yep. nah, mine is the older revisions when 780 first came out. 3GB VRAM

I will go for 8gb 290x. No more 4gb.

mb u try go (or phone) lowyat plaza ask. I more familiar with former pczone, which been changed to viewnet. this wednesday i ask they said still got much stock from old old time, no one buyenthusiast card like lightning when it were priced 2.5k...

Czone I asked also got

(I specifically ask for MSI lightning, but i saw much of sapphire 290X, both 4GB or 8GB also)

This post has been edited by wongkoewei: Jan 26 2015, 10:34 PM

Actually I meant no more 4gb for me. Just buy 8gb since ps4 have 8gb vram and if ported to pc, need 8gb vram.

Furthermore gtx970 complain about 3.5gb. 4gb is so near.

then we only one one choice left Sapphire 290X 8GB vapor x

Yes that is our only choice

In case if you don't know the current price. Sapphire 290X Vapor X 8GB pricing in viewnet lowyat = RM1699 before bargaining

This post has been edited by wongkoewei: Jan 27 2015, 06:20 AM

Can you find out what is the lowest price?

lel sap sap water

but i rather waiting what 390X can do 2 fight back

4GB/8GB does not matter

if times are great,,,i might hop back 2 the red camp again

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Jan 27 2015, 09:59 AM

I ask about Lightning in online stores. All run out of stock.

Better go to Lowyat. Online store always run out of stock.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Jan 27 2015, 03:59 PM

Just a curious question, may I ask the reason behind of your decision of getting a 290X instead of wait for new gen or even newer GTX 980?

I think better go for lowyat yourself, if not u may phone them see see

I wish too, but concerning the potential astronomical power consumption, if i go for next gen, I don't think the card will be cheap plus a potential cost add-up of power supply unit will make the cost even higher. let say R9 390X cost RM2100 plus PSU at least need RM2700.

ooo.. so sad... I go click buy... then they cancel my order

I believe only 290X got 8GB. Unless I'm wrong... lol

yeah, gonna go komtar this weekend...

yeah. the only 8GB card in the world now are 290X (R9 295x2 are actually dual GPU card of two 290X, if i not mistaken Crossfired or Sli'ed card will not making effective VRAM double as both card need to have the required info input into both VRAM for maximum effect, so R9 295x2 are effectively 4GB card). Do you think 8GB card will make it more future proof? I realize that VRAM requirement of game recently has been increasing recently.

komtar? oh ya if u living near digital mall, u may ask around digital mall as some of the lowyat shop have their branch there.

PS4/Xbox One is 8GB RAM.

So yes, 8GB is the only gfx card that is future proof.

I live in Penang unfortunately. Here people are very lauyah.

although most review telling me other wise that even 4K gaming will not make use of all 4GB VRAM, but my logic telling me otherwise. all the 8GB card review here show nothing like GPU and VRAM usage and i'm not sure if any scenario of 4GB VRAM being stressed.

One question to ask all pros here, what exactly will HBM impact on the actual performance of card as I'm not sure that current gen 512bit bandwidth has been 100% utilized. if 512bit GDDR5 are yet to be fully utilize, will HBM make any difference? like PCIe 2.0 and 3.0 debate, most result shows that the difference are minimal as most of the card around are not even fully utilize PCIe 2.0 let alone 3.0. Will the same logic applies to the momory bandwidth in GC?

Penang Lang wor... Penang good, got LGE LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and most important , got very nice FOOD!!!!!

Even if future games may require big VRAMs. 4GB VRAM is sufficient simply by lowering the texture settings