5 memory at under 300 pounds. Excellent work AMD and OcuK. 
Yes i meant the X, I meant for single card 4GB or 8GB, as from what I understand you'd run out of GPU grunt before you utilise the 8GB anyway, but if you'll benefit from SOME of that extra RAM at least, it still seems a smarter buy. I think, but I don't know.
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very good price!! well done ocuk!
Great to see powerful video cards offering 8GB of GDDR5 memory at under 300 pounds. Excellent work AMD and OcuK.
Christ for a min than matt I thought you joined in to buy some more 290 cards
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Christ for a min than matt I thought you joined in to buy some more 290 cards
I've got two 295x2's coming tomorrow mate, along with a 750D, red leds, and yet more of those wonderfu PWM Noctua Industrials.
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Of course i still have my 4x290X 8GB cards for those games that need the extra video memory.
its hard to say, ive never had any problems with the 4gb cards at 1400p but with all that's gone on with the 970 who knows whats coming next
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Less than £200 for the PCS+ 290 
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So in games is there much difference between the 290 and 290x?
Yes this one:
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Ste i would not recommend using a 290 card with an x58 motherboard as i believe the NForce 200 PCI-E switching chip causes problems with our graphics cards XDMA technology. Sorry to say this, as I'd love to see you using our cards but at the same time i don't want you to have problems. This is only a problem on old motherboards that use that old PCI-E switch. This issue does not affect any other boards using different PCI-E switches seen on newer motherboards.
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If the PSU is a high quality unit, it will be fine. I used 290X Crossfire at stock on a 750W Silver Seasonic PSU without issue and with my 2700K at 5Ghz. Of course though, this will not leave you much headroom for overclocking the gpus.