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Just your thoughts on the 970.

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September 18, 2014 11:17:43 AM

Hi everyone! I was planning on getting a sapphire vapor x R9 290 a week ago, but after reading the reviews it seems to have some major bugs, So I heard about the new Nvidea 970 gtx.. What are your thoughts on the 970 so far? I ask this here as it seems the best place to get good answers.

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September 18, 2014 11:34:07 AM

It's a no brainer to purchase the 970 at the rumored $300 price.
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September 18, 2014 11:35:37 AM

Nah its 330 dollars price, and the non-reference ones will cost a little more. Let's wait till tomorrow eh?
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September 18, 2014 11:37:10 AM

r9 290 is about 10-15% better than the 770, so I would expect for the 970 to be almost equal the r9 290
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September 18, 2014 11:39:09 AM

the 9xx gpus really arent much more powerful than the current 7xx gpus but are much more power efficient.

seeing as how the new 980 will be between the 980 and 780ti in performance level then i'm going to go out on a limb and say the 970 is going to be between the 770 and 780 in performance.

the r9-290 is likely to be the more powerful card by a tiny margin as it competes with the 780 already but that shard to say without actual benchmark figures. they do run hot and draw much more power than nvidia though and given that the current 780 can be had at the same prices i'd go nvidia. even the 780ti is equal to the 290x prices right now which makes nvidia good.
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September 18, 2014 11:39:34 AM

Nvidia drivers are by far more stable and the 970 looks like it will be great card. It also will consume a lot less power than the 290 if that matters to you
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