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

teth · 7 Feb 2015 at 11:17

They're all overdue... might be next week now

theMilitant · 7 Feb 2015 at 12:37

Are these low prices on AMD cards a sign that the 300 series is due very soon now?

los · 7 Feb 2015 at 13:05

They are meant to be June apparently according to Gibbo

teth · 7 Feb 2015 at 13:48

I'm sure they'll make an announcement very soon. They'd surely want to capitalise on the Nvidia scandal?

Doogles · 7 Feb 2015 at 14:30

R9 3xx very soon though, I couldn't buy now no matter how good the deal is.

dessimpson · 7 Feb 2015 at 16:05

I got two of the 8Gb MSI cards. They run too hot in my case so I'm currently running a single card.
All the games I've tried thus far play fine with just the one at 1440p. Just so long as you don't go silly with the AA.

Darkman · 7 Feb 2015 at 17:10

teth said:
I'm sure they'll make an announcement very soon. They'd surely want to capitalise on the Nvidia scandal?

Though if they rush the cards out before they or the software are ready they risk one of their own.

rich_h · 8 Feb 2015 at 08:28

GoogalyMoogaly said:
I think the reason is that generally by the time you've run out of VRAM the card has run out of grunt anyway. So you may have to turn settings down to run these newer games at the settings that would use all the VRAM, which might possibly mean that the game no longer uses the extra VRAM.

So just because a card has 8GB VRAM it doesn't mean it'll be able to run BF4 @ 4K with 60fps. 1080p will be less demanding so you're less likely to run out of grunt, but you're also less likely to run out of VRAM.

So it may be worth saving money getting a 4GB.

Thanks for that explanation, figured it would be something along those lines.

Cheers

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 8 Feb 2015 at 15:25

dessimpson said:
I got two of the 8Gb MSI cards. They run too hot in my case so I'm currently running a single card.
All the games I've tried thus far play fine with just the one at 1440p. Just so long as you don't go silly with the AA.

How hot? if you don't mind me asking.

Hicks12 · 9 Feb 2015 at 13:02

Have the powercolor r9 290s come in yet? Hoping my order gets shipped soon as its holding up the rest of my order

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Gibbo · 9 Feb 2015 at 13:21

Hicks12 said:
Have the powercolor r9 290s come in yet? Hoping my order gets shipped soon as its holding up the rest of my order .

MSI's have arrived, Powercolor are due later this week.

Hicks12 · 9 Feb 2015 at 13:53

Gibbo said:
MSI's have arrived, Powercolor are due later this week.

Cheers Gibbo, may want to update the product listing as it still says 9/2

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Eagerly awaiting this delivery

teth · 9 Feb 2015 at 14:05

Can't find ANY reviews of the MSI online? Somebody tell me these beat a 970?

ginjaninja · 9 Feb 2015 at 15:07

teth said:
Can't find ANY reviews of the MSI online? Somebody tell me these beat a 970?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1056?vs=1355

in fps terms they seem on a par...
reason to buy ati 8gb: the 8GB may give them [significantly] more longevity...subject to how far north vram usages goes in the next few years...
reason not to buy: a bit noisier......jurys out on lack of full DX12 support - whether this means anything in practise no ones saying...

970 good bang for buck over 2 years...a safe choice over next 2 years
8GB 290x....possibly the best value in a long while...but who has a crystal ball....

teth · 9 Feb 2015 at 16:00

ginjaninja said:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1056?vs=1355

in fps terms they seem on a par...
reason to buy ati 8gb: the 8GB may give them [significantly] more longevity...subject to how far north vram usages goes in the next few years...
reason not to buy: a bit noisier......jurys out on lack of full DX12 support - whether this means anything in practise no ones saying...

970 good bang for buck over 2 years...a safe choice over next 2 years
8GB 290x....possibly the best value in a long while...but who has a crystal ball....

Thanks Ninja. So basically no... Seems i'm better off sticking with 970. Assetto corsa runs nice and i'm enjoying it. Wouldn't want to ruin it, just for the sake of a maybe.
When consumer oculus does finally surface, i'll re-assess then. Sorted... I think :confused:

lol

teth · 9 Feb 2015 at 17:07

ginjaninja said:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1056?vs=1355

in fps terms they seem on a par...
reason to buy ati 8gb: the 8GB may give them [significantly] more longevity...subject to how far north vram usages goes in the next few years...
reason not to buy: a bit noisier......jurys out on lack of full DX12 support - whether this means anything in practise no ones saying...

970 good bang for buck over 2 years...a safe choice over next 2 years
8GB 290x....possibly the best value in a long while...but who has a crystal ball....

Just noticed that link is for 4gb isn't it?
In this ( the only 8bg card review i could find ) The radeon 8gb sometimes beats 970 at 4k
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/sapphire-vapor-x-r9-290x-8gb,review-33067-4.html

Still doesn't seem worth the hassle

Gibbo · 9 Feb 2015 at 17:24

Hi there

Powercolor PCS+ 290's have arrived in stock.

dessimpson · 9 Feb 2015 at 18:05

SHOGUNXSHINOBI said:
How hot? if you don't mind me asking.

One card went up to 95 degree's where I believe it starts to throttle.
The second card went in to the 70's.
I just don't think the airflow in my 600t was up to the job of cooling them in crossfire.
I'm currently running it with one card and it sits about 70 if I run the Heaven benchmark.

Hicks12 · 9 Feb 2015 at 19:06

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Powercolor PCS+ 290's have arrived in stock.

Thanks gibbo

just checked and my orders shipped woo.

SHOGUNXSHINOBI · 9 Feb 2015 at 22:42

dessimpson said:
One card went up to 95 degree's where I believe it starts to throttle.
The second card went in to the 70's.
I just don't think the airflow in my 600t was up to the job of cooling them in crossfire.
I'm currently running it with one card and it sits about 70 if I run the Heaven benchmark.

Thanks for the reply

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