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AMD Radeon R9 390

Physical Product · Graphics cards · 8 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/buildapc

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Pros

  • **Core i5 4690K** (easily doing 4,4 GHz stable aircooled with a hyper212 evo doing God’s work), **R9 390** (a real beast of a card) and everything the current age dictated.
  • R9 390 (a real beast of a card)
  • Also, keep in mind the R9 390 is more powerful than the RX 480, which is STILL usable for a lot of games.
  • O wow, I didn't realize the R9 390 held up so well! I figured I wouldn't have a problem but obviously it's been so long since I looked into all of this, I wasn't sure how much has changed compatibility wise. Thanks for the info!
  • 3 times. One success, an R9 390 I paid too much for, and was *just* out of warranty. I had nothing to lose by trying a reflow before throwing away $100. It worked. I was surprised, but happy.

Cons

  • my R9 390, which wasworking fine in windows, watched videos on yt and then when I launched any opengl or directX program it immediately killed the video signal.
  • Driver support is dicey but there are custom …

Sentiment

6 positive (75%) · 1 mixed (13%) · 1 negative (13%)

Trust + time weighted score: +55% · raw score 63%

What redditors said (8 of 8)

my R9 390, which wasworking fine in windows, watched videos on yt and then when I launched any opengl or directX program it immediately killed the video signal.
negative · u/g****s · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 2, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
**Core i5 4690K** (easily doing 4,4 GHz stable aircooled with a hyper212 evo doing God’s work), **R9 390** (a real beast of a card) and everything the current age dictated.
positive · u/g****s · r/buildapc · Feb 2, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
R9 390 (a real beast of a card)
positive · u/g****s · r/buildapc · Feb 2, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Driver support is dicey but there are custom …
mixed · u/S****8 · r/buildapc · comment · Jan 30, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗ · attribution unverified
Also, keep in mind the R9 390 is more powerful than the RX 480, which is STILL usable for a lot of games.
positive · u/S****8 · r/buildapc · comment · Jan 30, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
O wow, I didn't realize the R9 390 held up so well! I figured I wouldn't have a problem but obviously it's been so long since I looked into all of this, I wasn't sure how much has changed compatibility wise. Thanks for the info!
positive · u/B****2 · r/buildapc · comment · Jan 30, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
3 times. One success, an R9 390 I paid too much for, and was *just* out of warranty. I had nothing to lose by trying a reflow before throwing away $100. It worked. I was surprised, but happy.
positive · u/g****6 · r/buildapc · comment · Feb 4, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗
Yeah, that 8 GB of VRAM is still being sold on brand new graphics cards over a decade later so it's still somewhat capable. Just be sure to download the R.ID drivers for it if you actually do plan on playing games with it.
positive · u/A****g · r/buildapc · comment · Jan 30, 2026 · open on Reddit ↗

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