R9 280X vs R9 290 for 1080p Ultra Gaming

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guymarshall

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My GTX 970 from Asus is really irritating me, the card is overheating all the time because the fans are slightly faulty. I am wanting to play games like Far Cry 4 and CS GO at 1080p ultra at above 60 fps, but need to keep the cost down.

Which graphics card offers the best performance, and is it worth the extra cost of the 290 over the 280x?

My power supply is a corsair 650RM and my CPU is an FX 8350.
 
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The R9 290 is the next best choice but I don't understand why your going to buy a new card when your current one is probably defective and can be replaced for free by Asus (or at least paying for shipping costs).
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You can get a 290 for $230 used on amazon right now. Fantastic deal. Also, I wouldn't throw away your 970 in favor of a 290. Asus STRIX GTX 970s are designed so the fans don't spin until a certain temperature is hit, just set the temp threshold lower if the heat is bothering you.
 
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If the 970 is defective then get a RMA through Asus. Like ToxicFantom said those card fans don't turn on until the GPU heats up but if you download a program like PrecisionX then you can set a custom fan curve that should allow the fan to run constantly and also at a more aggressive fan curve so there wont be so much heat. The R9 290 is a good card but I can assure you it will get hotter then that GTX 970. My R9 290 (reference design) ran between 90-93C on load.
 
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The problem is the fans do not turn on AT ALL. I have used MSI afterburner and asus gpu tweak and set custom fan curves, but the fans do not spin even at 80 degrees. It then gets overheated and turns off.
 
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guymarshall

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I have set fan curves, but the fans do not spin even at 80 degrees, and the gpu turns off shortly afterwards to save itself.
 
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Thanks for the reply. I am going for an AMD card because I started gaming with AMD and it went fine. I moved to NVIDIA for two new GPUs and they were both faulty. I am just moving back to AMD because of their reliability.
 
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guymarshall

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Yeah I will do :) By the way, does the 390 beat the 290? I found it for around the same cost and was wondering if it was better.
 
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