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Hey, sorry to be asking this answer, as I believe there is a very obvious answer.

Here's the sitch:
I have $540 to spend on a graphics card, and I am trying to decide between the

290: http://goo.gl/7wDxgE
Or the 780: http://goo.gl/KRjdDx

I know the 780, is way better then the 290, but I am mainly going to be using a graphics card for rendering/recording videos (Typical Right?)

Any advice from you guys would be much appreciated!
 
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Yes both cards would run beautifuly on this machine the powersupply is way enough...if both cards are at the same price yes i would defenetly pick the 780 over the r9 290 for the reason i...
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yes if youre into recording your games and stuff Shadowplay is a very handy thing to have cause the perormance hit is under 5% with this running compare to say a 30% hit with fraps or similar software...shadowplay is awesome i use it a lot. For this reason i would go with the 780...it also run,s much cooler, draw less power (meaning less noise), it also overclock better...
 
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Here is my current build, I know most PSU calculators inflate the necessary requirements a lot, so do you think this PSU is fine.

Build
CPU: AMD FX 8350 4.0 ghz
Ram: Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133mhz
SSD: Corsair Neutron GTX 120gb
Hdd: WD Black 1TB
MOBO: Asus M5A97 R2.0
PSU: Corsair CX750

I am not to worried about the recording aspect, didn't know about ShadowPlay, so will definitely check that out! Though Graphical Specs Wise, would you still say the 780 is the better decision, and would work with that build? Again thanks for all of the support!
 
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Yes both cards would run beautifuly on this machine the powersupply is way enough...if both cards are at the same price yes i would defenetly pick the 780 over the r9 290 for the reason i mentionned earlier...also the GTX cards now have turbo boost 2.0 wich overclock the card by itself for maximum performance in games so if you're not a geek or an overclocker this is quite nice feature to have too.... all around the 780 is a better card. as i said run's cooler, quieter, draw much less power (savings on electric bills $$) and overclockability are all good reasons to pick the 780, in terms of pure processing power both cards are evenly matched. It's a tie between those two really, but the 780 is better rounded
 
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well the top of the line (besides the msi lightning 290) sapphire tri-x 290 is a great card and for many rendering programs like maya etc., amd has an huge upper hand on rendering and at the $450 price point, its hard to get much better bang for your buck...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080
though the msi twin frozr 290 is also right on the heels of the sapphire model as far as cooling, noise, and performance. but going for $30 less at $420 its an even better bang for your buck...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127774


if you have a solid $540 that you would like to spend though, and you are looking at the 780, the evga classified is by far the best 780 that money can buy, though its going for slightly more than you wish to spend at $560, and to be honest, if your not into softmoding, bios flashing, and high overclocks, this may not be the card for you.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130943

but the evga ftw acx 780 over on newegg is a higher tier model than the one you linked from amazon and its selling for $510 also over at newegg, it is also clocked 13mhz higher than the super clocked evga and 89mhz higher than the asus...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130951

what you should do is research the programs that you will be using for rendering and see their benchmarks for nvidia vs amd.

also im very sure about recording, so someone chime in if they know more, but i believe shadowplay is designed for recording gaming. if you not going to recording gaming then shadowplay really doesn't have an upside as either card will record no problems.

as far as gaming only, a 290 or 780 are so close in performance that whichever one is cheaper and reliable with a good warranty is the right choice unless you specifically need proprietary fucntions such as opencl, cuda, mantel, physx, shadowplay etc.
 
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I will be using Sony Vegas Pro to Render and Fraps to record. What I am looking for, is the best graphics card for about $550.
 
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i've made researches on this and sony vegas suport GPU acceleration both from nvidia and AMD equaly, so both cards should perform about the same...so my first recommandation still stand, the GTX 780 is a better rounded card that run's cooler and consume less power, overclocks better and comes with physics and GPU boost 2.0 wich overclocks the card automaticaly...for all those reasons, considering that both the GTX 780 and r9 290 are performing at the same level in terms of performance, i would recommand the GTX 780 if the price are similar or within 10 to 15% difference. If you're looking at more than a 15% premium on the 780 i would go with the r9 290...

Now op about the two version of the GTX 780 you posted earlier, those are probably among the top 780's, EVGA and ASUS are both very well known brands for their quality and reliablity, so it's your call on that just pick the one you prefer you can't go wrong with either of them...
 
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Thanks man, appreciate it. Guess I will get that. Does it run really hot, or is there a reference version of it from someone like Asus?

If not for around 500-600
I will just get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CIej-8WH8r0CFaN9OgodT20AGQ&Item=N82E16814121779&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814121779&ef_id=U1AnhQAAALJAC@Ce:20140421170300:s

As I like the look and it's not that bad.
 
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the classified card has a bios switch and is aimed at gamers how enjoy overclocking the card to the bone to get the most out of it...if you dont fit in this category you are getter of to save some money and go with the asus card you inked, its a very good card too and will overclock pretty much the same...every 780's are great overclockers anyway...so you dont really loose anything going with the asus card.
 
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I was planning on cooling my CPU with the H100i, but if I get this:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CPXO_8X1_r0CFYyhOgodmXIAaQ&Item=N82E16814121869&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814121869&ef_id=Uj7bWgAABFD3km03:20140426194704:s

I can get a custom water cooling, and that way I don't have to buy a waterblock. What do you think?
 
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