Sell my Tri-X 290 for a 970?

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I've been running my Tri-X 290 for a little while on a 600W SFX PSU, needless to say it pushes it near it's limits when gaming.

If I were able to get around $350 from selling my 290 to buy a 970 for around $330, would that be a bad choice? The card runs just fine in my system, lower power consumption, heat, and noise would be the only real benefit.

Is it worth the trade? This is all assuming I'm able to sell it for that price of course.
 
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Nobody will give you 350 bucks for an R9 290 Used especially that the new ones sells for 299 , you'd be lucky to get $240 bucks for it.

Not something I'd do especially that the performance difference isn't massive and You can't be consuming more than 460W as he card's TDP is 250W even if you're consuming 520W when the card is overclocked ( which is a fluctuated number , 520W doesn't seem true ) You're still within the safe limits and recommended limits for the PSU at 86% load , the efficiency is really good under that load.
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Sure it's a side move but to lower heat and power consumption I say do it, the only downside is the massive drop in price that is trending with the 290(x) in the last few days.

It really sounds like a waste of time but if you feel the psu is stressed maybe just look at a new psu to avoid taking a loss on the 290
 
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Are you sure? A r9 290 probably draws maybe 300W under load. a CPU is probably 125W(AMD) or less (intel). 80% of 600W is 480W. I'd say you're not really over-drawing your power supply unless you're overclocking. Probably close to ideal for efficiency I'd say. If you're overclocking, then all bets are off. getting a card with less power draw would be a benefit. reducing power, heat, and noise are always worthwhile goals though.
 
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Nobody will give you 350 bucks for an R9 290 Used especially that the new ones sells for 299 , you'd be lucky to get $240 bucks for it.

Not something I'd do especially that the performance difference isn't massive and You can't be consuming more than 460W as he card's TDP is 250W even if you're consuming 520W when the card is overclocked ( which is a fluctuated number , 520W doesn't seem true ) You're still within the safe limits and recommended limits for the PSU at 86% load , the efficiency is really good under that load.
 
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Wouldn't it be cheaper and easier to get a better psu, that had enough headroom to go Crossfire later, if you wanted?
Your example assumes you can get that much for a used card. All the cards have taken a price drop just lately, so selling your 290 for top dollar probably isn't going to happen.

I'd be willing to bet you would still be facing enough of a price difference that improving your psu, which would be an overall upgrade for you, would not cost any more, and quite possibly less if you do a bit of shopping for psu sales etc.

Or you could just cave to all the "OMG scrap your AMD card naow!" hype. A R290 is no slouch. You own it already. It works now, spending zero dollars.

Here is Guru3D's power supply recommendation:
•AMD R9 290 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 550 Watt power supply unit.
•AMD R9 290 Crossfire - On your average system the cards require you to have a 700 Watt power supply unit as minimum.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_r9_290_review_benchmarks,10.html

Copied from another post in Tom's.

Don't be all in a panic.

 
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Stick with the R9 290, the performance gains will be small and the cost quite large, not to mention the hassle involved in selling the old card.
If you're worried about the PSU, it'll be far cheaper and much less hassle to swap IT rather than the graphics card.
You can probably help with the heat issues-if any-by installing better/more fans or by improving cable management to allow better airflow. A modular PSU is a good friend here, especially if the system case is either small or has few fan locations.
 
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