R9 290 for upto 25k

[psychostic]

I am interested in upgrading my love HIS ICEq 7870, but cannot spend more than 25k

kindly give me suggestions and guide me to the right choice

i figured, in my range i can only manage a r9 290 with a custom cooler
kindly put forward any suggestions/offers or PM me

thanks in advance

edit: contact: 03345067377

 

[Captain Wajji]

Brother, it's useless buying the r9 290 with a custom cooler.


Go around and read the reviews everywhere. It's of no use.

Instead, you can buy r9 280x. There's no big difference. Just 1gb extra vram that you won't probably be needing in the near future.

GTA V on ultra settings 1080p doesn't exceed 3gb of vram usage. Personally checked.

I was also getting an r9 290 with stock cooler but I dumped the idea.

 

[Yasir Nadeem]

Brother, it's useless buying the r9 290 with a custom cooler.


Go around and read the reviews everywhere. It's of no use.

Instead, you can buy r9 280x. There's no big difference. Just 1gb extra vram that you won't probably be needing in the near future.

GTA V on ultra settings 1080p doesn't exceed 3gb of vram usage. Personally checked.

I was also getting an r9 290 with stock cooler but I dumped the idea.

Hain ? R9 290 is alot better than r8 280x and it has more bits (512bit) meaning it's texture filtering speed will be much better than r9 280x and is built on Amd's new Hawaii Architecture while 280x is based on old Tahiti architecture. I had r9 290 and it was a beast

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[zainu]

Brother, it's useless buying the r9 290 with a custom cooler.


Go around and read the reviews everywhere. It's of no use.

Instead, you can buy r9 280x. There's no big difference. Just 1gb extra vram that you won't probably be needing in the near future.

GTA V on ultra settings 1080p doesn't exceed 3gb of vram usage. Personally checked.

I was also getting an r9 290 with stock cooler but I dumped the idea.

:crap:crap

r290 is almost same as 7970
do u think company is fool that they provide 1gb more vram and more bits...

290 is far better from 280x.. pls do some homework before giving such advises..

 

[fayaz99]

:crap:crap

r290 is almost same as 7970
do u think company is fool that they provide 1gb more vram and more bits...

290 is far better from 280x.. pls do some homework before giving such advises..

yes only 1gb extra vram.. not good

also AMD is still low in performance as nvidia is good,

AMD heating up.. fan full noise. even windforce.. and more power comsuming... i might need more watts to crossfire the r9 280x gpu.. 700 watts isnt enough.. and gtx 970 sli will work though

 

[Captain Wajji]

Hain ? R9 290 is alot better than r8 280x and it has more bits (512bit) meaning it's texture filtering speed will be much better than r9 280x and is built on Amd's new Hawaii Architecture while 280x is based on old Tahiti architecture. I had r9 290 and it was a beast

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:crap:crap

r290 is almost same as 7970
do u think company is fool that they provide 1gb more vram and more bits...

290 is far better from 280x.. pls do some homework before giving such advises..

Guys, guys. I agree.

It's better but not the ones with the stock cooler. Just ask people who are using it or who used it.

They'll tell you about it

Also Zainu, chill pill.

The company is not fool. They're making us fool, making new graphics card each month.

What do you think, they couldn't have added 1gb vram to r9 280x making it 4gb?


Do check out video reviews and in game FPS comparison before calling anything crap.

Spending 3k-4k extra on a shitty hardware for 10 FPS isn't worth it(that's my own opinion).

Check out this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=235lvLa35lE

Keep in mind, r9 290 Vapor X is used in this benchmark and that's one of the best cooler.

Look at the temperature differences.

Almost 15 degrees between 280x and 290.


On stock cooler, it might go up to 90 degrees.

Also read this about performance throttling in r9 290 on stock cooler:

AnandTech Forums


Thank you.

 

[Yasir Nadeem]

Guys, guys. I agree.

It's better but not the ones with the stock cooler. Just ask people who are using it or who used it.

They'll tell you about it

Also Zainu, chill pill.

The company is not fool. They're making us fool, making new graphics card each month.

What do you think, they couldn't have added 1gb vram to r9 280x making it 4gb?


Do check out video reviews and in game FPS comparison before calling anything crap.

Spending 3k-4k extra on a shitty hardware for 10 FPS isn't worth it(that's my own opinion).

Check out this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=235lvLa35lE

Keep in mind, r9 290 Vapor X is used in this benchmark and that's one of the best cooler.

Look at the temperature differences.

Almost 15 degrees between 280x and 290.


On stock cooler, it might go up to 90 degrees.

Also read this about performance throttling in r9 290 on stock cooler:

AnandTech Forums


Thank you.

I had the stock cooler one and it went upto 80-82 Max and it is certainly better. One will get 280x around ~22k and R9 290 around 25k so it's better to spend 3k to get 20 fps more.

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[Captain Wajji]

I had the stock cooler one and it went upto 80-82 Max and it is certainly better. One will get 280x around ~22k and R9 290 around 25k so it's better to spend 3k to get 20 fps more.

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Okay.

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[psychostic]

guyz guyz, thanks for the advice a lot...i surfed the internet and came to the same concl as u guyz have mentioned:

custom cooled 290 > refference 290 (but way hotter) > 280x (runs cooler but 8-10% performance dump from 290)

now to the next problem, kinldy reffer me to someone who is selling custom cooled 290 upto 25k... cant seem to find any

 

[Yasir Nadeem]

guyz guyz, thanks for the advice a lot...i surfed the internet and came to the same concl as u guyz have mentioned:

custom cooled 290 > refference 290 (but way hotter) > 280x (runs cooler but 8-10% performance dump from 290)

now to the next problem, kinldy reffer me to someone who is selling custom cooled 290 upto 25k... cant seem to find any

If you have a well managed and ventilated system than reference one shouldn't be a problem

 

[zainu]

yes only 1gb extra vram.. not good

also AMD is still low in performance as nvidia is good,

AMD heating up.. fan full noise. even windforce.. and more power comsuming... i might need more watts to crossfire the r9 280x gpu.. 700 watts isnt enough.. and gtx 970 sli will work though

:yay:
i think u seriously need to READ
when u are crossing 1080p then its ur vram that plays the role... now i wont go into nvidia vs ati but i have been using flagship gpus for past 6-7 years
and what i have noticed is that YEs nvidia is good they have better scaling in games but when u come to AMD.. Amd give bang for buck.. simple!

a 25k gpu will be competing from a 50k gpu of nvidia!

and if u are saying about heating up.. well reference cooler gpu do heatup quckly this is the reason companies like msi,asus puts up their custom cooler for better cooling solution....

 

[Captain Wajji]

:yay:
i think u seriously need to READ
when u are crossing 1080p then its ur vram that plays the role... now i wont go into nvidia vs ati but i have been using flagship gpus for past 6-7 years
and what i have noticed is that YEs nvidia is good they have better scaling in games but when u come to AMD.. Amd give bang for buck.. simple!

a 25k gpu will be competing from a 50k gpu of nvidia!

and if u are saying about heating up.. well reference cooler gpu do heatup quckly this is the reason companies like msi,asus puts up their custom cooler for better cooling solution....

I got no issues with the 25k and AMD gpus.

Except for the heating issues since I don't have good casing as well

With aftermarket cooler, 290 is a beast!

 

[psychostic]

ok..so 290 with after market cooler it is then, kindly can you guyz reffer me to anyone selling the card in around 25k range?
greatfull for your help

 

[alizubair]

There you go >> http://www.pakgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=227156

 

[Captain Wajji]

There you go >> [WTS] PowerColor TurboDuo R9 290 4GB GDDR5 OC FOR SALE

There is a lot of difference between 25k and 31k

 

[goldendays2003]

:yay:
a 25k gpu will be competing from a 50k gpu of nvidia!

I have to call bull**** on that one. If that was the case, Nvidia would have been out of business long ago. Can you claim that a 280x, a 25k gpu can compete with a 780ti, a 50k gpu? AMD has better value for the money but it isn't that insane as you exaggerated. Nvidia evens up with better driver support and overall reliability.

 

[alizubair]

There is a lot of difference between 25k and 31k [emoji14]

Wajji bhai bargain ker lo or pocket thori or deli ker lo 26tak tu man hi jayega
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[zainu]

I have to call bull**** on that one. If that was the case, Nvidia would have been out of business long ago. Can you claim that a 280x, a 25k gpu can compete with a 780ti, a 50k gpu? AMD has better value for the money but it isn't that insane as you exaggerated. Nvidia evens up with better driver support and overall reliability.

a 25k gpu competes in some case, its not like that a 25k gpu beats a 50k nvidia gpu
in some games, or in some benchmarks Ati 25k gpu performed beyond expectations
@Voodoo

pls enlighten some info to this new champ

 

[Voodoo]

a 25k gpu competes in some case, its not like that a 25k gpu beats a 50k nvidia gpu
in some games, or in some benchmarks Ati 25k gpu performed beyond expectations
@Voodoo

pls enlighten some info to this new champ

AMD always have better performance/price since the 1st day ...
AMD GPUs have better life than nvidia ... 7970/7950 around 3 years old but still inn ... while gtx680/670 almost obsoleted and not getting drivers support/favor like 7970/7950 still getting

baqi rha weather 290 can be found @ 25k or not, i personally never saw any 290 being sold at such price so far, might be after release of 3xx series ...

no doubt nvidia marketing is very strong which let people buy their GPUs at higher price than AMD ... gtx 770 which is equal or lower than 7970/280x still available around 25~27k while people don't pay 20k for 7970 .. similarly 290 & gtx 780 can be compared... even in many latest games 280x performs very near to gtx 780 .. the reason nvidia is not supporting 780/780ti in latest games so people forcefully buy gtx 970/980...

290 is a very powerful GPU and still having 1.5~2 year life in terms of gaming, but very hard to find it @ 25k at the moment...

 

[Yasir Nadeem]

280x ~ GTX 770, R9 290 ~ GTX 780, R9 290X ~ GTX 780 Ti

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