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BEST R9 290 GPU as far as $/heat management

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  • Heat
  • Management
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August 1, 2014 1:48:33 PM

Really wondering what you guys think is the best r9 290? who has the best "after mkt" heat controlling methods as the board gets hot, from what i read it seems to be the biggest issue with the board. From the home work I've done I decided to go with the 290 vs 770 or the more expensive 780 (not worth the extra funds for the results, I'm only worried about the AMD drivers vs Nvidia drivers)
Lastly, does it make sense to buy the "Over clocked models vs stock speed"

Thanks

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August 1, 2014 1:59:12 PM

sebastian869 said:
Really wondering what you guys think is the best r9 290? who has the best "after mkt" heat controlling methods as the board gets hot, from what i read it seems to be the biggest issue with the board. From the home work I've done I decided to go with the 290 vs 770 or the more expensive 780 (not worth the extra funds for the results, I'm only worried about the AMD drivers vs Nvidia drivers)
Lastly, does it make sense to buy the "Over clocked models vs stock speed"

Thanks



The best is probably the sapphire tri-x/vapor-x cooled version, with the asus directCU2 coming in second.

The gigabyte and msi aftermarket designs are good but a notch below the above two.


There are other brands but IMO I tend to like to stay with the big dogs listed above.

Too bad EVGA doesn't do amd... =(

August 1, 2014 2:01:31 PM

What he said:) 
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