iirc right after christmas is a good time to buy gpu's
CPU shouldn't bottleneck the GPU in 99% of the cases especially since you run on an i5. As for the the PSU, usually 700w should be plenty enough.Kert wrote:
Thanks for the info guys, this is really helpful.
I noticed there are some extreme sales sometimes like R9 390 sold for around 230$. I'd totally buy this one instead for such price
Will my CPU bottleneck this one? Or my 700w psu?
you can't just read 'i5' and assume this, the i5-2320 is rather old. Totally a serviceable gaming chip this day and age, but paired with something like an r9 390 it's bound to throttle performance a bit.abraker wrote:
CPU shouldn't bottleneck the GPU in 99% of the cases especially since you run on an i5. As for the the PSU, usually 700w should be plenty enough.Kert wrote:
Thanks for the info guys, this is really helpful.
I noticed there are some extreme sales sometimes like R9 390 sold for around 230$. I'd totally buy this one instead for such price
Will my CPU bottleneck this one? Or my 700w psu?
I have no experience with PowerColor but that 290 was a nice pick, I still run my 280x and can run any game I want at max settings, even with 3 monitors connected. Your cpu and psu shouldn't bottleneck anything unless you want to crossfire in the future, for now you should be set!Kert wrote:
Bought a PowerColor R9 290 (reference) from gpushack for whooping 234$ (-10$ discount and 25$ shipping included)
Let's see how loud and hot it will be : D
(not yet arrived)
It's not supposed to be brand new.- Milhofo - wrote:
How does a brand new cooler come like that? That was really unfortunate
You should've just gotten a 750 tiKert wrote:
Yeah great
I got it today just to see its broken and dusty cooler
I have no words for now.
I can't see where that conclusion comes from but it makes no sense lolBrokenArrow wrote:
Just another incident that clearly proves that Nvidia > AMD
Happy for you!Kert wrote:
Alright.
I received my precious replacement R9 290X. It's clean, looks pretty new, no scratches e.t.c.
I've tested a few games and the results are like this (everything on Ultra 1920x1080):
Divinity Original Sin - 95-120fps
Alan Wake - 80+ fps
Dishonored - 120 fps
Watch_Dogs - 35-50fps (blame ubisoft)
Btw it's not even exactly that loud as most people say. I can't hear it behind 5 case coolers I have.
Idle temperature is around 63C and under load it goes upto 90-95C depending on the game.
ohohohohoho kertwaii's gonna play graphic-oriented games at last
Kert wrote:
Alright.
I received my precious replacement R9 290X. It's clean, looks pretty new, no scratches e.t.c.
I've tested a few games and the results are like this (everything on Ultra 1920x1080):
Divinity Original Sin - 95-120fps
Alan Wake - 80+ fps
Dishonored - 120 fps
Watch_Dogs - 35-50fps (blame ubisoft)
Btw it's not even exactly that loud as most people say. I can't hear it behind 5 case coolers I have.
Idle temperature is around 63C and under load it goes upto 90-95C depending on the game.
ohohohohoho kertwaii's gonna play graphic-oriented games at last
both idle and charge temps looks pretty high, especially idleKert wrote:
Idle temperature is around 63C and under load it goes upto 90-95C depending on the game.