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Powercolor 290X at sub £300 wins easily.
P.S. After you've sold the free memory kit OcUK give with it.
Should I buy an expensive 290x?
Powercolor 290X at sub £300 wins easily.
P.S. After you've sold the free memory kit OcUK give with it.
get a 7990 off Ebay !!!! dead cheap
I'd like it to run reasonably quiet so that there's no chance of waking up the missus with the fan noise if she's asleep.
Powercolor 290X at sub £300 wins easily.
P.S. After you've sold the free memory kit OcUK give with it.
No,
Having a 290 that unlocks to a 290X, you wouldn't be able to separate the difference gameplay wise, the only difference you get are the higher BM no's.
Oc'ed 290 will surpass stock 290X and them some, when both are oc'ed the performance delta is even closer.
Step 1-
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE AMD 8GB 2400MHz Memory Kit £299.99
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3Slot cooler but that gets you one of the best coolers on the 290's.
Step 2- Swap the faster ram into your system, or double up on ram and you are ready to oc the 290.
Step 3-Punt the 2500k and get a 3770K with the £60 saving.
Honestly, save the £60, 290 is the better buy, the X is not worth it-imho.
Oh how's the fan noise at load btw for you? I assume you're still using the stock cooler..
Tommy 'The Dremel' Bhoy don't use no stinkin' stock cooler
Tommy 'The Dremel' Bhoy don't use no stinkin' stock cooler
Don't have one, I have a ref Powercolor 290 unlocked to an X, and a DCUII OC 290X in Crossfire.
He,He, You know me to well-I hate them all
Modded DCUII OC 290X with Kuhler 920 aio+KRAKEN G10
ref 290/x is sitting atop the AC Xtreme with modded-'Beast' VRM on the bottom Pci-e.
Honestly, save the £60, 290 is the better buy, the X is not worth it-imho.
I struggle on with mine.
I struggle on with mine.
Some genius once said that. Can't remember who it was exactly, but I've heard he was well hung and popular with the ladies.