R9 290 (w/ Asus DirectCUII) vs R9 290 (with VGA cooler)

Phaydze · Nov 24, 2013

Hello,
I wanted to purchase the R9 290 for my upcoming build, and was wondering whether I should buy a stock GPU and fit a VGA cooler, or should I wait for a company like Asus to put out their DirectCUII? Considering the fact that the VGA cooler would void my warrant, and taking (predicted) price into account, what should be best?

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 24, 2013

I would wait.

Phaydze · Nov 24, 2013

Hey Blackbird. Do you reckon that a cooler made by Sapphire, MSI or Asus would be cheaper than a ARCTIC COOLING Xtreme III?

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 24, 2013

ARCTIC COOLING Xtreme III < That's a serious cooler , I'm going to wait myslf, and see what shows up on the market from these vendors.

jimmysmitty · Nov 26, 2013

It's a nice cooler but also massive and as well I think ASUS/Sapphire tend to make better products over all for the top end plus it tends to be a bit cheaper and are stock overclocked.

That said, I am hoping for a much better cooling solution. If they can get it to mid 70c area and a consistent 1GHz, I will probably scoop up a 290x. 4GB of VRAM just sounds tasty.

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R9 290 (w/ Asus DirectCUII) vs R9 290 (with VGA cooler)

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