| Resolution Performance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1366x768 | 1600x900 | 1920x1080 | 2560x1440 | 3840x2160 |
| 10
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10
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10
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7.8
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6
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Overview
Radeon R9 390X MSI Gaming 8GB Edition is a Special Edition of AMD's High-End Radeon R9 390X, created by MSI.
Overclock: Central Unit
The Central Unit is now of 1100MHz, instead of 1050MHz.
Overclock: Memory Clock
The Operating Memory Clock is now of 1525MHz, instead of 1500MHz.
Frame Buffer
Untouched.
Cooling Solution
MSI’s Twin Frozr V Thermal Designs are equipped with Zero Frozr technology which was first introduced by MSI back in 2008. Zero Frozr technology eliminates fan noise in low-load situations by stopping the fans when they are not needed. Compared to other graphics cards, there is no continuous hum of airflow to tell you there’s a powerful graphics card in your gaming rig.
Performance
Benchmarks Indicate a 2% Performance Boost over the Reference Radeon R9 390X 8GB.
| Popular Game System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Min. | Rec. |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 44% | 4% |
| Borderlands 3 | 33% | 10% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 36% | 43% |
| FIFA 20 | 60% | 45% |
| eFootball PES 2020 | 50% | 29% |
| Gears 5 | 42% | 86% |
| Ghost Recon Breakpoint | 36% | 57% |
| Control | 29% | 4% |
| GreedFall | 52% | 9% |
| NBA 2K20 | 85% | 54% |
Warning for people that want to get this card that are running a 120-144hz monitor especially the 144hz monitors your gpu will force lock the memory clock to 1500MHz leading to the GPU Idle temps to be as high as 60 Celsius. This will also make the Maximum temps near to 92 Celsius. This is a warning to users of 120Hz and 144Hz. Even Nvidia users are having these problems with their cards also; but we are having it worse with higher temps. These cards are designed to start the fans at 60 Celsius only at 1% making them a whole lot worse. It is a good card but a bad one for 144hz monitors because of the temps. Playing Games like BF4, SQUAD any game that has to make the card work full time will lead to near 90 Celsius gaming for the cards
Buddy i thought msi has best cooling
Thank you man.I have R9 380x with 144hz and i was wondering why it is running sooo hot.Now i know why…My memory is really stuck at 1500Mhz (I have OC''ed it to 1500).Any ideas how to fix it?
will my cpu bottleneck this card?
No…
the core and mem clocks are different from the msi gaming app. silent mode 1050/1500 gaming mode 1080/1500 overclock mode 1100/1525 my actual bandwidth on default was 384 O.o
I think that I'll stay on a 1080p res for a bit, and maybe go fr a 1440p in 6 months or so. Now, do you guys think that I should go for a 390x or a GTX 970? Damn choices… argh
For 1080p, the 970. For 1440p, the 390X. If you're planning on upgrading to 1440p later I'd say go for the 390X, it's extra memory and bandwidth will help you there. That said, they'll still both perform around equal, so go for the best deal.
Thanks a lot bro, I huess I'll monitor the prices of the 1440p screens and see from there then. Than you for the help :)
No problem, I've just noticed as well that your PSU is likely not powerful enough for a 390X. 970 may be the way to go.
From what I understood, being a gold quality PSU, it is not supposed to be a problem. Thanks for the insight :)
Update (19/06/2015): This Graphics Card is now Correctly Ranked!
I think this is more than 3% faster than my GTX 970. Isn't it?
it's 12% faster than your 970
But shows only 2% to me.
The Reference R9 390X is only around 2-3% fast than GTX 970, at 1920x1080, which is the resolution for the default rank.
For other comparisons, refer to the scores on other resolutions.
Yeah at 1440p the 390x performs similar to the gtx 980
