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God tier:
Sapphire
Okay tier:
?
Shit tier:
Msi, asus, gigabyte
Housefire tier:
Powercolor
XFX, HIS - ?
In another words - from which vendor i should buy new polaris card?
>>53790270
the best temps one with an aftermarket cooler
>>53790270
XFX is shit tier and HIS is pretty good from what I have heard.
DEViL :^)
>>53790344
be sure to power it with a Diablotek PSU :^)
>>53790270
Asus is in God Tier if you plan to watercool.
It stays in shit-tier for the included air-cooling though.
XFX is high tier in USA (lifetime warranty) and shit-tier everywhere else.
>>53790270
God tier:Sapphire
Top Tier:Asus (water cooling), XFX(US only), HIS
Okay tier:
Gigabyte
Shit tier:
Msi
Housefire tier:
Powercolor, diamond
>>53790290
This is a terrible idea, the 'best temps' card is likely to have the best stock cooler (likely at a premium)
If you're replacing the stock cooler, buy whatever has the best VRM setup.
msi, evga (i don't even buy nvidia) should be god tier
>>53790457
he said for polaris you naive fucking retard, read before you post you shill
I have an XFX, it's pretty fucking great
It's quiet and it's sturdy as a brick
>>53790270
Gigabyte and sapphire make the best AMD cards, you fucking faggots. They get the highest clocks and the lowest temperatures.
My 280x is overclocked to 1280mhz (had to flash a custom vBIOS with custom voltage). It never goes over 70c.
Why is sapphire so highly regarded?
>>53790397
Powercolor's PCS+ cards are pretty good.
Only their PCS+ cards though.
>>53790495
no one ever disagreed with sapphire, gigabyte is decent no need for you to be a dick
>>53790270
Okay tier: Sapphire
Decent tier: XFX
Noisy tier: Gigabyte
Overpriced tier: ASUS
Shit tier: Palit, Powercolor
Fucking-never-ever-again-shittiest-shit tier: MSI
>>53790527
RMA'd 2 of them, they lost my respect. i heard there are some really good PCS+'s but i didn't get any. their customer support is pretty good though
>>53790558
Bait tier: Your post.
ASUS is shit for AMD cards.
>hurr let's put a nvidia cooler on a amd card, fuck redesigning it so it works properly
>>53790582
that's what i thought, glad someone agrees
>>53790592
that's why we said they are only good if you do water cooling, please read before you shitpost
>>53790582
Shitposting tier: (You)
>>53790624
>we
>tripfag
>>>/leddit/
Sapphire AMD r9 290 is still on Amazon for £500 this is a fucking outrage considering they are charging £250 more for 1 more fan and cancerous clock speeds
>>53790397
Thanks doc
who ever makes the windforce cards are great. always go with windforce.
I have a powercolor radeon hd 7950 pcs+ card and had no problems so far (~3-4years)
Don't really know what to say, wether it's good or bad, since it just does its job
>>53791188
Gigabyte
>>53790488
>a brick
Just need clarification it's still work?
>>53790270
sapphire used to be shit until the 3xx series.
280x from sapphire actually melts because most chokes and vrms arent cooled at all, like not even a fucking heatsink.
Asus had good shit until radeon 2xx series.
Msi was shit until 3xx series. now its up there with Sapphire.
Gigabyte on the other hand has always always been good tho.
god tier: gigabyte
high tier: sapphire, MSI
shit tier.
everything else.
>>53791484
Yes, it works fine
I mean it feels like a brick, there's not wobble, no sag, it feels solid all the way through
>>53791545
Gigabytes current AMD lineup is full of voltage-locked cards with noisy dual-fan coolers, for some reason.
Sapphire's 290(X) cards were some of the best on the market, they really learned from their mistakes.
>>53791578
yup, i have a gigabyte 390, wish i got even powercolor
>>53791567
Just messin m80
>>53790518
Becouse they have great coolers (go compare the tri x and nitro cards with other vendors) for stock cards and appear to have a decent quality controll. / not many people complain about bad cards.
>>53792174
Would that really matter on a 300 series card? Since the fan is only used above 65C?
>>53792201
Definitely, if the heatsink is good then the fans can kick on later and when they do kick on, they can spin slower.
>>53790270
wait until they actually come out before tiering shit
anyway, for the 390(x) at least:
sapphire/msi are the best, with powercolor pcs+ close behind
gigabyte is the worst, due to a shitty cooler, locked voltages, and odd wake on shutdown issue
asus is also pretty bad since they love to cut costs by slapping nvidia coolers onto amd cards, and god help you if your card is defective and you need their customer service
everyone else is somewhere in the middle
>>53791062
there's a Sapphire r9-390 Nitro on amazon.co.uk for sub £300... what are you on about?
>>53790495
Gigabyte is terrible in 300 series, MSI took their place in the silent/OC department
>>53791062
Crypto-currency crazy like ethereum, caused all the R9 280x & R9 290x, and the 7990 go up in value and still hold value.
Look into the r9 390s with 8gb to fill the 290x void.
>>53792711
This, basically. Sapphire has the absolute best temps in 300 series and usually are good overclockers too, MSI makes the best 390/X for overclocking and their build quality is quite something (also best VRM cooling)
>>53790333
the fucks wrong with xfx m8
ive been using xfx cards for 6 years with no fucking problem
>>53793470
XFX makes the best cooler designs, their 200 series are some of the most beautiful GPUs I've ever seen
>>53793470
Only tier:
Sapphire,Powercolor
ok tier
everyone else
Everyone else reuses old cooling methods used on competitor card that don't work so well on the other,Sapphire makes new cooling methods with need which I thought was pretty cool with their vapor chamber cooling tech with the Vapor series/tri fan cooling.Powercolor's method with PSS+ is just having the most metal on a heat sink as possible and big ass fans to cool works but my god are the cards huge.
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>>53793509
EVGA GTX 460 is one of my favorite looking cards of all time. Such a clean design. Good marks for the old 9800 GT as well.
>>53793392
This is what I've heard as well. With Asus being shitty beyond all belief.
>>53794824
I can confirm that, using a MSI 390X right now, it's quiet and OC really well, although it can get pretty hot at times so I undervolted it. Running 1060/1600 with -69mv and temps have been fine
>>53790518
They dominate the workstation card market. When companies say they need a w9000 series they don't even say AMD, they say Sapphire
I managed to get a sapphire nitro 380 rather than an ASUS strix version. How much of a bullet did I dodge?
>>53791062
You missed the train mate, they were selling for $280 US+game in last summer and disappeared towards the new year.
>>53790356
only the best FOR the best
>>53790495
yeah I have a 390X sapphire tri-x that never goes above 72 C under full load.
>>53795298
Powercolor makes the ugliest cards
>>53790270
Your list structure is ass, try again
>>53794816
Shit there's one of these for $40
Is that a reasonable price? I might grab it
MSI has one of the best 390s you dipshit
God tier
nVidia
Shit tier
AyyMD
>>53798952
/thread
>>53797353
>Fermi
Only if it's winter where you are right now.
Why is everyone calling powercolor shit tier? Their R9 290 and 390 coolers are tied with Sapphire for the best out there.
Housefire tier:
AMD
>>53790270
and club3D?
>>53790270
>God tier:
Reference cards from a reliable vendor (Amazon; Newegg is okay but not as good about returns)
>Shit tier
Nonreference cards
Which model 380 should I get?
>>53790270
Powercolor, gigabyte, and msi are best
>>53800731
[spoiler]get a 390[/spoiler]
>>53800731
which one has the highest overclock?
>>53800663
>reference
Enjoy garbage temps and no overclocking you cuck.
>>53800731
That robot is pretty bad ass. Should get that one.
>>53790488
Same. My XFX 6950 has been solid for 5 years now.
g thinks MSI is shit tier? Do you faggots even know anything?
>>53800731
Where the fuck do you live where 380s are nearly 300 dollars
>>53794760
Thats a cool looking card. Reminds me of the old ATI cards with that red fan.
>>53790488
I have an xfx 7950 and it's very loud.
I hear Sapphire has really shit RMA service and I have heard of MSI and I think XFX upgrading your card when you RMA
>>53800731
Wait for Polaris 10.
I just had to be a ricer fuck and fall for the Asus meme. This PoS is horrifically loud and can't OC at all.
powercolor has shit customer service too
fuckem
>God tier
sapphire
>top tier
PCS+ power cooler, xfx
>okay tier
MSI, asus
>shit tier
gigabyte, everything else
>>53790270
my MSI 285 stays at 60'c at 50% fan speed on full load
>>53800452
>Housefire tier: AMD
you do realize that the only GPU ever to gain notoriety for actually catching on fire was first-gen Fermi, right?
GCN runs rather warm, but it's not even close.
>>53800650
Same company as Powercolor.
