AMD Radeon R9 390
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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.
**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)
Driver support is dicey but there are custom …
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.
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.
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