Is this a good 290X?

[RussianSensation]

There's a new Radeon 290X on ebay for $337 which seems like a good deal to me. Since GCN seems to be doing well due to the console effect I've been considering getting this card from my 780, however I don't know if I should wait until GDC Tuesday just in case NVIDIA announces Pascal or something.

Is $337 for an XFX double dissipation 290x a good deal? Is it worth moving from my 780 to the 290x if I were to sell the 780 for close to what I paid for it (~$200)?

At this point, I would most likely wait and go for GP104 if your budget is $350+. In March, Newegg had R9 390 for $275 after MIR. Hitman easily sells for $30 USD, effectively making a brand new 390 = $245 USD. That means I wouldn't buy any used 290/290X for anything above $245. Even now, it's easily possible to buy a new 970/390 and sell that Division/Hitman and end up way better off than a used 290X you are quoting. Still, unless you are going for Ethereum mining on a 390/290X, just sell the 780 1-2 weeks before 1070 launches and buy that instead. If you waited this long on a 780, I feel you should get 50-75% increase in performance to make the upgrade worthwhile.

 

[KaRLiToS]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2468895

 

[thesmokingman]

I bet that was game stable.i kid.all the 290/290x i played around with seemed stable at 1100.all needed extra juice after that though.

Juice is good for you, but yea 1300mhz on Hawaii is a lil crazy for gaming. I can do 1200mhz but there's no need to with three or more cards. How optimized the game is trumps core clock.

 

[Headfoot]

I'd wait for the new cards unless you're buying for cryptomining

 

[Face2Face]

just sell the 780 1-2 weeks before 1070 launches and buy that instead. If you waited this long on a 780, I feel you should get 50-75% increase in performance to make the upgrade worthwhile.

And BINGO was his name-o!

I'm waiting myself, but if you're playing @ 1080p a 1150MHz GTX 780 should do pretty well, even in current games.