'snot newer though, is it? it's just a rebadged 290 with slightly better manners and 8gb VRAM.
I wouldn't pay over £185 for that.
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If you had £300 to spend what would you buy?
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'snot newer though, is it? it's just a rebadged 290 with slightly better manners and 8gb VRAM.
I wouldn't pay over £185 for that.
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A Sapphire or MSI 390 would be my choice.
But there is no point in me being further CPU bottlenecked and I refuse to pay more for a 5820k now (plus a mobo and DDR4 to go with it) than when they were released over a year ago.
But there is no point in me being further CPU bottlenecked and I refuse to pay more for a 5820k now (plus a mobo and DDR4 to go with it) than when they were released over a year ago.
The card has full hardware DX12 support which is more than can be said about the latest maxwell based 980ti. So old tech does not necessarily mean its crap. Even the new Fury range is essentially the same GCN based architecture but with more stream processors, etc. The 8GB VRAM brings older tech into play with the latest and greatest.
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You wouldn't pay over £185 for something that roughly matches a rival card that costs about £400? Strange.
Where did I say it was crap?
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I took the plunge and got the sapphire 390X for £300 on the nose. It'll definitely be around for a while so I don't mind paying a little more for something I know me and the missus will get use out of for probably 3-4 years.
This Powercolor Radeon R9 390 8192MB GDDR5 £240
And the remaining £60 on this Kingston 240GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s
And the remaining £60 on this Kingston 240GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gb/s
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I got my 390X today and I have to say, while I haven't tested it too hard, it's a vast improvement over the 7970. The cooler is amazing, the highest I have seen it hit is 63C and with almost no noise too.
Very happy!
Very happy!
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I know it has it's minor flaws and such but for the money I don't believe I could have gotten a better card.
I know it has it's minor flaws and such but for the money I don't believe I could have gotten a better card.
Nothing wrong with it at all, 'tis a powerful card.
By the time DX12 is available in a few games, a 390 or indeed even a 980ti will be the kind of card you keep in your bits n bobs drawer for backup or if sensible you sell on. Sure gcn cards handle the very few DX12 demos that are out now. But no full DX12 games. I own a 980ti, but i definitely didnt buy it based on DX12. Games will get more demanding hence the supposed slight benefits of gcn cards will be negated by the fact that they just simply wont have the grunt for new titles. I include nvidia cards in this too, neither vendor currently has cards that youd want to use on DX12.
That's what I've done too. Seems the best bet...