r9 290x matrix and r9 290x platinum the same card ?

[Mike_149]

I have a year old r9 290x which is obv not the platinum edition, this card is discontinued but the platinum version has come out or replaced it, is this exactly the same card as the one I have and have they just called it platinum edition I wish to crossfire my r9 290x I have watercooling ready for a second card already.
Also will I have to change my 750w PSU ?


Thanks in advance

 

[jragonsoul]

I have a year old r9 290x which is obv not the platinum edition, this card is discontinued but the platinum version has come out or replaced it, is this exactly the same card as the one I have and have they just called it platinum edition I wish to crossfire my r9 290x I have watercooling ready for a second card already.
Also will I have to change my 750w PSU ?


Thanks in advance

Even if they aren't 100% the same model as long as it's a 290X card you should be able to CF just fine. I would not recommend running both with your 750. I think you need at least a 900, I would go with a 1000 though TBH. I know with my 390X @ stock speeds and my 2600k OC'd to 4.5ghz I was drawing 560 from the wall. I think another one would add roughly 300 more to the power drawn.

 

[Mike_149]

Thanks for your answer mate i have been told the r9 290x matrix is a completely different chip all together in size compared to other 290x and I have mine stupidly over clocked but stable with watercooling I'm running i7 3770k over clocked to 4.4ghz custom gpu loop and all in one cpu water-cooled unit I will deffo get a PSU after what you said, also I can not for the life of me find a 290x rog matrix like mine (non platinum edition) also why is it a 600 quid graphics card I got mine for 240 like 7 months ago

Thanks

 

[jragonsoul]

Thanks for your answer mate i have been told the r9 290x matrix is a completely different chip all together in size compared to other 290x and I have mine stupidly over clocked but stable with watercooling I'm running i7 3770k over clocked to 4.4ghz custom gpu loop and all in one cpu water-cooled unit I will deffo get a PSU after what you said, also I can not for the life of me find a 290x rog matrix like mine (non platinum edition) also why is it a 600 quid graphics card I got mine for 240 like 7 months ago

Thanks

Because the 390s were a refresh, with more memory than most 290s, and not a new card (Not knocking AMD, people forget Nvidia has been doing the same thing and the Fury's are totally new cards) and the 290s priced dropped way down but then went back up to a decent price. Now the price increase may be due to availability too though.

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