So after a while I was thinking of either choosing a Asus R9 290 directCU II or a KFA2 GTX 780, right now the GTX 780 seems a better option HOWEVER the Asus edition of the AMD card seems to have of "fixed" some of the problems. I am mostly looking at sound and temperature of the two cards. Please do not base anything off the reference models (unless in the correct circumstance).