Holy shit batman, this card is kickass! I just installed it my new X99S build.
First of all, when it was delivered from Amazon, the box was super heavy. I was like what the hell is their a dead body in there? LOL Seriously this thing is at least 8-10lbs. I had to get a forklift to drop it in the chassis.
This is very impressive, huge heat sinks, 3 large fans, a nice solid backplate. Very well made. The packaging stunned me. I thought there was a rolex watch in there. LOL
A really cool wooden type box, and two trays pop out. Very elegant.
And the lights, holy shit the lights are kick friggen sweet as hell. It matches my MSI X99S AC perfectly. Will get some pics of it later and post it here.
For any upset Nividia 970 owners, this would be the perfect card. I can't believe I got this for $349. I can see why it was $700 at launch. Worth every penny of what I paid.
Lets talk drivers. I don't understand why people always still say AMD drivers are crappy. That was an issue several years ago, they rectified the problem with better developers, implementing quality control. The drivers are just fine, so quite making that excuse people.
I still can't believe the Nivia fiasco with the GTX 970. I actually almost got one, when the news broke. Its been a crazy week. Nvidia is, well, not sure what to say, but treating your customers like this is un-forgivable. We remember shit like this. The average Joe user who doesn't care, they buy the low end $100 cards. We buy the expensive cards, the expect the card to perform without issues.
Anyways, if your looking for a new card, then get the MSI 290x Lightning. Just wait until well after the 390x comes out, wait until prices go down some. Don't worry, the 290x will will last you a good while.
First of all, when it was delivered from Amazon, the box was super heavy. I was like what the hell is their a dead body in there? LOL Seriously this thing is at least 8-10lbs. I had to get a forklift to drop it in the chassis.
This is very impressive, huge heat sinks, 3 large fans, a nice solid backplate. Very well made. The packaging stunned me. I thought there was a rolex watch in there. LOL
A really cool wooden type box, and two trays pop out. Very elegant.
And the lights, holy shit the lights are kick friggen sweet as hell. It matches my MSI X99S AC perfectly. Will get some pics of it later and post it here.
For any upset Nividia 970 owners, this would be the perfect card. I can't believe I got this for $349. I can see why it was $700 at launch. Worth every penny of what I paid.
Lets talk drivers. I don't understand why people always still say AMD drivers are crappy. That was an issue several years ago, they rectified the problem with better developers, implementing quality control. The drivers are just fine, so quite making that excuse people.
I still can't believe the Nivia fiasco with the GTX 970. I actually almost got one, when the news broke. Its been a crazy week. Nvidia is, well, not sure what to say, but treating your customers like this is un-forgivable. We remember shit like this. The average Joe user who doesn't care, they buy the low end $100 cards. We buy the expensive cards, the expect the card to perform without issues.
Anyways, if your looking for a new card, then get the MSI 290x Lightning. Just wait until well after the 390x comes out, wait until prices go down some. Don't worry, the 290x will will last you a good while.