Hardware & Technical R290X, what can it do

robbiec

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With the AMD R390 series on its way in the next month or so, prices for the AMD R290s are pretty good and I picked up an Asus R290x last night for under £200 (happy days). I am also looking at moving to a 27" screen and am down to my final two, namely the QHD Asus MG279Q FreeSync or the UHD Asus PB279Q. Anyone running R290s at QHD or UHD? I am thinking that QHD (2560*1440) will be ok but is UHD (3840*2160) a step too far in ED?

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Thanks in advance for any replies
 
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adoredtv

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Elite will run ok in 4K - you'll need to drop a few settings though - but I'd be tempted to go for the FreeSync monitor anyway.
 

robbiec

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QHD seems to be the sweet spot right now from price / performance / value for money perspective. I'll get the MQ279Q and luxuriate in the extra desktop space and go UHD in a couple of years. Thanks for your reply. Enjoyed your YouTube channel as well, good job!
 

Zelos1983

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4k monitors will need more than one GPU. But the 290x is cheap, so you might as well get another one.

Personally, for new systems I would invest the money. Computers now tend to stick around for years to come.
 

robbiec

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It's not a new system, more of an incremental upgrade. £700 for a display upgrade is quite a lot :) Dual R290s would also need a new PSU to cope so add in say £160 for a nice PSU and another £200 for R290x and I'm over the grand mark which is a bit too much for me and that is before hassle with Crossfire configuration and driver issues. Lastly I am under water so GPU covers are £90 shipped each? With a dual setup I'd be hitting £1200 ... :p I like ED but not that much!
 
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Joe nose

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1 290X runs 3440x1440 fine for me, and looks great. I'm using SMAA and 1X Supersampling, with all else maxxed. With the last patch, I hardly ever dip below 60 fps including in stations and at RES.

Of course, I'm effectively running 1x 290X only because AMD have still not produced an E D crossfire profile. So my 295X2 gets better performance in single GPU mode.
 

robbiec

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Thanks Joe. Appreciate your feedback. The Asus R9 290X arrived today and I have an EK block arriving for it next week. So looking forward to some plumbing work :)
 

Zelos1983

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robbiec said:
Thanks Joe. Appreciate your feedback. The Asus R9 290X arrived today and I have an EK block arriving for it next week. So looking forward to some plumbing work :)
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E:D isn't hard on the GPU, so a single one should be enough for 4k. No worries.
For other games, you still need more than one.

Got some plumbing to do as well, I'm upgrading to a tripple Titan X setup.
 
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