Rebrand Fail?

RavenXXX2 · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:23

Orangey said:
It's faster than an overclocked 980Ti in GTA V with launch drivers

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

Honestly, it's a resounding success.

Yeah them benches are bs.

passey89 · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:24

Bonjour said:
I'll try running the same clocks on one 290X for a bench. I don't think my Elpida memory will hit the clocks, though.

Will do in doing the same on my crossfire 290x 8gb's and have them at the Mai gaming 390x clocks 1100mhz / 1550mhz.

Both mine have elpedia memory.

Orangey · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:26

Can we please have 1 (ONE) thread for 300 series?

easyrider · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:27

RavenXXX2 said:
Yeah them benches are bs.

I can't stand that guy....he drones on for 25 mins on crap in his videos...

faceman123 · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:31

easyrider said:
I can't stand that guy....he drones on for 25 mins on crap in his videos...

This. Won't be watching his videos again.

Ayahuasca · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:33

Orangey said:
It's faster than an overclocked 980Ti in GTA V with launch drivers

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

Honestly, it's a resounding success.

We can all cherry pick crap benchmarks, I honestly don't know what that guys doing but his 295x2 isn't working properly and a 290x beats the 980ti as well.

passey89 · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:34

faceman123 said:
This. Won't be watching his videos again.

I like how he gave the 390x a gold star when it's just a 290x with more vram that on its own will never use and has slightly higher clock

easyrider · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:36

passey89 said:
I like how he gave the 390x a gold star when it's just a 290x with more vram that on its own will never use and has slightly higher clock

The guy is a *****

Razor Time · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:37

easyrider said:
I can't stand that guy....he drones on for 25 mins on crap in his videos...

He rates most stuff at gold or great so pointless watching his videos. These days he is nothing more than an advert and not a review.

faceman123 · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:41

AMD really shot themselves in the foot. TBH i wouldnt mind if the 290x was rebranded as the 380x and sold for £180-£200. that's where this card should be

Orangey · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:42

Ayahuasca said:
We can all cherry pick crap benchmarks, I honestly don't know what that guys doing but his 295x2 isn't working properly and a 290x beats the 980ti as well.

It had to be him first...

easyrider · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:44

Razor Time said:
He rates most stuff at gold or great so pointless watching his videos. These days he is nothing more than an advert and not a review.

Yeah he's sold out...

LoadsaMoney · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:45

There is nothing about this card that is rebrand, its a totally new card.

******* is it.

Bonjour · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:45

faceman123 said:
AMD really shot themselves in the foot. TBH i wouldnt mind if the 290x was rebranded as the 380x and sold for £180-£200. that's where this card should be

£180-£200 is not a realistic price at all, even for the 390 (non-X).

IceWind · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:50

£180 - £200.... you are really joking right ? These card compete with the GTX 980 which is still £400.... why would they sell them at half the price.

faceman123 · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:51

Bonjour said:
£180-£200 is not a realistic price at all, even for the 390 (non-X).

but if it was re-branded a 380X - it should be sold according to its mid/high end market place. 290x - £220 now with these new cards those prices should have fell, but i believe the contrary will happen thanks to the re-brand. if it was correctly re-branded as a 380x it should have not been priced a penny more then £200. after all the 290*non x* i've seen for £175 new.

Secret_Window · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:53

I think the 390 looks like a pretty good deal, especially in crossfire. One would probably be ideal for me, but I would have to see more reviews on the thermals as that was one area that put me off the 29x cards. The MSI 390x review had OK thermals, so I hope the gigabyte g1 is better. If not, I will probably go for the nano.

Silent_Scone · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:53

MichaelM said:
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/msi_r9_390x_gaming_8g_review/23

From what I can see only the ASUS can be mistaken for a rebrand but it's unlikely. How could it be a rebrand if it has worse minimums in some games, did they release it with self sabotaging driver so it looks to perform differently?

Does TTL actually back up any of that in the review? He probably doesn't, as he has no technical knowledge what so ever.

faceman123 · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:53

IceWind said:
£180 - £200.... you are really joking right ? These card compete with the GTX 980 which is still £400.... why would they sell them at half the price.

because they are essentially a £220 card. This should have been the 380x.

IceWind · 18 Jun 2015 at 18:55

faceman123 said:
but if it was re-branded a 380X - it should be sold according to its mid/high end market place. 290x - £220 now with these new cards those prices should have fell, but i believe the contrary will happen thanks to the re-brand. if it was correctly re-branded as a 380x it should have not been priced a penny more then £200. after all the 290 i've seen for £175 new.

BUT its not a straight rebrand. OK its the same GPU under the hood... but its cooler, its clocked higher and has more memory and it look to outperform the gtx 980...

OK no one with the GTX 980 would swap to it as the performace difference is neglagible but someone coming from a GTX 680 or 7950/7970 could be look at these cards.... so the 390X is still cheaper than the GTX980 and it outperforms it so yea people will buy that over the 980 unless of course Nvidia fan boi

Disclaimer : im not an AMD fan boi I buy whatever the best card is on the market at the time. Ive been waiting for the Fury X card simple to see if they compete with the 980ti / titan x