PowerColor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ 8GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

3
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Primed for 1440p gaming, Silent when idle, 8GB framebuffer, Bulletproof build quality
Matches GTX 970 performance, Overclocked out of the box, Fans turn off in idle, Fan settings are well optimized, but the card is still too noisy in gaming, Backplate included, Support for AMD FreeSync, Supports AMD Virtual Super Resolution and Framerate T...
Decent Performance, Relatively Quiet, 8GB Memory, Competitive Pricing

Cons:

Not energy efficient, Takes up three slots
Two inches thick and nearly a foot long, Not powerful enough for highdetail 4K gaming, Much powerhungrier than competing Nvidia cards

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Last revision on January 11, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Primed for 1440p gaming, Silent when idle, 8GB framebuffer, Bulletproof build quality
Matches GTX 970 performance, Overclocked out of the box, Fans turn off in idle, Fan settings are well optimized, but the card is still too noisy in gaming, Backplate included, Support for AMD FreeSync, Supports AMD Virtual Super Resolution and Framerate T
Decent Performance, Relatively Quiet, 8GB Memory, Competitive Pricing

Reviewers Didn't Like

Not energy efficient, Takes up three slots
Two inches thick and nearly a foot long, Not powerful enough for highdetail 4K gaming, Much powerhungrier than competing Nvidia cards
Higher power draw than competing NVIDIA cards, 8 GB VRAM provides no benefit, Small overclock out of the box, Very high power consumption in multimonitor and Bluray playback, Memory not overclocked, Tripleslot cooler takes up extra space, Lack of HDMI 2.0
Based On 2013 GPU

Expert reviews and ratings

In the real world, very few people have £500 available to burn on a new graphics card. The sub £300 market is where the action really heats up – with manufacturers vying to deliver the best performing product at the best possible price.The PowerColor...

By Kitguru.net on November 13, 2015

With 8GB of memory and performance that sometimes bests the GeForce GTX 980 for way less, PowerColor's PCS+ R9 390 is a great value-oriented AMD option for gaming at anything less than 4K resolution. Read...

By Computer Shopper on July 31, 2015

AMD's approach to new generations of graphics processors has been different for the past two generations. The Radeon R9 200 series initially saw the introduction of just one silicon, codenamed "Hawaii," which drove the company's previous flagship R9...

By techPowerUp! on July 01, 2015

AMD understands that it needs a solid presence at every key price point. £250 or so has always bought decent performance that while a step or two below the very best, is still the one to go for if value is a concern.PowerColor rides on the Radeon R9...

By HEXUS.net on November 17, 2015

PowerColor’s R9 390X PCS+ has all the makings of an excellent graphics card. It is fast, well priced, boasts a great looking cooling solution and slots in perfectly between NVIDIA’s GTX 970 and GTX 980 while boasting significantly more memory than...

By Hardware Canucks on August 11, 2015

Today we took a look at the PowerColor PCS+ R9 390 8GB graphics card. This card is great for gaming at resolution 2560x1440. While AMD markets the R9 390 series as affordable graphics card for 4K/UHD gaming, you will not enjoy 30+ FPS with maximum...

By Fudzilla on July 08, 2015

It has been a wild few weeks, and a pretty busy start of the summer alright. We are seeing some intersting and less interesting product and as such this conclusion will be close to other 390 series reviews we have written. Powercolor has got their...

By Guru of 3D on July 01, 2015

PowerColor brings a strong package to the race with its PCS+ R9 390 8GB card. As with the R9 380 I just looked at, the R9 390 is offered with a tweaked and tuned Hawaii-based core that allows it to offer up a nice level of performance. In many cases it...

By Overclockers Club on June 22, 2015

The PCS+ Radeon R9 390X 8GB from PowerColor is amongst the very first Radeon R9 390X graphics cards with 8 Gigabyte memory, which are available these days. Compared to earlier PCS+ cards PowerColor has reworked their cooler and apart from that this...

By Ocaholic on June 19, 2015

PowerColor has listed the offcial prices for the new R7 300 and R9 300 series as follows:AXR9 390X 8GBD5-PPDHE $429AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE $329AXR9 380 4GBD5-PPDHE $219AXR9 380 2GBD5-PPDHE $199AXR7 370 2GBD5-PPDHE $149AXR7 360 2GBD5-DHE/OC $109I'm rather...

By proclockers.com on June 18, 2015

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