confused about what card to get

[Ahmed Saeed]

so i'm running on a single 1080p screen and not willing to upgrade to multi monitor, so i wanted to know whether to get the r9290x or the r9290 for 1080p only, will there be any noticeable difference worth the price difference?

 

[randomhkkid]

r9 290 for sure, the 290x will only really pull away at extreme resolutions ie 4K, at 1080p you may only see about a 5% difference at most. Save yourself the money and get the 290, although be aware that cryptocurrencies have pushed the prices up by a lot in the US (For the higher end AMD cards)

 

[Ahmed Saeed]

r9 290 for sure, the 290x will only really pull away at extreme resolutions ie 4K, at 1080p you may only see about a 5% difference at most. Save yourself the money and get the 290, although be aware that cryptocurrencies have pushed the prices up by a lot in the US (For the higher end AMD cards)

i live in egypt, and i'm getting a gigabyte windofrce r9290, it costs only about 470$ and the same version of the 290x would cost 150$ more, so it's a really really good price compared to others

 

[randomhkkid]

r9 290 for sure, the 290x will only really pull away at extreme resolutions ie 4K, at 1080p you may only see about a 5% difference at most. Save yourself the money and get the 290, although be aware that cryptocurrencies have pushed the prices up by a lot in the US (For the higher end AMD cards)

i live in egypt, and i'm getting a gigabyte windofrce r9290, it costs only about 470$ and the same version of the 290x would cost 150$ more, so it's a really really good price compared to others

Even better, go for it and save the $150

 

[Ahmed Saeed]

r9 290 for sure, the 290x will only really pull away at extreme resolutions ie 4K, at 1080p you may only see about a 5% difference at most. Save yourself the money and get the 290, although be aware that cryptocurrencies have pushed the prices up by a lot in the US (For the higher end AMD cards)

i live in egypt, and i'm getting a gigabyte windofrce r9290, it costs only about 470$ and the same version of the 290x would cost 150$ more, so it's a really really good price compared to others

Even better, go for it and save the $150

so the gigabyte windofrce r9290 is a good choice?

 

[randomhkkid]

r9 290 for sure, the 290x will only really pull away at extreme resolutions ie 4K, at 1080p you may only see about a 5% difference at most. Save yourself the money and get the 290, although be aware that cryptocurrencies have pushed the prices up by a lot in the US (For the higher end AMD cards)

i live in egypt, and i'm getting a gigabyte windofrce r9290, it costs only about 470$ and the same version of the 290x would cost 150$ more, so it's a really really good price compared to others

Even better, go for it and save the $150

so the gigabyte windofrce r9290 is a good choice?

Yep, I've also heard good things about the MSI and sapphire versions

 

[Ahmed Saeed]

r9 290 for sure, the 290x will only really pull away at extreme resolutions ie 4K, at 1080p you may only see about a 5% difference at most. Save yourself the money and get the 290, although be aware that cryptocurrencies have pushed the prices up by a lot in the US (For the higher end AMD cards)

i live in egypt, and i'm getting a gigabyte windofrce r9290, it costs only about 470$ and the same version of the 290x would cost 150$ more, so it's a really really good price compared to others

Even better, go for it and save the $150

so the gigabyte windofrce r9290 is a good choice?

Yep, I've also heard good things about the MSI and sapphire versions

i have a gigabyte motherboard, and i always got gigabyte cards, but i may try sapphire on this one but i wanted to know whether it does cooling as good as the windforce versions and if it works perfectly on the gigabyte motherboard

 

[randomhkkid]

Any brand GPU will work with your gigabyte motherboard. From further reading the sapphire Tri-X cooler seems to be the best one out there, beating out the gigabyte windforce and the DCUII coolers.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7601/sapphire-radeon-r9-290-review-our-first-custom-cooled-290/4
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2364192