Is the Nvidia GTX 770 betteror the AMD 290x?

renji5471

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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.
 

fatboyslimerr

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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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http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_290X_Gaming/24.html