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this video is brought to you by NCI XCOM great technology selection and service 2015 was an awesome year for AMD and for value focus gamers that still want to reach that enthusiasts performance are right to look into the 390 x-series it fits perfectly well between the fury line and the lower Radeon cards so today we're taking a look at the Asus Strix 390x bossy that we think is properly priced at $400 which covers the affordable spectrum based on its raw performance let's check this out all right let's get some basic specs out of the way this is a Hawaii starka texture with an engine clock of 1090 megahertz memory speed of 6,000 megahertz and a whopping 8 gigabytes of gddr5 memory the disappointing part about these facts is that AMD decided to leave little room for overclocking asus was only able to push the 390 x by an extra 40 megahertz which isn't that much but what makes this card special over the competition is the inclusion of several asus exclusive technologies like Auto Xtreme that utilizes a completely automated fabrication process eliminating quality control issues and enhancing overall durability there's also super alloy to components which also enhances longitude II and can boost overclocking Headroom in extreme situations naturally there is a premium to pay here and the Strix OC is a good $15 more expensive than alternatives from power color and sapphire from a physical standpoint the Strix 390x looks exactly the same compared to the Asus r9 fury and the gtx 980ti the direct cu3 is a tried and tested stunning black and red design that's also up to tasks to cool the ridiculously hot hawaii core the GPU is 12.5 inches long so picking the right case to fit this card is highly advised the triple wing blade fans don't spin on idle or low load situations for totally silent operation what makes this card special is the beefier engineered copper based heat pipes that are in direct contact with the GPU core which speeds up the heat transfer and improves cooling the quick movement of heat also requires an expansive thin array to properly dissipate the heat hence the Strix larger footprint and just taking a quick peek we have a pair of 10 millimeter heat pipes backed up by two smaller 8 millimeter units for those wondering the Strix logo on the card side typically glows constantly and pulses when the Strix is overclocked the backlight looks gorgeous the Strix branding adds a nice look the back lights also includes a secondary stiffening plate to ensure that the PCB doesn't sag due to massive weight of the cooler and I mean it this is one heavy card as for power input the 390x takes an 8 plus 6 pin connector these features small LEDs which glow red to advise you of an unsuccessful power connection and white when the 8 plus 6 pin is properly attached for display output we have triple DisplayPort 1.2 1 HDMI 1.3 and a single dual link DVI as I mentioned earlier the hawaii-based Granada XT course does exhibit a significant amount of heat and from our tests you can see how much hotter it runs when compared to power color and sapphires 390x this is mainly because the fans don't kick in until the temperature hits 75 C and when they do the card maxes out at 82 see I have good news in terms of acoustic performance the Strix OC is ridiculously quiet but there is one thing to consider inductor whine it does show up during any game play but in menus where frame rates find themselves in the 200 frames per second plus level it does become apparent if you listen to it luckily silence reigns supreme when actually playing this is one power-hungry card and it's obvious that the cooler is doing some really hard work to cool the hot running GPU alright performance time let's take a look at some numbers as you can see the power color and the Strix OC are neck to neck in pretty much most of our 1440p tests and yet performing below the GTX 980 switching to 4k and the results are the opposite the Strix OC overtakes the 980 in the majority of our tests thanks to the more RAM and higher memory bandwidth the absolute best clock speed we were able to achieve with the Strix OC was around 11 20 megahertz through the GPU tweak software and from the results it does boost the performance a little bit so the Asus Strix 390x OC is one beautiful and well performing card especially for the price it certainly closes the gap between the fury axe and the other lower end offerings from AMD just be aware of the other issues that we talked about previously before picking one up thank you so much for watching this video make sure to go AMD on that like button on either with hurricane axe don't forget to subscribe for more similar content and we'll see you in the next one happy holidays