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Which card should I use(I plan to add another one in the future). Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X 4GB, or Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X 4GB. What are their cons and pros?
 
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As BigChees3 has said, the 290 and the 970 are of similar graphics capability, with the x being overclocked and a little better. The 290x uses as much power as two 970s, so you need a significantly bigger and more expensive power supply, and you will be dumping a lot more thermal energy into your case and/or the world, so cooling will need to be improved. If you plan to use two GPUs, I would look very hard at the GTX 970.

The 290 can be significantly cheaper than the 970, but the 290x is about the same price.

Here's a simple comparison answer to your original question.

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290X-vs-Radeon-R9-290

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-and-290x,3728.html
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x is just the overclocked version, eats a bit more power. but why not nvidia? that card needs a big psu, and if you wanna xfire it it needs even a bigger one, instead of spending 300 for the card and the required psu to run it take a gtx 970.
 
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As BigChees3 has said, the 290 and the 970 are of similar graphics capability, with the x being overclocked and a little better. The 290x uses as much power as two 970s, so you need a significantly bigger and more expensive power supply, and you will be dumping a lot more thermal energy into your case and/or the world, so cooling will need to be improved. If you plan to use two GPUs, I would look very hard at the GTX 970.

The 290 can be significantly cheaper than the 970, but the 290x is about the same price.

Here's a simple comparison answer to your original question.

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290X-vs-Radeon-R9-290

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-and-290x,3728.html
 
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