i got my on april 2014 RM1.5K Sapphire R9 290X Vapor X

but performance aint old. love my tri-x 290 now.
the only thing to do now is to find rubber and fix the god damn shroud noise 

hm.. Seller in Malaysia(NOT all of them) alot of them Jack up the price e.g. look at GTX Titan X RM4,xxx+  this is before GST was implemented... is on Lynet NEWSUpdate... if they give out the usual excuses "US Currency Exchange Fluctuation" (even so distro got it goods from china and all product produce in China "feel so suspicious/greedy") it shouldn't be more RM3.9K  AND if Nvidia recommend 999USD does not mean Seller not getting it % cut with selling of base recommended price...
http://www.lowyat.net/2015/03/nvidia-gefor...ore-than-rm-4k/

And for your info AMD always Present  a better competitive price over it's competitor... e.g. GTX 980 and R9 290 performance only 6-9FPS or some game no difference...  but in price... is 100usd - 250usd difference...

but performance aint old. love my tri-x 290 now.
the only thing to do now is to find rubber and fix the god damn shroud noise 

. Shroud noise? Whats the problem with your card?

for tri-x 290 i got 3dMark score=5436 Firestrike extreme

is that ok result?

for tri-x 290 i got 3dMark score=5436 Firestrike extreme

is that ok result?

for tri-x 290 i got 3dMark score=5436 Firestrike extreme

is that ok result?

Freesync monitor have refresh rate window from 40hz.  Within the Variable refresh rate (VRR) window, the freesync works flawlessly.  But thing get really different between freesync and g-sync when the frame rate drop below the vrr window.  When fps drop below 40, you'll get the classic stuttered like any other non vrr monitor.  In g-sync, they implement the frame interpolation (frame duplicating/doubling/tripling), if the FPS drop below VRR window.  For example, if the fps is at 30, g-sync monitor will refresh the panel at 60hz, while it g-sync module buffer the fps by doubling it to match the refresh rate.  If the fps at 20, the panel will refresh at 60hz, the g-sync buffer will triple the fps.  The g-sync module will keep the panel to refresh at the VRR window, at any fps without odd frames that mismatch the refresh rate.

It is still unknown why freesync unable to do frame doubling, the fact that VESA adaptive standard DP1.2a+ white paper have frame doubling technology too if the fps drop below vrr window.  My speculation is, the lack of asics/frame buffer in panel scaler to achieve what g-sync can achieve.  I do think this can be done in the GPU buffer itself. Maybe lack of mature drivers?

However, if fps shoot above VRR window, freesync have the option to have v-sync on or v-sync off. While nvidia g-sync will force v-sync on (cap fps) at maximum panel refresh rate.

List of freesync panel and its VRR window.

Do you think my built in R7 on my A10 7850K can play games like Witcher 3 and GTA V?

hey i play GTA V i exp good 50FPS + Average in 4K with my R9 290X Trix/Vapor Crossfire  so im guessing if i own Freesync LCD i would Greatly Benefit from the tech right    ?  check out review comparison of GTX980 Sli/ Titan X/ R9 295X2  on 1440p R9 295x2 may get  last of it MORE Expensive competitor.. but on 4K it get First... x not bad for Old timer ?

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/04/20/...mance_preview/3

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Do you think my built in R7 on my A10 7850K can play games like Witcher 3 and GTA V?

Do you think my built in R7 on my A10 7850K can play games like Witcher 3 and GTA V?

Do you think my built in R7 on my A10 7850K can play games like Witcher 3 and GTA V?

AMD's next-generation GPU family, which it plans to launch some time in 2016, codenamed "Arctic Islands," will see the company skip the 20 nanometer silicon fab process from 28 nm, and jump straight to 14 nm FinFET.