XFX - AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - Black/Gray
Model: R9-390X-8DFR
SKU: 8278075
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So I had a dieing r9 270x from best buy and this was an upgrade from that and first let me say i got this card on an absolute steal from one of the coolest memebers of staff at best buy i've ever met and i can't thank the guy enough for hooking me up. I went to bestbuy looking to get the r9 390 and walked out with the 390x at the price i was looking to get the r9 390 at so i was naturally stoked. With that said i had to overclock it and i did and it's ranked in the top 102% for the overclock program i used to check the performance of the entire pc which is userbenchmark.exe and it benches everything on the pc and it will compare it against other computer's and it's running stable with the core clock at 1100mhz and the memory clock at 1700mhz with the core voltage at +56 and the power limit at +25% now than with all that said i used msi afterburner to figure out that overclocking method and it took alot of trouble shooting to come up with those figures this was not my first go around at overclocking so i knew what i was doing when i did it also did some reading on some similar over clocks before going into it so had a general idea of where i should be placing the overclock and and testing from there now i do suggest a few things to anyone looking to get this card first get a 850w power supply if you want to overclock this card i could go higher with my overclock but am limited by my power supply atm which is a 750w corsair cx750m which is a great powersupply for the money but i wish i had dished out the extra 20$ for the 850w now just for the extra power. but anyway the card overclocks awesome i'm not using the card for 4k gaming or anything of that nature i run three monitors 2 1080p lenovo 23" monitors and 1 47" vizio 1080p tv and it runs them flawlessly now with that said i game moderately but i will tell you i'm limited by my cpu in this build so some people my get better results than i have with that said my cpu is an amd 6350 so it's a 6 core cpu clocked at 4.2ghz on a 970 motherboard so it's also an older chipset with an ok cpu. but with all that said i got some good gaming results fire strike adverage score in three tests was 8847 now again this was only limited by my cpu which even the test states at the end of it. the next test i ran was tomb raider on ultra settings which gave me an fps of 24fps and didn't move from that so i'm not to sure if it's not optimized or what but moving on to something more real league of ledgends average fps was 321fps-245fps only dropping to 201fps in team on team fights was pretty impressive actually while streaming and diablo 3 i was adveraging 114-145fps everything maxed out even in HUGE fights on greater rifts and alot of explosions which looked INCREDIBLE my screens with this new card. all and all it doesn't have the performance of my little brothers gtx 980 kingpin edition but for almost 200.00 less than his card and im getting about the same fps as his card i think it was well worth the money amd still has some kinks to work out on drivers but i highly suggest this card if your looking for an upgrade. It is a big card but it is absolutely beautiful if you ask me but the photos speak for them self so enjoy included is a look inside my pc with the card installed and a proof of the overclock on msi afterburner.
Posted by Zach
Performs awesome for gaming, but you need to insure you have lots of space to keep it cool. It's very hot. I have mine in the ASUS M32BC-B01, and I needed to install an additional fan to pull the heat away from the card. Otherwise, it is a great card for the price point. Expect to play your games on their highest settings. A side note: Don't buy this card for the free "Dirt Rally" game on the box. AMD provides a URL in the box. The site asks for a code provided by Best Buy. Best Buy doesn't provide one and no one in the store has a clue. No free game to play on this awesome card.
Posted by Bobby
To start, when I bought one black friday 2015, I had planned to buy another one. But after a year, I still followed through with that plan. VR Ready? Technically. 4K Resolution? Yup 4K Gaming? Really Depends. Testing went through a couple phases. We have a few (4) custom built computers lying around. My wife has the 4k screen so we tossed it in hers first. Paired up with an i7-6700k and 16gb of ram. Running the editing software she uses on the two screens (1x4K, 1x1080p) seemed to have no problems. Cuttting down to just the 4k screen and running Wticher 3 max settings, things seemed to get a bit chunky and frame rates dipping into the teens. So it will get the 4k, but I don't think it will truly game at 4k on some of the more demanding games. Currently it lives in my rig. Asus 990FX r2.0, 32GB RAM @1866MHz, Fx-9370 @4.4GHz On the single card, 3DMark Fire Strike was receiving a score of 8720, Fire Strike Ultra got an overall 2735 ( For reference, Ultra lists Vive/Rift Minimum spec score of 2596. So technically the single card is enough to VR, but just barely. I mostly game on a BenQ 2K 144Hz monitor. I've been playing fallout 4, witcher 3, Skyrim, etc, maxing settings on 2K. With freesync enabled, I've held constant frames of 60Hz with no dip. Oculus rift was, as expected, toned way down, and till got some major frame rate drops if there was a lot of passive movement while looking around. Tossing in the second card, with crossfire enabled, Fire Strike/Ultra overall scores were 11,080 and 4338 respectively. As expected, graphics score basically doubles, physics score increase was next to nothing (10 points), combined score saw about a 70% gain, allowing for that roughly 60% gain on the overall score. Running Oculus, decent settings with no frame/chunky issues. Tossing the two into my wife's computer and we gamed for about 30 minutes at 4k with 30-40FPS. Some of my short comings on the scores are, of course, the DDR3 Ram and last gen AMD processor. Looking forward to seeing what gains I can get running with a Zen/Ryzen after they launch. All in all, a great GPU. Now that the 400s are out, great bang for you buck on the price. and the 8GB card can take just about anything you throw at it on it's own, two of them chews everything up.
Posted by Chris
Customers enjoy the excellent performance and impressive graphics capabilities of the AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card, finding it a significant upgrade for gaming at high settings, even across multiple monitors. While some users note the card's power consumption and potential for high temperatures under load, many appreciate its value for the price. The card's potential for noise and heat generation should be considered when planning a system build.