Graphic Card Update For The Witcher 3 - R9 290X vs GTX 970

ThePurkster · Jun 23, 2015

Hello friends,

Im looking to upgrade my current rig with the aim of playing The Witcher 3 @ 1080p 60fps on Ultra (Hairworks off).

This is my current rig:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1100T Black Edition 3.30GHz
CPU Cooler: Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula AMD 990FX
Memory: Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Storage: OCZ Agility 3 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s
Video Card: MSI HD 7850 Power Edition Twin Frozr IV OC 2048MB GDDR5
Power Supply: OCZ ZX Series 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U2414H 24"

Im looking to upgrade the CPU to a AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor and for the GPU i was looking at the following:

Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB Graphics Card @ £287.00
MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 Graphics Card @ £275.99

Is anyone able to offer any suggestions or comments? or if it would be possible at all with my setup. Im looking around the sub £300 mark for a card.

Cheers

IAmTheTofu · Jun 23, 2015

970, more performance per watt. I think the 970 is also slightly better than the 290x.

ThePurkster · Jun 24, 2015

OK thanks, i was leaning towards the 970 gtx.

Would the AMD FX-8350 cause a bottleneck on the performance?

JingLuci · Jun 24, 2015

ThePurkster :

No. Bottlenecking does not occur as frequently as you think it will. To bottleneck something your cpu must be really old or your GPU really top of the line.

ThePurkster · Jun 25, 2015

JingLuci :

How about if i went for a MSI GeForce GTX 980 instead, would my current AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1100T be able to handle that or would i def have to upgrade to the AMD FX-8350 to not lose performance.

IAmTheTofu · Jun 25, 2015

ThePurkster :

JingLuci :

How about if i went for a MSI GeForce GTX 980 instead, would my current AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1100T be able to handle that or would i def have to upgrade to the AMD FX-8350 to not lose performance.

It would bottleneck, but you could overclock.

ZandaThebigbluePanda · Jun 25, 2015

how about you go for the new r9 390x which beats the gtx 980... being a gtx 980 owner that makes me sad

JingLuci · Jun 25, 2015

ZandaThebigbluePanda :

Tell me again how the R9 390x wins the GTX 980 again?
For 1080p gamers, the GTX 980 remains the obvious choice. It convincingly beats the R9 390X in seven out of nine games, with only AMD favourites Shadow of Mordor and Ryse favouring the new card. Crysis 3 offer pretty much like-for-like performance, but elsewhere the GTX 980's gains are substantial - over 10% in AC Unity, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty, Tomb Raider and The Witcher 3.

Note that we are testing the MSI Gaming version of the 390X. It has a very mild factory overclock - +50MHz on the core and +100MHz on the RAM. The GTX 980 is a reference model, and obviously its overclocking potential goes without saying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYQT8udtuWM <- Prove here in this video.

IAmTheTofu · Jun 25, 2015

ZandaThebigbluePanda :

The 390x also has less watt/performance. It's like the 290 series all over again.

ThePurkster · Jul 10, 2015

Thanks for you help. I decided to go with the MSI GeForce GTX 970.
Runs like a dream and got The Witcher @ 1080p 60fps.

also got free Batman

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