I am upgrading from an AMD 6850 to an R9 390 Nitro for $310, is this good? I run dual monitors but only game on one display.
My budget is no more than $350
>AMD
>>51983225
Yes. You made a good choice.
Thread is over
Yes it is completely fine in every way. There is not a better choice. Next time you have a question, go to >>>/wsr/.
>>51983225
Probably overkill, but good enough deal to avoid buying another anytime soon.
That'll be a great purchase. You can probably find it for less than that though.
r9 390s were on sale for $240 during black friday
>>51983247
>ironic shitposting
>>51983274
>Next time you have a question, go to >>>/wsr/.
>Asking for help in finding an image or the source of an image, or more of a certain kind of image.
>Asking for photoshop requests.
>Asking for recommendations for a new anime or TV series to watch, or a new manga or comic series to read.
>Asking for tech support or help with your homework.
>All threads I don't like go to >>>/wsr/
Are you retarded?
Is your room temperature already above 20C?
If so, no need for extra heating.
>>51983225
>upgrading from one piece of shit to a different piece of shit
Why don't you do yourself a favor and save up for a few more months and actually invest in something proper
The 390 and 390X are just overclocked and overvolted 290's and 290X's, and as a result, are power-hungry and run hot, they're not bad for an easy 8 gig card, but you're paying an awful lot for an old GPU that's consuming more juice, and the GPU itself will bottleneck any game that actually calls for more than 4 gigs of RAM as mandatory
Stash $100 somehow and wait for baseline Fury's to hit the $450 point, they'll be the ultimate bang-for-buck AMD card at that point, and it'll happen relatively soon, since Sapphire's just started the non-reference PCB versions, and other manufacturers are bound to follow
>>51984194
http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/sapphire-r9-390-nitro-8gb-review/20/
Maxes at 71C whilst 980 ti gets close to hitting 90.
So nice maymay
>>51984228
like...?
i bought mine for $330 3 months ago and have no regrets. good choice op
go with powercolor 390 same card but cheaper and 2 year warranty cant go wrong
That's not how you measure heat output you simpleton. It's how much power the card consumes not how crappy the cooler is.
I have the exact same card. I have no complaints. The highest temperature I reached was 50c running black ops 3 on max at 1080p.
>>51983225
A 970 will give you less headaches with multi-monitor and independent monitor set-ups and better performance at 1080p.
>>51985707
>there are people this stupid on /g/
>>51985734
Hard to determine if he's stupid or just another shill.
>>51985734
>niggers don't check google to see the headaches Radeon cards causes when using more than one monitor
Simply from a user-experience POV, the 970 is better.
>>51983276
Not true, I have a 390x that struggled with skyrim with mods. 1080p.
>>51986972
And I have an A10-6700+R7 270, and run several hundred mods, along with multiple ENB's and still hit 50fps.
Seems you're just shit at modding skyrim.
970 is $260 from evga b-stock and outperforms the 390 easily. If all you do is game at 1080p or 1440p it's the way to go.
970 or 390 simply comes down to which one has the best price when you buy.
otherwise 390 if they're the same.
Also, there's currently a bug in AMD drivers that causes GPUs to clock up to 3D clocks when used in multi monitor configurations, something to consider if your electricity bill is a concern.
>>51987028
Suggestions? Current enb is project enb. I see 45 to 50, and fairly heavy lag when I even look at some things, like the wall behind the sky Forge (jk's skyrim)
>>51983225
just buy a 6970
>tfw current gen GPUs are too shitty to cope with shittily optimized games
>>51985028
It's cheaper, but takes up 3 slots instead of the 2 the Sapphire does. Also the base clock is lower. I like the look of the Sapphire card more than the PCS+, but that's just me. Powercolor's fans look like they're barely hanging on. Powercolor does have full cover waterblocks from EKWB though.
>>51987067
That and if you decide to SLI/Crossfire down the road. 4k/triple monitor setups will benefit a lot more from the 390's 8GB than the 970's 3.5GB.
>>51983225
Im in the exact boat as you. And the only reason I am doing it is for FO4 - which I think is a terrible reason.
>>51984194
it doesn't get that hot. my setup has 100% stock cooling and it very rarely goes above 60c under load
>>51983367
where, i searched all UK, EU websites without finding any.
>>51983225
DESU senpai wait for a sale. BEFORE Black Friday I got an MSI Twin Frozr R9 390 for under $300, I think around $280 or so. Wait for the price to slip after Christmas sales.
Pic related my fresh rig only a month old
>>51987048
bad bait 0/3.5
>>51983225
why don't you game on two displays?
>>51983225
yes its a good upgrade
>>51983225
Yes it is a good card, proud owner here can say its a beast at 4K and any of Nvidia's shite offerings such as the 3.5GB retard card cannot compete.
>>51992617
Of course you aren't going to find them at that price, gotta pay tax to help the refugees :^)
Jew I mean jet.com has the less desirable 390s for as low as $230 still with coupons. Prices fluctuate a lot so wait a few days.
>>51983466
>tech support
>>51992617
I think I saw one for $240 but it was the Gigabyte edition that had terrible reviews. It would apparently wouldn't let computers shut down properly.
>>51987048
>b-stock
killyourself
>>51984344
>The 390 and 390X are just overclocked and overvolted 290's and 290X's
I can't wait until we start hearing about 390s breaking left and right because they're clearly abusing the chip.
>>51987048
>posts a graph that shows 970 clearly being the lowest performer
>recommends a 3.5gb, more expensive card over a better 390
OK KID
