R9 290, which manufacture is the best?

[NirHahs]

Im in a big dilemma about deciding which brand should i get for my r9 290, please do not suggest any other model as i only mentioned is r9 290, that was my final decision.
my target are MSI r9 290 gaming, Sapphire r9 290 tri-x, and Asus r9 290 DCUII (havent reach MY). I dont mind waitting for the stock

prefer speed, (i dont know which one is better whether core clock or memory clock), i dont mind about noise and temp. my speaker and room temp are beast to fight those

 

[Stuka87]

I would go with the Tri-X Sapphire myself. Every review (That I have seen) has been very happy with it from both a cooling and noise standpoint.

 

[n0x1ous]

seems like the sapphire is the best this round

 

[IEC]

Sapphire Tri-X is the best. ASUS (after their heatsink revision) is also apparently very good. Both cards are quiet when gaming.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

All are excellent.

 

[bigsnyder]

Too bad most are still running almost $100 over MSRP

 

[IEC]

Too bad most are still running almost $100 over MSRP

Not in Malaysia.

 

[Despoiler]

If you don't mind waiting, shopblt hasn't jacked their prices on AMD cards.

 

[Maverickbcp]

If you don't mind waiting, shopblt hasn't jacked their prices on AMD cards.

True but I've been waiting since Dec. 12th for my order on Shopblt.com. First the Sapphire branded cards after a month of waiting were pulled from their site and a week later they canceled that part of my order as they weren't receiving any more of them. Now the MSI branded ones have been pulled from their site and I'm expecting a cancellation on those as well. I have every other brand they offer on my order and it'll be two months of waiting before their next "ETA" shipment date that always comes/goes and gets pushed back. Not holding my breath. Wish I knew this would've happened as I would've paid the premium elsewhere and have made up the price difference by now.

 

[Maverickbcp]

Of course as soon as I say that one of the XFX Black Edition cards come in stock and are shipping to me. Paying extra for a puny factory overclock isn't what I would normally do but it's still way cheaper than other sites prices. 6-7 weeks of waiting and my place in line finally came up lol.

 

[3DVagabond]

Of course as soon as I say that one of the XFX Black Edition cards come in stock and are shipping to me. Paying extra for a puny factory overclock isn't what I would normally do but it's still way cheaper than other sites prices. 6-7 weeks of waiting and my place in line finally came up lol.

Cool! Too bad you had to wait like that. I hope it's everything you are hoping it will be.

 

[Maverickbcp]

Cool! Too bad you had to wait like that. I hope it's everything you are hoping it will be.

Thanks me too. I've had a box of new water cooling equipment sitting collecting dust for 2 months waiting on these stupid cards lol.

 

[NirHahs]

after doing so many reviews, i can see the tri-x has more good response from other expert. waitting for more review on msi and asus.

 

[IEC]

after doing so many reviews, i can see the tri-x has more good response from other expert. waitting for more review on msi and asus.

My Sapphire Tri-X run about 10C-15C cooler than my MSI Gaming 4G at the same noise level. Even more if it is the top card in crossfire. MSI isn't as good at cooling as the other two.

 

[NirHahs]

My Sapphire Tri-X run about 10C-15C cooler than my MSI Gaming 4G at the same noise level. Even more if it is the top card in crossfire. MSI isn't as good at cooling as the other two.

well, im waitting for asus review

 

[Tmf]

Sapphire Tri-X gets my vote. Great aesthetic and performance.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

My MSI card with Extreme 3d Mark 2013, extreme settings mostly 50-70C or so, mostly sub 70C. So I don't know how it doesn't cool well. My CPU infact crossed 80C with H100i, but the GPU was mostly 50s and 60s.

 

[NirHahs]

guys, how about Powercolor?

 

[Rvenger]

I would definitely give PowerColor a shot especially if a PCS+ model was available.

 

[NirHahs]

I would definitely give PowerColor a shot especially if a PCS+ model was available.

PCS+ is now available for r9 290. so, what do you think? :whiste: