Gigabyte R9 290X vs MSI R9 290X vs Sapphire R9 290X

[dtonycristian]

Hi there,
Please help me choose between:

Gigabyte R9 290X OC Winforce (price 470$)
vs
MSI R9-290X-GAMING-4G (price 504$)
vs
Sapphire R9 290X OC Tri-X (price 530$)

For reference in my place the smallest price for a 780ti is 770$.

Thank you

 

[Novuake]

And how much does the GTX970 go for?

The Tri-x is the better card, but its negligible. Save yourself 60$ to spend elsewhere and go for the Gigabyte.

 

[dtonycristian]

A 970 is 480$ but I can not use Nvidia because I use a software specialied in amd (not to mention about the limitations that Nvidia puts in gaming cards drivers so you can not use it in any software)

 

[dtonycristian]

And how much does the GTX970 go for?

The Tri-x is the better card, but its negligible. Save yourself 60$ to spend elsewhere and go for the Gigabyte.

What about MSI?

 

[Novuake]

Still a good card, really isn't much difference in the cards.

 

[dtonycristian]

Still a good card, really isn't much difference in the cards.

So I should not look at the waranty difference?

 

[Novuake]

Still a good card, really isn't much difference in the cards.

So I should not look at the waranty difference?

Depends on your own luck, personally I think 3 years is good. Don't all 3 these cards have the same warranty? 😛

 

[-Lone-]

I'd go with Gigabyte since they are usually one of the best GPU manufacturer, I wouldn't choose Sapphire because I was in a thread relating to the Sapphire 290x not working, not unless you under clock it, so you'd have to lower your card to get it to work. Luckily I chose Asus when I was in the decision of whether to go with Asus or Sapphire for my 295x2s, so that's what I heard and so far Asus has been great

 

[dtonycristian]

Still a good card, really isn't much difference in the cards.

So I should not look at the waranty difference?

Depends on your own luck, personally I think 3 years is good. Don't all 3 these cards have the same warranty? 😛

In my place I have 3 years for MSI, 3 for Gigabyte and only 2 for Sapphire.