Vengance_01
Supreme [H]ardness
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2001
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I have had my 290 Reference based card for 2-3 years now. After taking a break from gaming, I am starting to get the itch again. Been playing Doom and with the new Vulcan API 1440P max out runs smooth enough for me(50-85FPS) but the poor card gets pushed. I can keep it from throttling, but I had to create a custom fan profile and this thing is super loud. Performance wise the card is still pretty good. So I have 2 options
If I can find a Hydro Series HG10 A1 + a cheap and used Corsair H50 etc.. for about 60-75$ total which will give me the noise levels that I want, Should be able to hit 1050 to 1100 on the core to give me a small boost, or do I try and sell the card due to mining craze and grab a used 1070 with a better heatsink to keep noise and temps in check. BTW I can't use any Vega cards as my monitor is a DVI-DL based 1440P Korean IPS monitor. All the cards I have seen on Vega do not have a DVI port. All current Nvidia cards do. The specs of my system are below. Please don't preach me on I need to upgrade my system first. I know the 2500K is getting long in tooth. Yes I know but I am waiting for the next revision to the Zen lineup aka 2018. I will do a complete system overall then minus the GPU.
Specs
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16GB DDR3
SSD Boot Drive
If I can find a Hydro Series HG10 A1 + a cheap and used Corsair H50 etc.. for about 60-75$ total which will give me the noise levels that I want, Should be able to hit 1050 to 1100 on the core to give me a small boost, or do I try and sell the card due to mining craze and grab a used 1070 with a better heatsink to keep noise and temps in check. BTW I can't use any Vega cards as my monitor is a DVI-DL based 1440P Korean IPS monitor. All the cards I have seen on Vega do not have a DVI port. All current Nvidia cards do. The specs of my system are below. Please don't preach me on I need to upgrade my system first. I know the 2500K is getting long in tooth. Yes I know but I am waiting for the next revision to the Zen lineup aka 2018. I will do a complete system overall then minus the GPU.
Specs
[email protected]
16GB DDR3
SSD Boot Drive