R9 290X Sounds like leaf blower?

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ive heard that the 290 has bad cooling that turns your pc into a toasty lil oven? oh and that it sounds like a leaf blower? whaaaaat. cause this is my next card and i needa know. ive made my mind so dont try to change it ya nvidia fanboys XD
 
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/r9-290x-case-performance,3710-2.html

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Asus' R9 290X DirectCU II OC fares the worst, even though its 84-85 °C temperature is still bearable. The Tri-X OC Radeon R9 290X shows that Hawaii can run quite a bit cooler, though, topping out at 72 °C. Sapphire's result is particularly impressive. In our closed case test, the Tri-X registers 1-2 °C lower than in the open-air chassis. The Asus card's temperature, on the other hand, increases nine degrees from our measurement using the exposed bench system. And what's up with Gigabyte's R9 290X Windforce OC? With a reading of 83-84 °C in the closed case, that's just under Asus' board.

Even though each board's behavior is fairly...
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It can sound like a leaf blower on 100% fan speed. It will not sound like a leaf blower even at 60% fan speed which is what I have mine set to to never throttle. It can get pretty toasty at times.. I mean, in all honestly, I would go with the 290 NON X. I wouldn't purchase these cards from anyone until the prices drop though and I would also get the AIB cards not the reference cards.
 
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It's only the reference cooler that is really loud, otherwise the rest are pretty good, but still hot

if a card has a backplate like the asus direct cuii, it will be too hot to touch after gaming as this chip really does throw off more heat than any card has in quite a few years


just go non reference and you won't have to worry about the noise

if people do try to persuade you towards nvidia, honestly don't listen and just go with whatever is cheaper between the two

(nvidia cards in north america are becoming better for gaming as the price of the high end amd cards has skyrocketed here)
 
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What is the question here? You're unsure if every review out there is correct about the reference 290x being a terribly hot, loud and inconsistent card? Are you hoping to troll with that post? Or are you perhaps thinking that every review that said the 290x was hot and loud was an nVidia fanboy? Perhaps you should look into a review or two of the non reference 290Xs and see how those look and sound to you, keeping yourself at only one option leaves no room for opinion or advice
 
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how did asus fail the 290x? they did all they could with it, and the backplate heats up like a siv (which is a good thing because you know you are getting some extra cooling from it at least) the 290x really just doesnt overclock well from any reviews i've seen, no matter if it's a non reference board or on water cooling. It's still a blazing fast card, but amd already maxed out it's performance and left little room for OC
 
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/r9-290x-case-performance,3710-2.html

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Asus' R9 290X DirectCU II OC fares the worst, even though its 84-85 °C temperature is still bearable. The Tri-X OC Radeon R9 290X shows that Hawaii can run quite a bit cooler, though, topping out at 72 °C. Sapphire's result is particularly impressive. In our closed case test, the Tri-X registers 1-2 °C lower than in the open-air chassis. The Asus card's temperature, on the other hand, increases nine degrees from our measurement using the exposed bench system. And what's up with Gigabyte's R9 290X Windforce OC? With a reading of 83-84 °C in the closed case, that's just under Asus' board.

Even though each board's behavior is fairly consistent in and out of our test chassis (except for Asus' model), this comes at the cost of slightly higher background noise. Components mounted inside the case, with a passive graphics card installed, generate background noise of 36.7 dB(A), so our measurements are the sum of those two sound sources. With this in mind, acoustics are certainly better than AMD's reference effort, but could still be quieter. This applies to Gigabyte's GeForce board as well, to a lesser degree. ""
 
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wow, i have ASUS DirectCUII cooling on my 7870 and its a dream, but also a much weaker and less power hungry card. i guess when put up to the test the DCII cooling fails :\. so you guys are saying its normal for a 290x to average 83 degrees + when AAA gaming??
 
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It is not about the DCII failing. It is the fact that Asus took the 780 design and slammed it on the 290x. The DCII is the best solution on the 290 (which is maybe exactly the same layout as the 7970), but it was not optimized for the X version.
 
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It does run louder than my old card (5850), but it rarely gets to the point that I am annoyed by the noise as it is more of a whooshing than a whining, if that makes sense. I also have it in a full tower case with decent air flow and noise insulation, so that probably helps. For me, it was worth the performance per dollar, but it may not be for everyone.
 
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Alright sounds good thanks for the input guys appreciate it. And yeah I think I'll just get the 290 and not the 290x. I'm planning on upgradingy CPU+mobo first so I won't be getting it for a while
 
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