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[Doogles]

Which GPU? Ordering *soon!

So I have a freesync monitor so a Fury at £300 would probably be the best bet right? I think it's better than the RX 480 although I was hoping to wait till Vega but my R9 290 died.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...rd-with-backplate-11247-03-40g-gx-377-sp.html

 

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fury is a stonking card for the money,especially since you have freesync,i think they had the nano at £320,not sure whether it sold out tho.

I did see that card but for £20 less and a better cooler I think the Nitro is probably the best, thing that really hurts me is I wanted to wait for Vega as coming from a 290 I feel like a Fury isn't going to be that much of a upgrade.

 

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You can't get it replaced under warranty ?

Not really as I brought it second hand back in April 2014 and had a 3rd party cooler on it

 

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WOW time flys I didn't realize the R9 290 was released in back 2013
(Years just seem to disappear fast now days )

Yeah Nov 2013 was the release! TBH I have had my fair use out of it considering it cost me £235 but I just wanted another 3 months from it

Maybe I should just go for a really cheap second hand card that will support freesync, but I love gaming.

 

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4GB of HBM memory though and improved compression for efficiency.
I wouldn't pay £300 for a GPU with 8GB of vram and not enough grunt to use it!

Yeah I never had any issue with VRAM on my 290.

 

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Could also consider a 980Ti if you fancy a switch to team green
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...s-graphics-card-06g-p4-4993-kr-gx-288-ea.html

I'd love to switch to the green team but if I did that I'd end up with a 1080 but it hurts knowing Vega is going to be here soon and I want to be able to use my freesync. Was hoping Vega would be knocking on the door of a 1080 tbh. Maybe I should save the £300 and then upgrade the Fury later on...

If I had G-Sync I'd buy this but Nvidia makes me want to say f u and support freesync.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pali...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-037-pl.html

 

[Doogles]

Nano is a Fury X. Fury Nitro is a Fury P.
If you watercool get Nano.

Thanks for that I see a Nano is the same as a Fury X without the cooler and available for £320-£330, are the coolers on the Nano's decent?

 

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Not specifically. Nano isn't the same speed though as it throttles and down clocks. I have my Nano on water so it doesn't down clock and it over clocks reasonably well for a Fury based card.

Damn I'll probably just be best off with the Fury then, does the Nano throttle even at 100% fan speed? I've got 5 140mm fans in my case to help get the heat out of it. I'm also thinking that a Nano would have a better resale value later on if I want to upgrade to Vega.

 

[Doogles]

it's one of those eternal hours!

Yeah well I won't be getting it until tuesday anyway and have another 18 hours to decide. I did try and change the title but it didn't work.

 

[Doogles]

I usually find that any decision made in a rush is the wrong one anyway, so take your time mate

Well I was happy with the old R9 290 until it died

 

[Doogles]

nope they do the nano same chip as fury x but is lower clocked to keep thermals and power usage in check

I don't mind running the fan at 100% if it'd stop throttling but I think just a normal Fury cheaper and cooled better seems best. I'll keep looking here for advice and info but I think my mind is made up, unless a nano with a dual fan AIB is available for under £330.

Anyway I have now ordered a R9 Fury Nitro just hope Vega turns up really late now