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GTX 960 or R9 280 for 1440p

It is's a decent power supply with strong 12v rails it will be fine. In a single card setup you are looking at around ~ 300w under load with everything stock. A used 290 is better than basically everything else in the this price range.
 
With a 290 tri-x overclocked (100mv) my 4670k at 4.5, all watercooled, I see just over 400W at the wall, thats on firestrike combined, so pretty much max everything.
 
LambChop said:
Having a 7970.. Really ? lol
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Sorry it offends you that I did not choose to drop 1k on two graphics cards to be cool like you... lol

I will wait and get some new tech shortly likely in the shape of a Radeon 390 ;)
 
TNA said:
Sorry it offends you that I did not choose to drop 1k on two graphics cards to be cool like you... lol

I will wait and get some new tech shortly likely in the shape of a Radeon 390 ;)
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sorry it offended you that I did not chose a website that was on your approved list for benchmarks.

Enjoy your 390 when it comes.
 
TNA said:
Sorry it offends you that I did not choose to drop 1k on two graphics cards to be cool like you... lol

I will wait and get some new tech shortly likely in the shape of a Radeon 390 ;)
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Just hope it does not come with an AIO cooler or it will make the GTX 980 look like a bargain.:D
 
Kaapstad said:
Just hope it does not come with an AIO cooler or it will make the GTX 980 look like a bargain.:D
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I would like a AIO, as long as the performance is there and it does not make a huge difference to the price. Though those two likely don't go well together. lol. One can hope :D

Worst case I will pick up a 290 on mm for £150 until proper 16nm card comes out in 2016 :(
 
TNA said:
I would like a AIO, as long as the performance is there and it does not make a huge difference to the price. Though those two likely don't go well together. lol. One can hope :D

Worst case I will pick up a 290 on mm for £150 until proper 16nm card comes out in 2016 :(
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My guess is we are unlikely to see the flagship card with an AIO cooler as this would make using 3 or 4 of them very difficult. I know this would only effect a few people but I think AMD would want to see some 3 and 4 way builds for the publicity and benchmarks.
 
Kaapstad said:
My guess is we are unlikely to see the flagship card with an AIO cooler as this would make using 3 or 4 of them very difficult. I know this would only effect a few people but I think AMD would want to see some 3 and 4 way builds for the publicity and benchmarks.
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Agreed. That makes complete sense. I never truly believed it would be a AIO cooler only, at most it could be like a option where that version would have better cooling/clocks and cost a bit more.
 
You lot are getting way off topic. OP did not ask to hear about the 390.

So..

+1 vote for 280 if buying new.
+1 vote for second hand 290 if not.
 
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