- Oct 3, 2011
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Right now I have two HD7850s in CFX. In some games it works wonderfully, but a lot of the time I find myself dealing with stability issues and bugs, and frequently it hasn't been very efficient in the games I play. I'm just tired of it and want to go back to having a single card.
From what I've seen, the R9 290 isn't a huge improvement in various benchmarks (in some it's even a little slower), but I'm certain my games that dont utilize crossfire well will see a nice boost. Also I can trade my two cards in so I'm not worried about spending a little money, even if it is a little slower in some cases -- I just want better consistency. But will this run on my 650w psu? I read here ( http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2196225/290-psu-requirement.html ) that 46amps on a single 12v rail of a 600w psu is sufficient. Mine's dual rail at 38amps.
for more info
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044
Also, I'm running a 2500k OCd to 4.4GHz and two 1TB hdds
From what I've seen, the R9 290 isn't a huge improvement in various benchmarks (in some it's even a little slower), but I'm certain my games that dont utilize crossfire well will see a nice boost. Also I can trade my two cards in so I'm not worried about spending a little money, even if it is a little slower in some cases -- I just want better consistency. But will this run on my 650w psu? I read here ( http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2196225/290-psu-requirement.html ) that 46amps on a single 12v rail of a 600w psu is sufficient. Mine's dual rail at 38amps.
for more info
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044
Also, I'm running a 2500k OCd to 4.4GHz and two 1TB hdds
I walked my girlfriend through building her pc over the phone with a 290, and I know GTA V runs significantly better on her computer than mine. And she's running an FX6300 vs my OCd 2500k.
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