Just thought id throw a little update in here, we did eventually get stock of the 290X and I was lucky enough to get to take one home to try out,
Brilliant card, was very impressed with it in BF4, had my res at 1920x1080 120hz with everything at ultra, I had the CCC open on a 2nd monitor and noticed the temps hit 95 and the fan hit 55% whilst playing, I do believe the issue regarding how noisy the fans are has been blown (no pun intended) way out of proportion, It was very similar if not quitter than my 5970
The card to me would be £397 with BF4 which I would sell for £25, I also get thrown in a load of the other game codes (AMD gold ticket for example) which I would then sell on too, I think once I sell the extra's I get with the card it would cost me around £300.
I cant make my mind up though, If I buy now I know I will love this card and possibly add a aftermarket cooler to it in a few weeks/months time
On the other hand I'm thinking wait for the 290 non X which will have a decent cooler but will most likely end up costing me the same money as I wont get BF4 or the extra games to sell on with it.
Decisions Decisions
Brilliant card, was very impressed with it in BF4, had my res at 1920x1080 120hz with everything at ultra, I had the CCC open on a 2nd monitor and noticed the temps hit 95 and the fan hit 55% whilst playing, I do believe the issue regarding how noisy the fans are has been blown (no pun intended) way out of proportion, It was very similar if not quitter than my 5970
The card to me would be £397 with BF4 which I would sell for £25, I also get thrown in a load of the other game codes (AMD gold ticket for example) which I would then sell on too, I think once I sell the extra's I get with the card it would cost me around £300.
I cant make my mind up though, If I buy now I know I will love this card and possibly add a aftermarket cooler to it in a few weeks/months time
On the other hand I'm thinking wait for the 290 non X which will have a decent cooler but will most likely end up costing me the same money as I wont get BF4 or the extra games to sell on with it.
Decisions Decisions
i've stalled now as I know i'll need to upgrade my PSU before I upgrade and my biggest fear is spending £450~550 and not getting enough of a performance jump to be happy 