What are you planning on doing? as far as the applications you'll use. Gaming or Editing?
Pretty much strictly gaming 😛
The AMD cards are beautiful for DX11.2 apps. so are nVidia's cards. whatever you prefer really. I would use the AMD card simply because i have it and it works beautifully.
I haven't had any, i have the 290X version of this card and the only heat it has emitted has been when i OC'd it to see what i could do lol.
I have the 280X, 280, and 270X versions of this card and they all perform very well.
Best of luck,
~J
I haven't had any, i have the 290X version of this card and the only heat it has emitted has been when i OC'd it to see what i could do lol.
I have the 280X, 280, and 270X versions of this card and they all perform very well.
Best of luck,
~J
I've heard there have been heat problems with this card?
Those are with the reference model (the blower type cooler from AMD is absolutely horrible). The Gigabyte Windforce cooler should be able to cool that card easily.
I've heard there have been heat problems with this card?
I've read about similar issues the the r9-280x Windforce edition. The secret to keeping GPUs cool is a case with a VGA side panel fan. Without that, your high-end GPU will run hot regardless!!
I personally would go with a SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC 100361-2SR Radeon R9 290X 4GB. And yes, you will literally max out all settings with your CPU and a r9-290x GPU. I mean all settings, 8x MSAA and x16 AF included! Happy gaming!
I've heard there have been heat problems with this card?
Those are with the reference model (the blower type cooler from AMD is absolutely horrible). The Gigabyte Windforce cooler should be able to cool that card easily.