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Is the Nvidia GTX 770 betteror the AMD 290x?

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March 19, 2014 3:50:07 AM

As the title says. I'm deciding what graphics card to get for my new system, and i'm stuck between these two. I plan on using my computer mostly for gaming.

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March 19, 2014 4:02:56 AM

No! 290X is the second fastest card in the World
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March 19, 2014 4:04:56 AM

The 770 is on par with the 280x. The 290x is two teirs higher in performance.
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March 19, 2014 4:08:25 AM

290x is way more powerful, but make sure your get an aftermarket cooler on it, the reference card gets really hot really quickly...
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March 19, 2014 4:48:38 AM

Not sure why exactly but a lot of gaming benchmarks suggest the R9 290 is very close in performance to the R9 290X. Also its well known that a lot of first batch R9 290s were actually R9 290X with fixed voltages. Unlocking the voltage in the BIOS basically made your 290 into a 290X! I know a couple of vendors that sell "voltage unlocked" 290s.

So I'd go for a R9 290 :) 
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March 19, 2014 7:25:31 AM

By "better", do you mean which one costs about half the price of the other? That would be the GTX 770. If you are looking to spend 290X money, then you would be looking at a GTX 780 or GTX 780 Ti.
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March 19, 2014 3:49:23 PM

Ah my bad, after checking I realized I read it wrong and that it is the 280x. So is there one that would be better for gaming than the other?
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