Hmm, but wouldn't you think it's wise to find out if the product your stress-testing would be able to manage the workload so you can assure it'll last for at least 4-years :\ (The 2-year cutoff is probably when the product begins to show problems)?
Also would stress-testing void warranty...
Now waiting for the arrival of my XFX-R9-390 (model: R9-390P-8DF6).
When it does come I want to perform a stresstest to ensure it's stability (which is something i've never done before). I've had experienced a couple of bad video cards that crapped out eventually, but this time I paired my...
:o I thought it was the other way around.
It's just i've been on ATI's side for quite some time, due to miserable experiences using an Nvidia card. I guess i'd go that route because my power supply is capable of handling it. Infact it's nearly the same amount of power my HD7850-2GB uses...
Understood. :thumbsup:
But now my concern is for the power consumption of the card.
This is because my PSU is the Corsair HX520 which is about 7-yrs. old. I'm planning on specifically getting the Sapphire version of the R9 390, because it has the best cooling (literally no review mentioning it...
If indeed the card is (let's just say) trash :'(, there is always that opportunity to "bake" it :cool:.
At first I thought it was a hoax, but I tried it out myself recently and it brought my HD 7850 2GB back to life. This was after struggling with the boot-process and after downgrading my...
My current Rig:
Mainboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX
CPU: Intel i5 3470 @3.2GHz
GPU: MSI 7850 2gb
RAM: Kingston 8gb DDR3 @1333MHz
I'll be primarily upgrading my GPU to a Radeon R9 390 and was wondering if anything in my current rig would bottleneck this new GPU upgrade?
I'm also considering on upgrading...
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