** A NEW BEST SUB £300 CARD? AMD 290X 8GB!! **

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Hi there


We have potentially a truly future proof 1440P & 2160P card when your running them in at least crossfire, 3-way recommended for 2160P. If your gaming at 1080P then a single card should be more than future proof for years to come even on the poorest console ports which could be using around 6GB of memory:


MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £299.99 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290X is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290X graphics-processing unit (GPU). 8GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290X also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification:
- Radeon R9 290X
- Backplate included: Yes
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 850-1000
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1040MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 8192MB GDDR5
- Cooling: MSI Twin FrozR Gaming Cooling
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 3yr


Was [£329.99] Inc. VAT

Only £299.99 inc VAT - Stock due end of this week!

ORDER NOW









With an 8GB card you have no worries of running out of memory for a long time for sure, for 1080P one of these should be more than enough, a pair should be no issue at 1440P and OK for 2160P and three would be great for 4k gaming.









Also some other industry leading deals we have are:



MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £249.95 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290X is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290X graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290X also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification:
- Radeon R9 290X
- Backplate included: Yes
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 850-1000
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1020MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: MSI Twin FrozR Gaming Cooling
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 3yy


Was [£269.99] Inc. VAT

Only £249.95 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW














Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £199.99 inc VAT

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PCS+ Version features Powercolor's amazing tri-fan cooler, for much lower noise levels whilst offering superior cooling. Along with a great overclock out the box, this card runs at 1040MHz core and 5400MHz memory.

AMD Radeon R9 290 is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290 graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290 also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification:
- Radeon R9 290
- Coil Whine Reduction Technology (Exclusive to Powercolor)
- GPU: Hawaii Pro
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 800-950
- Stream Processors: 2560
- Core Speed: 1040MHz
- Memory Speed: 5400Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: 2-Slot Blower Fan
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 750W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr


Was [£227.99] Inc. VAT

Only £199.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW













For the performance the 290 range offers these are pretty amazing deals!!! :)
 
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I really like the 8GB MSI but think I should just wait and see what new cards are on the horizon. When I decide to buy, it will be 2 cards and hope to keep them at least 3 years with a 1440p monitor.

I am not very patient >.<
 
lilelf29 said:
Would totally buy the 8gb model if >4gb would ever be used in current times.
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Games are using more than 4GB in current games, even at 1080P, 1440P upto 6GB usage is possible and 4k it is nearly possible to use upto 8GB.

This is today, who know what the case will be in 2-3yrs. :)
 
How does the MSI cooler compare to the Vapor-X? Is there much in it? I'm assuming the cards in general would perform the same? Temps would be a concern for me in X-Fire, as I've seen some people complaining of the top card getting very hot with any CF set-up.
 
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