Powercolor R9 290 PCS+ vs. Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC

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I recently posted a similar thread where I was wondering which one of two manufacturers' cards was the best. Now I've decided to go with a more high end card, but I find myself wondering the same thing, again.

I'm trying to decide between these two R9 290's

PowerColor Radeon R9 290 PCS+
http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/4096MB-PowerColor-Radeon-R9-290-PCS--Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_950327.html

Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC
http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/4096MB-Asus-Radeon-R9-290-DirectCU-II-OC-Aktiv-PCIe-3-0-x16--Retail-_949752.html

The Powercolor PCS+ apparently runs a bit cooler, and is more powerful. It however seems to have a very high RMA %. I've read that, unlike some PowerColors, they've tried to get rid of the coil whine. It only has a 2 year warranty as well.

The Asus DirectCU II OC apparently runs a bit hotter and is a bit less powerful. It doesn't have an RMA % as high. I think this one has more warranty as well.
 
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I trust ASUS slightly more, I have had a powercolour 280x fail on me before and I wont go back to them, but thats just me.

ASUS on the other hand I have never seen any problems with and the difference in power between the two will be hardly noticeable anyrate for gaming or anything else really for that matter. You can still OC if you wish to gain slightly more performance.
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I trust ASUS slightly more, I have had a powercolour 280x fail on me before and I wont go back to them, but thats just me.

ASUS on the other hand I have never seen any problems with and the difference in power between the two will be hardly noticeable anyrate for gaming or anything else really for that matter. You can still OC if you wish to gain slightly more performance.
 
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ASUS makes quality cards. They haven't been doing to well on overclocking lately, but we are talking minor differences at the top end of overclocking.

Powercolor is an interesting company. They tend to offer cheaper products that can be great, but quality does tend to suffer a little. Zotac has a similar reputation, they make a lot of cheap cards to offset the costs of their quite good enthusiast cards.

ASUS tends to keep their quality up across their entire product line.

 
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The ASUS R9 290 has a design flaw in which only 3 of the 5 heatpipes are i direct contact with the chip, which affects cooling performance.

I'd get the PCS+, Arguably one of the best 290 coolers out on the market.
 
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I checked the warranties, asus offers 3 while powercolor offers 2 years. Also, I'm not sure if they've changed anything, but keep in mind that this is the OC edition of the Asus.
 
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