I need your help please for choose my new graphics card

[RVD]

really I am confused between sapphire r9 290x or sapphire r9 290
who is better r9 290x or r9 290

Is there a difference between r9 290x and r9 290???

[herulach]

theres a significant difference, 290x is the better card.

[Wa1lock]

Hey RVD

these cards are different in terms of the GPU. The R9 290 without x has a downgraded GPU and performs about 5 to 7 percent worse. So if your budget is big enough you should buy the R9 290X.

[Phage]

The real question is how big is your budget ?

[Bonebreaker777]

The difference is between they default core frequency: up to 947Mhz for R9 290 vs. up to 1000Mhz for R9 290x.

Further differences:
2560 Shaders + 160 TMUs + 64 ROUs for R9 290 vs. 2816 Shaders + 176 TMUs + 64 ROUs for R9 290x.

The above stated differences contribute to the already mentioned 5-7% dive in performance for the R9 290 as compared to R9 290x.

[andre451]

I've read in a review that the extra 5-7% in performance isn't worth the price difference between the two... but, it really depends on what you're willing to spend.

But good choice on the Sapphire, specially the Tri-X OC ones as they run cooler and perform better than most of their counterparts.

[Wa1lock]

Further differences:
2560 Shaders + 160 TMUs + 64 ROUs for R9 290 vs. 2816 Shaders + 176 TMUs + 64 ROUs for R9 290x.

That is the real difference.

@andre
The 290X is definitely not worth its price compared to the 290. The Sapphire Tri-X is real good, although I have not tried it myself I would recommend it.

[RVD]

Thanks for all the responses
let's do vote

number one : r9 290x
number two : r9 290

[flearider]

Thanks for all the responses
let's do vote

number one : r9 290x
number two : r9 290

well my gigabyte r290 should be here tue .. with waterblock .. so with that I should if I wanted to oc the 290 past a stock 290x and it's still cheaper than a 290x ..

[RVD]

all your opinion go to r9 290 right so i have to go to r9 290

[Wa1lock]

Its your decision if the 5 to 7 percent gain in performance is worth the extra money. You should mind that it is possible to overclock the R9 290X as well.

[andre451]

I initially had the Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290 and the Gigabyte Windforce OC R9 290 in my list, the Gigabyte is not as performant as the Sapphire but I personally prefer Gigabyte, and it was cheaper... Now I've neither of them...

Hey Wa1lock! Nice system! especially your internet pffff ahahah seriously what's that 6K about?

[Wa1lock]

Thank you
6K means 6000 kbit/s so basically my internet is really really bad.

I would personally take the Tri-X OC if I were you.

[flearider]

just to let you know the gigabyte r9 290 rocks big time (well compared to my old 5870)
only prob was installing water block one of the screw in's snapped on the Aqua Computer Kryographics so it's gone for rma and I'm on air ..

[RVD]

hey all please tell me the best is r9 290 without x right ????? or what ????????

[peterb]

hey all please tell me the best is r9 290 without x right ????? or what ????????

I think this was answered in the second post

theres a significant difference, 290x is the better card.

And subsequently expanded on by others in the thread