770 vs 280X, 290

JokerPower · Jul 4, 2014

GTX 770 vs Radeon 280X, 290, what to choose? Upgrading over 7850, resolution 1980 x 1200. There is big difference in price and memory, but in performance 770 gets in top. It's so confusing.

Suztera · Jul 4, 2014

The GTX 770 performs equally to the R9 280X.
The R9 290 will be the fastest out of the three.
Only get the R9 290 if it has a non-reference cooler.
The R9 280X and GTX 770 is perfect for 1200p with some extra settings like Anti Aliasing turned off for 60fps.
R9 290 is excellent for max settings 60fps at 1080p and 1440p.

stickmansam · Jul 4, 2014

R9 290 with non-reference cooler will be the best

iceclock · Jul 4, 2014

290 with a non-reference cooler be fastest here and best money investmeent.

the 280x is close in performance to the 770 but less expensive.

so for the price obviously ther 290 is best.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080&cm_re=290-_-14-202-080-_-Product

be a good choice

ingtar33 · Jul 4, 2014

JokerPower :

r9-290 > GTX 770 == r9-280x

-the 290 is about the speed of the original titan, and a little bit faster then the 780
-the 770 is about 5% faster then the r9-280x, at stock clocks... overclocked they're basically the same card.

iceclock · Jul 4, 2014

290 is closer to the 780 speeds.

280x is similar performance to the 770 but 50-60$ cheaper and has an extra gig of videomemory.

CooLWoLF · Jul 4, 2014

I upgraded from a 7850 to a R9 290. I can confirm its awesomeness! Big difference for sure.

ingtar33 · Jul 4, 2014

CooLWoLF :

i just upgraded from the 7770 to r9-280x... pretty nice increase in horses... i agree with you. Was looking at r9-290s, and that was my planned upgrade, but i had a newish r9-280x fall into my lap for $150; couldn't pass up that deal.

JokerPower · Jul 4, 2014

On this site, there is no big difference between 290 and 770
In some tests 770 looks even better

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-290-vs-GeForce-GTX-770

Hm...

stickmansam · Jul 4, 2014

GPU Boss did not look at games (scroll a bit lower)
and they used passmark (ew) for part of the synthetic score

There is a significant difference between the 770 and 290

iceclock · Jul 4, 2014

lol the 290 is faster than the 770 and somethime equals a 780

photonboy · Jul 4, 2014

Quick answer: I recommend the ASUS R9-290-> http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-r9290dc2oc4gd5

Asus R9-290 review: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/03/03/asus-radeon-r9-290-directcu-ii-oc-review/10

"From the PCB components to the large, sturdy heatsink and the metal shroud and backplate, this card oozes quality. At its default speeds it's already excellent, and although the modest overclocks mean that performance gains are fairly minimal compared to stock, it is far superior in the noise and heat department and even manages to consume a little less power too. However, it also overclocks well and makes ground on higher end Nvidia cards that are much more expensive."

*I have an Asus GTX680 that uses an earlier version of this cooler/backplate design and it's still going strong and is relatively quiet. I'm very impressed with the quality.

Other:
Look at the BENCHMARK above, or this one: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_290X_Lightning/24.html

It's actually:

R9-290,
GTX770
R9-280X

So the GTX770 is in the middle. There's also a difference in VRAM. 2GB is fine for now but you may want 3GB or more to future proof. I prefer NVidia normally (PhysX, TXAA, G-Sync, Shadowplay record/stream) though.

JokerPower · Jul 5, 2014

Thanks for advices. I've been told that next gen will be a huge leap. What do you think? Will 290 max out games in 2015?

CooLWoLF · Jul 5, 2014

Depends. What are your other specs?

JokerPower · Jul 5, 2014

i5 3470, 8 GB RAM

stickmansam · Jul 5, 2014

With those specs and a R9 290, 2015 should be doable, beyond that is a unknown

We'll only see one new GPU arch release during the next year and with a top of the line chip, you should do fine

iceclock · Jul 5, 2014

not shur on 2015 his cpu might be bottlenecked by than. well have to see the new waves of games.

stickmansam · Jul 6, 2014

CPUs will not change in 2015, so only upgrade is to i7 as Ivy IPC should still be fine

I predict a March release for the 8xx and AMD equivalent on 20nm, no need GPU this year I think

JokerPower · Jul 26, 2014

Thanks, brought Sapphire 290 TriX

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