MSI radeon r9 390

[meldarthx]

Wouldn't you be better off with a R9 290x? I mean they have half the VRAM but it has basically the same performance, you'd run out of grunt before hitting the limit.

unless you can find them super cheap; no; as the 390s and 390X have better power management; clock higher; memory clocks here; tends to run less power or the same with higher clocks and have even better cooling this time around

 

[dharvey86]

In a awful position at the moment, found a buyer for my 7950 but cant sell until I know Ive nabbed one of these 390s!

 

[Fenixfox]

Well the nvidia cards have been put on special so fingers crossed the amd cards very soon. Can't stop admiring the power of these cards on YouTube compared to my gtx 670 lol.

 

[dharvey86]

Which Nvidia?

 

[Fenixfox]

Well the 900 series for a start, don't know about others thiugh

 

[anthony566]

I want to buy two of the MSI ones at the same time as I want them to be the same but I know my system is not powerful enough ( cpu ) to feed two at the moment ......

I have also started to look at the ultra wide single screens rather than the three I have now ????

There is no such thing as " I'm just going to upgrade this " lol it always has a knock on effect

 

[Fenixfox]

The amd 8350 isn't bad but I suppose an i5 or i7 would be more suited to a crossfire or sli configuration.

And tell me about it, want a new gpu and then I think I could do with another 8gb of memory while I'm at it lol.

 

[docsonic]

whoa 390 stock levels are getting low - I'm guessing gibbo has more stock arriving if there's a 390 sale soon?

 

[dharvey86]

whoa 390 stock levels are getting low - I'm guessing gibbo has more stock arriving if there's a 390 sale soon?

Or, the sale will to be sell off the remaining haha

 

[nashathedog]

The MSI is no doubt the best 390/390x available IMO. No wonder the price has gone up, if they are selling well.

Cracking cards.

The highest clocked sure and the fact that they appear to have given this gen a more substantial cooler to avoid the massive failure that TFIV was on Hawaii is good but I'd still go Sapphire. With Sapphire being an AMD only company you know there coolers are designed around the AMD chips and nothing else.
I made this mistake once, Never again.

 

[nashathedog]

Wouldn't you be better off with a R9 290x? I mean they have half the VRAM but it has basically the same performance, you'd run out of grunt before hitting the limit.

nah, Hawaii is hotter and Grenada clocks a lot better from what I've been reading.

 

[dharvey86]

Are we right to think that if the cards aren't discounted by now it wont be until tomorrow at the earliest?

 

[meldarthx]

Are we right to think that if the cards aren't discounted by now it wont be until tomorrow at the earliest?

OCUK will price match most places you know

 

[dharvey86]

Do they? how?

 

[Fenixfox]

I would also like to know how

 

[mururoa]

nah, Hawaii is hotter and Grenada clocks a lot better from what I've been reading.

I have a Sapphire 390X that would beg to differ... It does 1120 on the core somewhat stable but not more; upping the voltage doesn't help either.

 

[TonyTurbo78]

I can get 1150 on the core on my MSI 390 without any voltage increase apart from +50 power limit. I don't know many 290/290x cards that could pull that, I reckon she'll easily go past 1200MHz on the core with a bump in voltage, but more than happy with performance on my 390 crossfire so no need fo the extra heat and stress.

Long story short, these MSI 390 are incredible.

 

[meldarthx]

You have to call them or post in the CS forums asking for a price match; they've done it for me several times.....

 

[dharvey86]

I think Ill hang on for the deals... See whats on offer.

 

[Lustral]

My Sapphire 290X Vapor-X can run 1130 // 1375 without any add voltage nor power limit increase. ASIC Quality is 76% though. Can the ASIC be tested on the new 390/390X yet ?