Sell R9 290 for GTX 980?

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Hi!

I'm in a bit of a dilemma here. I currently own a Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X and is quite happy with it. However, the new GPU's (especially the GTX 980) from Nvidia, arriving this month, looks really promising. So, if I were to buy a GTX 980, it would be wise to sell my R9 290 now as I would probably get a bit more money from it than selling it when the 980 becomes available.

The question is whether or not it would be worth it. I enjoy overclocking, but my R9 290 can only reach 1100 MHz before glitching/artifacts starts. From what I've read, Nvidia cards generally overclocks better than AMD cards. Might be a vague statement, but that's my perception of it.

What do you guys think? Sell or keep? Or wait until we get the official numbers of the GTX 980 before doing anything?
 
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Well, you have no choice but to wait for the official reviews and benchmarks around September 19th. Then you'll have to decide if the value proposition is worth it. The GTX 980 should be about $500, run maybe ~30% faster than your 290, and with a very low power/heat profile should overclock like crazy. The final consideration, is your current card getting the job done, and will the upgrade cost be worth it? Factor in whether you are missing out on PhysX, Adaptive VSync, HBAO+, TXAA, FXAA, etc. and then you'll have your answer.

The GTX 980 might be about 10% faster than a GTX 780 Ti.
http://wccftech.com/geforce-gtx-980-alleged-benchmark-tdp-170w/

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unless you want nvidia features... and the the "rumors" are true, the 980 wouldn't be a significant upgrade. of course, right now if you sell your 290 you will very likely get a higher price for it than you would if you sell it after the 980 is already on shelves. but this is assuming the 980 is priced somewhat close to what "rumors" say it will be. but in all likely hood amd will issue a price drop on their cards as soon as the 980 hits the shelves, so maybe you could just buy your same card over again. but its really your choice. i have no intention of upgrading my 780 since i can already max out everything at 1440p, so a higher tier card isn't going to help me. as far as overclocking, the both gk110 and hawaii overclock very good, its just that hawaii is so thermally limited on air.
 
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Well, you have no choice but to wait for the official reviews and benchmarks around September 19th. Then you'll have to decide if the value proposition is worth it. The GTX 980 should be about $500, run maybe ~30% faster than your 290, and with a very low power/heat profile should overclock like crazy. The final consideration, is your current card getting the job done, and will the upgrade cost be worth it? Factor in whether you are missing out on PhysX, Adaptive VSync, HBAO+, TXAA, FXAA, etc. and then you'll have your answer.

The GTX 980 might be about 10% faster than a GTX 780 Ti.
http://wccftech.com/geforce-gtx-980-alleged-benchmark-tdp-170w/

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http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/R9_290_Vapor-X/25.html
 
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Yeah Nvidia has a lot of cool features. Most of which are software-related, thus possible to use on AMD card. However, if the GTX 980 will be ~30% faster than my R9 290, it really seems like a rather huge upgrade. And with possibly a huge overclocking potential, it might even reach ~10-20% better performance on top of that.

Currently it's all just rumours, which makes a decision tough. Guess I'll stick around with my R9 290 until some confirmed numbers arrives.
 
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im not sure if there is going to be a 980 and a 980ti. or they just revert back to the 970 and 980 without a ti. anyways, the gm204 in all likelihood will not be much faster than the gk110 in performance, while there is no doubt that the gm110(flagship maxwell chip), will smash our current cards performance. its likely the gm110 will show up next year around this time, maybe a little later.
 
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The market determines these things. The GM204 is really a mid-range chip, but with no competition they are able to sit atop the GPU performance rankings and rake in top-tier prices. Everyone's excited about the "reasonable" cost of $400 or $500, but our perspective is warped from recent Kepler prices. In reality, these are normal prices, even high for a mid-range GPU. But after all, only in comparison to other options, these represent a very good price-performance value. Provided everything pans out as rumored.
 
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^i agree. at this point it is just best to sit back and watch it all unfold as we get the real release specs, boards go out to reviewers, and the benchmarks flood in. one thing for sure is prices will drop across the board in the following months and everyone can benefit from this.
 
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