Sold my 770 for a 290. Waste of money?

[Djentleman]

I just sold my 770 for the 290 because i play BF4 and want a little more power.
Was it a waste.
Opinions pls

 

[rolandzhang3]

That's really up to how you decide whether or not it was worth it, the 290 is much more powerful than the 770 and will perform great in BF4, it's a nice investment to be honest. The 290 runs pretty hot so personally I would have waited for a non reference cooling design before getting one if I were you.

 

[Djentleman]

That's really up to how you decide whether or not it was worth it, the 290 is much more powerful than the 770 and will perform great in BF4, it's a nice investment to be honest. The 290 runs pretty hot so personally I would have waited for a non reference cooling design before getting one if I were you.

I really don't mind sound.
I have good cooling with my HAF case.
I'm just wondering.
I'm looking at benches, and it's about 11-20% faster than the 770. If i overclock will this gap get significantly larger?

 

[rolandzhang3]

Haha of course it'll get larger, check this video

Even so, AMD considers it normal that the cards runs over 90 degrees celcius, but it's alot of performance for its price

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw&feature=player_detailpage&v=9k5_f_gsxJw#t=465

 

[Djentleman]

Haha of course it'll get larger, check this video

Even so, AMD considers it normal that the cards runs over 90 degrees celcius, but it's alot of performance for its price

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw&feature=player_detailpage&v=9k5_f_gsxJw#t=465

Oh wow, it cr@pped on the 770.
Is it true though? Will the card be okay for about 3 years running at 90+C?

 

[rolandzhang3]

I'd be pretty worried about that especially over 3 years, you could always sell the current one off and replace it with a non reference cooled one in a few weeks when they come out though

 

[Djentleman]

I'd be pretty worried about that especially over 3 years, you could always sell the current one off and replace it with a non reference cooled one in a few weeks when they come out though

Hmm. I know it's kinda worrisome.
AMD would know better than me though.
What about buying an after market cooler when they come out?

 

[rolandzhang3]

You'd have to modify the card, take off the shroud etc if you wanted to go for that option. I'd just wait for ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI etc to come out with a better cooling design and swap out for that

 

[Djentleman]

You'd have to modify the card, take off the shroud etc if you wanted to go for that option. I'd just wait for ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI etc to come out with a better cooling design and swap out for that

Just figured out that the card i bought has the iron egg policy.
So i can return it before the 31st of january and get a full refund and only have to pay shipping.
So i will definitely do this.
Maybe get a gigabyte or MSI card.

 

[rolandzhang3]

Yep , should be out by then

 

[monsta]

I'm confused, that review shows the 780 at the top of every game benchmark they tested, I thought the 290X was faster?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw&feature=player_detailpage&v=9k5_f_gsxJw#t=465

 

[rolandzhang3]

Those benchmarks are all run using overclocked cards, since the 290 cards are so bloody hot right now there isn't much overclocking headroom I'd assume

 

[monsta]

Oh yeah you are right, they are overclocked, interesting results tho, the 780 showed some impressive results.

 

[rolandzhang3]

That would make the arrival of the 780 Ti all the more interesting 😀

 

[monsta]

I'm looking forward to that

 

[Djentleman]

Got the 290.
There are 3 things wrong with it.
1: Coil whine
2: Can't overclock; start throttling
3:It came with a rip on the box.

Otherwise this card is a beast and is LOUD.
I get about 80fps average in bf4 ultra.

 

[rolandzhang3]

Coil whine is pretty normal for a GPU, the card runs at 95 degrees, there is basically no overclocking headroom too. It's priced competitively for a reason 😀