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How many 290/290x before it worked?

except for mine which was not off topic lol
I have only been posting where ive been updating the thread for the purposes that the thread was for so i knew where i had got up to, and i even posted to say take it to email.

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Rilot said:
Indeed
Guys, this is getting stupid. Keep the name calling, baiting, trolling and general stupidity for another forum.
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I suggest you all take note of Rilot's warning.

If this continues lengthy suspensions will be handed out and access to this forum removed. To be clear if access is lost it will not be reinstated.

Quite frankly I'm sick and tired of the constant bickering that goes on here. Enough is enough gents.
 
Kaapstad said:
My 4 x 290Xs are all Asus reference and have worked perfectly since day one.
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Ah thanks for that and updated.

nitram100 said:
As a note I sent back 2 faulty 780's in my recent GPU search, my 290 worked perfectly first time.
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I wonder how many of those have been faulty in relation, seems we dont hear so much about failed nvidia cards, or at least on these forums.
 
atomic7431 said:
I wonder how many of those have been faulty in relation, seems we dont hear so much about failed nvidia cards, or at least on these forums.
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This is a very good question. I'm currently on the verge of pulling the trigger on my first build. I currently have a 290 Tri-x as my gpu, but pretty nervous about it and I have a constant whisper in my head saying 'spend the extra and go nvidia.' My conclusion I've drawn from more research than I care to think about is AMD are better value IF you get a good one, but you spend extra for peace of mind if you go green.
 
Rickin10 said:
This is a very good question. I'm currently on the verge of pulling the trigger on my first build. I currently have a 290 Tri-x as my gpu, but pretty nervous about it and I have a constant whisper in my head saying 'spend the extra and go nvidia.' My conclusion I've drawn from more research than I care to think about is AMD are better value IF you get a good one, but you spend extra for peace of mind if you go green.
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I just had this fight with myself over the past few days and so very nearly went for a 780 as i couldn't afford the 780ti.
But no matter how much i looked at it i always came back to the same conclusion, Amd cheaper and more performance than a 780 if you get one that doesn't have any issues, plus Mantle is getting better from what ive read, with every new driver release, and i just know the AMD side more than Nvidia. Plus there has been some 780s with faults of late not as many i grant but the odd one.
Plus i had a reference version (well tried 2) and thought if i get a custom cooled variant i have hopefully a better chance of getting a more stable, cooler, less noisy and more of a consistent performer. I did mine for a bit as well although that doesn't look like what it was now there is a lot more on that band wagon.
The MSI 290X comes with a ruby reward and BF4 and is only 399.95 which also swayed my decision, what a great price.
 
atomic7431 said:
I just had this fight with myself over the past few days and so very nearly went for a 780 as i couldn't afford the 780ti.
But no matter how much i looked at it i always came back to the same conclusion, Amd cheaper and more performance than a 780 if you get one that doesn't have any issues, plus Mantle is getting better from what ive read, with every new driver release, and i just know the AMD side more than Nvidia. Plus there has been some 780s with faults of late not as many i grant but the odd one.
Plus i had a reference version (well tried 2) and thought if i get a custom cooled variant i have hopefully a better chance of getting a more stable, cooler, less noisy and more of a consistent performer. I did mine for a bit as well although that doesn't look like what it was now there is a lot more on that band wagon.
The MSI 290X comes with a ruby reward and BF4 and is only 399.95 which also swayed my decision, what a great price.
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Is that the TwinFrozer or whatever it's called, how are the temps and noise?
 
Rickin10 said:
This is a very good question. I'm currently on the verge of pulling the trigger on my first build. I currently have a 290 Tri-x as my gpu, but pretty nervous about it and I have a constant whisper in my head saying 'spend the extra and go nvidia.' My conclusion I've drawn from more research than I care to think about is AMD are better value IF you get a good one, but you spend extra for peace of mind if you go green.
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I understand what your saying, but for me I'd buy the card you want.

Any card can be DOA or pack in soon after buying, but that's why you have a warranty.

Yes it's a ball ache to return the card but atleast you have the card you actually want. :)
 
atomic7431 said:
Its this one and it arrives on monday mate, but will give info when its here, the Ocuk offer runs out very soon though, selling quick.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95
Total : £399.95 (includes shipping : FREE).

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Thanks, that'd be much appreciated.

whyscotty said:
I understand what your saying, but for me I'd buy the card you want.

Any card can be DOA or pack in soon after buying, but that's why you have a warranty.

Yes it's a ball ache to return the card but atleast you have the card you actually want. :)
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Yeah, I'm pretty certain I will stick with the tri-x, it's just this is my first PC I will have built,
and it's been like 2 months of procrastinating over all the components to the point where
i've literally become fatigued, and i've got this image in my head of putting all together
and the GPU not working and then waiting months to be able to play anything. Sapphire's RMA are apparently not good.
 
I bought
4 x Sapphire R9 290x reference models and they all worked fine.
6 x 7970 and they all worked fine
3 x 6970 and all worked fine
2 x 5850 and all worked fine
1 x 5870 and it worked fine

All AMD cards were Reference models
 
KaRLiToS said:
I bought
4 x Sapphire R9 290x reference models and they all worked fine.
6 x 7970 and they all worked fine
3 x 6970 and all worked fine
2 x 5850 and all worked fine
1 x 5870 and it worked fine

All AMD cards were Reference models
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I have 2 questions:

1. Did you do a deal with Satan?

2. What are your lottery numbers? :D
 
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Bought an MSI 290x Twin Frozr a month ago ignoring Gibbo's comments regarding it being a heatsoak, He was not wrong.

The card worked without fault but was using 80% fan just to keep temps at 80 degrees in Battlefield 4, This is in a 19 degree ambient room & suggested to me that the summer will leave little or no margin for cooling.

Sold it & bought a Sapphire Tri-X 290x from here, 72 degrees at 30% fan speed in Battlefield & have the utmost confidence in it.
 
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