AMD 390X Review

Geeman1979 · 18 Jun 2015 at 14:48

Gibbo said:
We shall offer pre-order at £549 for those happy wait a couple of weeks, but in stock prices suspect will be around £650.

Err!!! I forecasted over the £600 mark.

Silent_Scone · 18 Jun 2015 at 14:50

Gibbo said:
24th at 13:00

I'm getting a vibe of very very short supply here

pieman109 · 18 Jun 2015 at 14:55

I reckon the only thing these 390x 8gb cards are good for is Xfire and nothing else really. Hell, my old 780ti can hold its own against it and I paid £100 less than the 390x for it new.

Nutella33 · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:03

Silent_Scone said:
I'm getting a vibe of very very short supply here

Not going to matter to me. I'll take the 100 quid discount and wait a few weeks!

Temp.sgk · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:05

Gibbo said:
We shall offer pre-order at £549 for those happy wait a couple of weeks, but in stock prices suspect will be around £650.

Any estimate on how many couple of weeks?

Avenged7Fold · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:07

The standard 390s seem like a good deal considering it is a release price.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-101-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=3059

Having said that, what is up with those HIS cards. A cooler i would expect to see around Flava Flav's neck and a blue PCB. Yuck!

I suppose all these cards look the same with a EK block and backplate fitted though.

Greebo · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:09

Gibbo said:
We shall offer pre-order at £549 for those happy wait a couple of weeks, but in stock prices suspect will be around £650.

I thought you said pre-order was going to be MRSP????? Which is £499?

Gibbo · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:09

Avenged7Fold said:
The standard 390s seem like a good deal considering it is a release price.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-101-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=3059

Having said that, what is up with those HIS cards. A cooler i would expect to see around Flava Flav's neck and a blue PCB. Yuck!

I suppose all these cards look the same with a EK block and backplate fitted though.

HIS is very strong in the Far East and over their Gold cards are preferred, they are moving to Black PCB's soon, 380 series is Black PCB, 390 series will be black towards end of year.

Plus we have customers who do not give a damn on the colour as fitting in cases with no window.

sophslump · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:13

These 390x would be excellent at £250 and decent at £275 but they're just terrible at £350+

I bought a 290x yesterday for £216, I'd been waiting for 300 series, but these prices just don't offer value for money. Don't get me wrong, the performance is good, but it needs to be 50% better than the 290x to compete on performance-per-pound and it is miles away from that, especially at 1080p.

I don't blame retailers, AMD just haven't delivered enough gain for the new cards to be worth the price. I guess they're hoping the 290x stock disappears ASAP so people will be forced to buy these.

xraycat87 · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:15

sophslump said:
These 390x would be excellent at £250 and decent at £275 but they're just terrible at £350+

I bought a 290x yesterday for £216, I'd been waiting for 300 series, but these prices just don't offer value for money.

I have a choice between a 970 for 240 or the 390 for 270... dunno what to do.

Dave2150 · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:23

Avenged7Fold said:
I don't think you can expect the release prices to be all that competitive. I am sure the prices will likely drop to more reasonable levels shortly, like they normally do.

Also, you cant really compare prices of the old series just prior to release to the refreshed versions, as those prices were heavily slashed to clear stock and probably had very small margins for AMD to profit on.

If i didn't have a handful of 290xs already, i would be going for a few 8gb 290s, as all my games either run nicely without crossfire or are crossfire friendly. I can make good use of that extra Vram at 1080/1440p, some of the mods available for games eat tons even at lower resolutions.

As for the stickers, i have stickers on all of mine and have replaced the coolers with waterblocks. As long as you are careful you shouldn't have too much issue removing the cooler. I have a message from OCuk stating that as long as the card doesn't seem like there is a fault due to tampering and the sticker is replaced correctly, RMAs shouldn't be an issue.

Yeh I agree, the prices will tumble quite quickly I'm sure.

That said, the 390 (non X) is a fantastic buy at £270 from OCUK - the increased power comsumption over the 980 would take many years to workout more expensive than the 980 asking price etc, plus you get 8GB vram for the future.

Numpsy · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:35

sophslump said:
I bought a 290x yesterday for £216, I'd been waiting for 300 series, but these prices just don't offer value for money. Don't get me wrong, the performance is good, but it needs to be 50% better than the 290x to compete on performance-per-pound and it is miles away from that, especially at 1080p.

Ditto here - decided to take the gamble on it and haven't got it yet, but looking at the benchmarks of the 390/390x it's looking like it was the right choice.

svensonbanks · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:54

Do you reckon the prices for the 290 and 290x are going to drop any time soon? Was looking at getting a second 290 :cool:

cainer · 18 Jun 2015 at 15:56

cainer said:
cant trust this guys temps @ 72c as he put new thermal paste on and he said there was a warrenty void sticker over one of the screws (already broken by previous reviewer).. so you or me would void our warrenty by changing the paste

oh, and that msi card has uber pukka cooling accoring to him..
so, uber pukka cooling + new thermal paste added = 72c
they are gonna run hot with factory stock cooling

Catanonia · 18 Jun 2015 at 16:14

cainer said:
oh, and that msi card has uber pukka cooling accoring to him..
so, uber pukka cooling + new thermal paste added = 72c
they are gonna run hot with factory stock cooling

Watch the review again. The paste problem was because another reviewer had taken it apart and not reapplied new paste.

It was NOT like that from AMD.

cainer · 18 Jun 2015 at 16:23

Catanonia said:
Watch the review again. The paste problem was because another reviewer had taken it apart and not reapplied new paste.

It was NOT like that from AMD.

erm.. yeah, i watched the vid, thats why i said he applied cooling paste, very good cooling paste... probably much better cooling paste and better applied than AMD factory paste, = the 72c he got would be lower than AMD factory paste

am i missing something? or are you?

i think its a given that re-applying good quality thermal paste is better than factory paste

Gibbo · 18 Jun 2015 at 16:25

Greebo said:
I thought you said pre-order was going to be MRSP????? Which is £499?

The UK MSRP is £549, not a chance we shall be doing £499 that is below MSRP and single digit margin, on a brand new product, not a chance.

Unless of course GBP gets even stronger in next couple of weeks then it could become a reality a month after launch.

-Mike- · 18 Jun 2015 at 16:30

Gibbo said:
The UK MSRP is £549, not a chance we shall be doing £499 that is below MSRP and single digit margin, on a brand new product, not a chance.

Unless of course GBP gets even stronger in next couple of weeks then it could become a reality a month after launch.

You guys are getting really rather honest these days. I like it.

Orangey · 18 Jun 2015 at 16:36

What happen here???

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/msi_r9_390x_gaming_8g_review/14

Absolutely smashes a 980Ti???

Greebo · 18 Jun 2015 at 16:39

Gibbo said:
The UK MSRP is £549, not a chance we shall be doing £499 that is below MSRP and single digit margin, on a brand new product, not a chance.

Unless of course GBP gets even stronger in next couple of weeks then it could become a reality a month after launch.

So AM|D has done a Nvidia then and set a higher UK MSRP compared to the US MSRP then? The gits

I was hopeful since the only MSRP AMD had released was $650 = £489.60 inc VAT.