Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

R9 290 sell for GTX 970?? or get another 290

Tags:
  • Gtx
  • Performance
  • Power
Last response: in Graphics & Displays
Share
September 19, 2014 10:44:14 AM

basically the 970 looks absolutely amazing, low power usage, awesome performance, and very nicely priced, where as my REFERENCE sapphire r9 290 uses tons of power, produces tons of heat, gets really loud....
OR do i get another 290 with that money that i would be spending extra?

More about : 290 sell gtx 970 290

September 19, 2014 10:54:17 AM

well if you are at 1080p a single 290 is pretty much ok to max out anything. if you wanna upgraade for some reason and you dont fell quite powerfull with the current setup i would vote for cfx since 2x r9 290 has unbreakable perfomance/price.

yes the new gtx 970 has lower power consu,lower tembs,sweet perfomance but there is no way to beat your current-overall perfomace/price.

Going for a gtx 970 is either waste of money one way or performance loss the other way.

Up to you :) 
m
0
l
September 19, 2014 10:57:25 AM

on the other hand if you are not gaming at 1080p but at 1440p still the r9 290 cfx has a lot lot lot better perfoamnce than a single gtx 970. I think is cfx all the way.


P.S i run 2x asus r9 280x dc2 top in cfx and i have no issue to report. No flicker in or stutter neither fps drops. i simply maxed out anything at 1080 so i order a 4k monitor to get the best out of it.
m
0
l
September 19, 2014 11:11:54 AM

matsamas said:
on the other hand if you are not gaming at 1080p but at 1440p still the r9 290 cfx has a lot lot lot better perfoamnce than a single gtx 970. I think is cfx all the way.


P.S i run 2x asus r9 280x dc2 top in cfx and i have no issue to report. No flicker in or stutter neither fps drops. i simply maxed out anything at 1080 so i order a 4k monitor to get the best out of it.


awesome stuff, thanks for your help buddy, i didnt want to sell, i was just enquiring about the idea, as i like the idea of less heat lol... and i think some of the issues are a bit of crap sometimes because most people i know with cfx are good, and have no issues, but yeaaah
I think ill be upgrading to a 1440p monitor at christmas as i think 4k is a bit far fetched at the moment... guess this means ill need a new psu aswell haha, and a new case, oh and a new motherboard so i can oc... oh the joys of highest end pc gaming lol
m
0
l
!