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R9 290 or Nvidia 900 series?

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September 15, 2014 3:43:57 AM

Guys need help, need to replace my GPU within 2 months as i can't miss games like Shadow of mordor, fifa 15, bf hardline, Unity, witcher 3, Gta 5 etc. Should i go for R9 290 tri x edition which is available for Rs 33,000 (in India) or wait for Nvidia 9 series to come. Budget is max Rs 33,000. Gaming at 1080p and looking for ultra preset for all upcoming games atleast 2 years.
And is my PSU enough to handle 290 tri x ? :/ 

Current Setup: 2 years old :( 
Cpu: i5 2500K 4.3 Ghz (OC)
Mobo: P8-Z77- VPro
Ram: 8GB Sniper G Skill
PSU: Seasonic 620W II Bronze
Gpu: AMD 7850 2GB Sapphire

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September 15, 2014 3:50:23 AM

Might aswell hold on for the 900 series release and see what the performance/price is like.
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September 15, 2014 3:59:57 AM

Is the PSU enough for 290 tho?
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September 15, 2014 4:00:42 AM

IMO R9 300 > GTX 900 how ever we don't know anything about the amd cards so for now a GTX 980 OFC it should cost something like 550-500 USD

but if u can wait u should wait

the 7850 is a pretty good card and can almost max every game out there as long as u drop the Anti aliasing my friend maxed the Hardline beta with a 7850 NO AA with Res Scale at 130% Solid 60FPS with vysnc and mantle

also GTA V might have support for Mantle so IMHO U SHOULD WAIT!

PS: ur PSU should be nuff if ur not Feeding a lot of Voltage to the CPU i have a 750W PSU running 7950+R9 280 Xfire and a 3570k @ 4.8GHZ with 1.30-1.25~ Volts
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September 15, 2014 4:09:11 AM

Wait and see what 970/980 can do then decide. That 2500k oc'd should be fine gaming wise even for highest GPU's.
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September 15, 2014 4:13:40 AM

I guess i should wait but the upcoming games are tempting, so its lil hard to wait that long lol. But if i go for sapphire 290 tri x now would it be fine for next 2 years atleast @1080p? or i should really wait (only if 900 series gonna be better and almost the same price as 290 now)
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September 15, 2014 4:14:26 AM

Marjana Ricky said:
Is the PSU enough for 290 tho?


Yeah its fine.
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September 15, 2014 4:58:52 AM

u should wait IMO it is only a couple of months and ur card can almost max all the games u want to play without AA

IMO u should wait and see what Info we have on the cards when the Witcher 3 is almost out coz that game will need tons of GPU power
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September 15, 2014 5:14:15 AM

holyrage said:
u should wait IMO it is only a couple of months and ur card can almost max all the games u want to play without AA

IMO u should wait and see what Info we have on the cards when the Witcher 3 is almost out coz that game will need tons of GPU power


Hmmmm i guess i need to control and wait and miss shadow of mordor, unity etc and see how GTX 9 series do then :/ 
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September 15, 2014 8:51:20 AM

Of course he should wait - NVIDIA are announcing the 900 series cards in 3 days, and benchmarks should follow soon after!
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