r9 290x or gtx 780?
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mustafa wahead
September 17, 2014 12:51:51 PM
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Brunostako
September 17, 2014 1:49:21 PM
Rapajez
September 17, 2014 2:37:04 PM
I'd say neither.
1. The R9 290 (non-X) is about 95% as fast as the R9 290X, and is 25% cheaper (in the US anyway). Plus, with the right cooler, you can probably overclock to R9 290X speeds anyway.
2. The NVIDIA 900 series is rumored to be announced in 2 days (the 19th). You may want to see what shakes out from that.
Either way, the brand and vendor are important too. The reference (stock) R9's are terrible, but models like the Sapphire Tri-X, or XFX Black Edition are great. For NVIDIA, the EVGA ACX 780 is one of the best.
@Mojojojo: Just because the 780/R9 290X are overkill now, doesn't mean that will be the case in 1-2 years. Might as well go with what you can afford. Also, AMD has gotten a lot better with their driver updates since the R9 series launched.
1. The R9 290 (non-X) is about 95% as fast as the R9 290X, and is 25% cheaper (in the US anyway). Plus, with the right cooler, you can probably overclock to R9 290X speeds anyway.
2. The NVIDIA 900 series is rumored to be announced in 2 days (the 19th). You may want to see what shakes out from that.
Either way, the brand and vendor are important too. The reference (stock) R9's are terrible, but models like the Sapphire Tri-X, or XFX Black Edition are great. For NVIDIA, the EVGA ACX 780 is one of the best.
@Mojojojo: Just because the 780/R9 290X are overkill now, doesn't mean that will be the case in 1-2 years. Might as well go with what you can afford. Also, AMD has gotten a lot better with their driver updates since the R9 series launched.
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I'd say neither. 1. The R9 290 (non-X) is about 95% as fast as the R9 290X, and is 25% cheaper (in the US anyway). Plus, with the right cooler, you can probably overclock to R9 290X speeds anyway.
2. The NVIDIA 900 series is rumored to be announced in 2 days (the 19th). You may want to see what shakes out from that.
Either way, the brand and vendor are important too. The reference (stock) R9's are terrible, but models like the Sapphire Tri-X, or XFX Black Edition are great. For NVIDIA, the EVGA ACX 780 is one of the best.
@Mojojojo: Just because the 780/R9 290X are overkill now, doesn't mean that will be the case in 1-2 years. Might as well go with what you can afford. Also, AMD has gotten a lot better with their driver updates since the R9 series launched.
Not saying they are overkill, im saying to go for a GTX 780 because Nvidia is known to have frequent driver updates even for old gpus, so that people can have a good experience with old gpus.. So if he goes with the GTX 780, in 2018 he will still be up to date with drivers for new games.
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Rapajez
September 17, 2014 2:45:30 PM
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I suppose that makes sense, but I'm not sure it makes $120 worth of sense. it makes sense because if you spend a money on a high-end graphics card now, you wont have to spend money on it for 4 years. plus to save money he can always find good deals on ebay for the GTX 780 if he wishes to buy it from their. http://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX-780-Super-Clocked-3-GB-ACX-...
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Rapajez
September 17, 2014 3:00:36 PM
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M0j0jojo said:
Rapajez said:
I suppose that makes sense, but I'm not sure it makes $120 worth of sense. it makes sense because if you spend a money on a high-end graphics card now, you wont have to spend money on it for 4 years. plus to save money he can always find good deals on ebay for the GTX 780 if he wishes to buy it from their. http://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX-780-Super-Clocked-3-GB-ACX-...
Drivers doesn't makes a card more strong if he use gtx 780 or r9 290x after 3 - 4 years he will get the same performance by both despite better drivers .
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Rapajez said:
If I wanted a card to last 4 years, I'd still prioritize performance over the chance of better driver support. That, and I'd still stress the 2 points I made in my OP.
Careful with ebay, assuming it's available in his country, be sure you're not getting used and the warranty is in-tact.
prit87 said:
M0j0jojo said:
Rapajez said:
I suppose that makes sense, but I'm not sure it makes $120 worth of sense. it makes sense because if you spend a money on a high-end graphics card now, you wont have to spend money on it for 4 years. plus to save money he can always find good deals on ebay for the GTX 780 if he wishes to buy it from their. http://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX-780-Super-Clocked-3-GB-ACX-...
Drivers doesn't makes a card more strong if he use gtx 780 or r9 290x after 3 - 4 years he will get the same performance by both despite better drivers .
No actually he wont get the optimized performance, if the drivers aren't updated. Some games require updated drivers.
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Wow all this discussion and only a brief mention of the GTX 980 and 970? There is NO way you should be buying a last generation card just two days before the new cards land. The GTX 970 4GB is supposed to be as fast as a 290X for only $300, all while using much less power and overclocking like crazy.
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Wow all this discussion and only a brief mention of the GTX 980 and 970? There is NO way you should be buying a last generation card just two days before the new cards land. The GTX 970 4GB is supposed to be as fast as a 290X for only $300, all while using much less power and overclocking like crazy.Yea may be but the price was rumored to 399$ for gtx 970 and 499$ for 980.
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17seconds said:
Wow all this discussion and only a brief mention of the GTX 980 and 970? There is NO way you should be buying a last generation card just two days before the new cards land. The GTX 970 4GB is supposed to be as fast as a 290X for only $300, all while using much less power and overclocking like crazy.Yea may be but the price was rumored to 399$ for gtx 970 and 499$ for 980.
Old news. Anyway, it's only a few hours to go now.
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Rapajez
September 18, 2014 10:33:10 AM
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