So,
Now with no solid Vega news on availability i'm really needing to find a replacement for my old R9 290, the cooler has started to fail (fan makes horrible noises under load) ... throttling worse than ever as well.
I cant go nVidia as 80%+ of my PC usage is linux and nVidia have been bad at supporting the OSS drivers as of late. The other 20% of the time is windows gaming @ 1440p, mainly Fallout 4, KSP, Elite Dangerous and some Battlefield.
So my options (as far as i can see are) :
My favourite choice is 2, mainly as my rig is a Micro ATX build (what are nanos going for now ?) .... however choice 3 is gonna be the most affordable.
FWIW my PC specs :
CPU : i7-5820k
RAM : 16GB DDR4
MOBO : ASRock X99M Killer
SSD : sm961 256GB (Polaris)
Monitor : ASUS MG279 (Freesync)
Any input would be appreciated
Now with no solid Vega news on availability i'm really needing to find a replacement for my old R9 290, the cooler has started to fail (fan makes horrible noises under load) ... throttling worse than ever as well.
I cant go nVidia as 80%+ of my PC usage is linux and nVidia have been bad at supporting the OSS drivers as of late. The other 20% of the time is windows gaming @ 1440p, mainly Fallout 4, KSP, Elite Dangerous and some Battlefield.
So my options (as far as i can see are) :
- RX 480 4/8GB as a "stop gap" to see me until navi (would have to skip vega)
- A 2nd hand R9 Nano (tho these seem to be hard to find / expensive)
- A 2nd hand (non reference) 290/390(x)
My favourite choice is 2, mainly as my rig is a Micro ATX build (what are nanos going for now ?) .... however choice 3 is gonna be the most affordable.
FWIW my PC specs :
CPU : i7-5820k
RAM : 16GB DDR4
MOBO : ASRock X99M Killer
SSD : sm961 256GB (Polaris)
Monitor : ASUS MG279 (Freesync)
Any input would be appreciated