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GFX upgrade

Note that there have been plenty of owners of the Asus DCUII and MSI Twin frozer 290/290x's who are not happy with there cards and the temps they run at, You run a risk no matter how small of getting a hot card due to these two brands recycling coolers from other models, Mine hit's 94 degrees in gaming with stock clocks, (MSI Twin Frozer) Overclockers use the same model in the office and there's hits the same temps as well. If I was you I wouldn't risk it, Wait for the 300 series or pay a bit more and get a non reference Sapphire 290/290x or better still a 970.
 
You can get a 2nd 7950 for ~100 quid, though you can also crossfire with 280 or 280x. I'd do that instead, performance is similar or better than a 290x/970. It's not gonna work on your 600w PSU but with your budget you can easily upgrade PSU and keep it for 5 more years or so.
 
Poneros said:
You can get a 2nd 7950 for ~100 quid, though you can also crossfire with 280 or 280x. I'd do that instead, performance is similar or better than a 290x/970. It's not gonna work on your 600w PSU but with your budget you can easily upgrade PSU and keep it for 5 more years or so.
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Thanks for the idea but i never did like the idea of crossfire , as so many peps seem to have problems with freezing or bsod's when using dual cards.

i have been looking more and might get

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-351-SP

is that just the same card as
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-363-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

but with 3 coolers and overclocked slightly ?

will it use even more power to push my psu beyond its limit..

btw what will happen if my psu cannot deliver enough power ?
 
joedeath332 said:
Thanks for the idea but i never did like the idea of crossfire , as so many peps seem to have problems with freezing or bsod's when using dual cards.

i have been looking more and might get

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-351-SP

is that just the same card as
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-363-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

but with 3 coolers and overclocked slightly ?

will it use even more power to push my psu beyond its limit..

btw what will happen if my psu cannot deliver enough power ?
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The short answer is that the Sapphire is a much better choice.

The long answer is: The Sapphire is the much better choice this generation, and here's why. Sapphire only do AMD cards, because of this they made new coolers for the Hawaii chip, Asus and MSI both recycled coolers that were designed for Nvidia card chips. Pics of the contact plate for the 290x Matrix show that out of the five pipes that made contact with the Nvidia chip the cooler was originally made for only 3 make contact with the smaller Hawaii chip and the outside two do not connect fully.. This effects performance and can be seen in how unreliable temperature levels have been, Where as the Sapphire appear to be pretty reliable in that respect.
 
nashathedog said:
The short answer is that the Sapphire is a much better choice.

The long answer is: The Sapphire is the much better choice this generation, and here's why. Sapphire only do AMD cards, because of this they made new coolers for the Hawaii chip, Asus and MSI both recycled coolers that were designed for Nvidia card chips. Pics of the contact plate for the 290x Matrix show that out of the five pipes that made contact with the Nvidia chip the cooler was originally made for only 3 make contact with the smaller Hawaii chip and the outside two do not connect fully.. This effects performance and can be seen in how unreliable temperature levels have been, Where as the Sapphire appear to be pretty reliable in that respect.
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Awesome . glad i asked :)
 
I just realized a problem i think

all my monitors are DVI and my current card connects to these 3 by the following
monitor 1 from hdmi port on card to dvi on monitor
monitor 2 from dvi port on card to dvi on monitor
monitor 3 MINI DISPLAY port to dvi on monitor

now the Saphire r9 290x vapor x that i have ordered instead of having a mini display port it has a display port 1.2

how can i connect monitor 3 ? what will i have to buy .
i remember from last time when i bought the mini display adapter it had to be an active display adaptor which was quite expensive at the time.
 
That is what it is.


Display connectivity options include two DVI ports, one HDMI port, and one DisplayPort. You may use all outputs at the same time, so triple-monitor surround gaming is possible with one card.

Please note that the DVI outputs no longer support analog monitors. AMD also improved their display controller hardware, so you can now use three HDMI/DVI monitors at the same time without having to buy an active DP-to-DVI adapter (this was a requirement to providing the TMDS clock signal for the third monitor on previous generation cards).

The GPU also includes an HDMI sound device. It is HDMI 1.4a compatible, which includes HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies support.
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Do DVI to DVI for two, HDMI to DVI cable for the other I guess.
 
so will i need like a mini display port to a display port 1.2 adapter ?

as my current card is mini display prot and the vapor-x is display port 1.2

or will i just be better buying a new active adaptor as they are like £20

where as last time im sure i paid like 60-70 for the mini display port one
 
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