sapphire r9 290 tri x or powercolor r9 290 pcs+

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I consider the tri x because people say it has better customer service.

The pcs+ is because it's $60 less in my country and i've seen reviews that says pcs+ has the same (or better) performance, cooling, and noise.
 
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Personally, I would always go for the Sapphire solution. Of course, if you have it in your budget, you can get the Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X Tri-X OC for a little more, but over-all, Sapphire always makes the highest performance cards. Hope I helped! If you need further assistance, I'm here!

EDIT: Vapor Chamber cooling is defined by Vapor-X in Sapphire cards. It requires more power, 2 8-pin connectors, and it runs significantly cooler.
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Doesn't really matter which one you get in terms of performance. It will still perform and overclock the same anyways. If you can buy the same gpu but has vapor chamber cooling, go buy that.
 
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Personally, I would always go for the Sapphire solution. Of course, if you have it in your budget, you can get the Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X Tri-X OC for a little more, but over-all, Sapphire always makes the highest performance cards. Hope I helped! If you need further assistance, I'm here!

EDIT: Vapor Chamber cooling is defined by Vapor-X in Sapphire cards. It requires more power, 2 8-pin connectors, and it runs significantly cooler.
 
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I have the budget in 2 years (im going to buy a a pc with this in 2 years). But i don't have the vapor x in my country

P.s: how many (do you think the price drop) for 780ti in the next one or two years. And what's the predicted price of 880 and 780 ti in the next two years
 
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Personally, I'd choose the R9 290X. You'll get the same performance as a 780 Ti, plus an extra gigabyte of GPU memory all for a much lower price tag. In such case, you should go for the Sapphire Tri-X R9 290X. It has better cooling, it's nearly silent, and it will outperform the 780 Ti for a significantly lower price.
 
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Not exactly. The Sapphire Tri-X 290X has more transistors and a higher bandwidth than the 290, and the card never gets hotter than 80 degrees Celsius. Remember, it's not the reference card. The Sapphire Tri-X runs cooler than the 780-Ti.
Plus, It's actually about $200 less. I'm not talking about the Vapor-X. Just the regular Tri-X.
 
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Overclocking headroom on the reference 290x won't allow for much, but on the Sapphire card, you can virtually overclock to even 10% (1100 MHz) without reaching instability.
 
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