What GPU of these ones should i buy depending on the FX-8350?

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Lukinch

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Hi guys i want an upgrade from my sapphire radeon r9 270x toxic 2gb version, and i'm between these two cards:

BY THE WAY: I'm playing on 720p.

Sapphire Radeon NITRO R9 390 8GB with Back Plate (UEFI)

ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express SLI Support AMP! Omega Core Edition

I know that AMD procesors DO NOT perform as well as Intel ones, they significantly down the fps, but that's exactly why i'm posting this, depending on that CPU , wich of these cards should i pic from now and for the future?

And taking count the Directx 12.

my actual specs are:

Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X PRO 2.0
CPU: AMD FX+8350 Black Edition
RAM G.SKILL 4gb x 2 (8gb) 1866 hz DDR3
HDD: don't remember the name.
Cooler: Cooler Master 212+
PSU: SeaSonic M12II 620W EVO Edition 80 Plus Bronze Full Modular

Please don't recomend me other cards 'cause those are the actual cards that i can afford in my country, they have a very closely price.

If you can explain me the bases of your choices it will be great.
 
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Well I run an FX8350, they aren't *as bad* as people make out. They lower the FPS in *cpu limited games* which are usually based on old poorly threaded engines (e.g. Starcraft), however your usually getting very high FPS anyway in this situation. Most modern graphics heavy games load a gpu more so the FX will actually perform quite well.

Onto which card to get, personally I'd get the R9 390 out of the two- as it's generally a tad faster than the GTX 970, has double the memory and is looking particularly strong in DX12 (although it's very early days on that score). Whilst the 390 is a bit of a power hog, that Seasonic supply should handle it fine.

I have a feeling, that very efficient but technically far smaller GM204 gpu isn't going to age as well as the Hawaii gpu in the 390- case in point when released the GTX 680 *spanked* the HD7970. Now a 7970 is the faster card :p
 
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The 390 8Gb is a great value card, and would definitely go for it over the 970. It overclocks well (you'll have excellent performance at 720p with as many mods running as you want), and in crossfire, the 390 8Gb truly shines if you do go to 1440p someday.....better than 980ti performance for less money.
 
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Wouldn't recomend OC'ing the CPU if your nervous, easier to mess up. However the GPU is easy, You can do it within windows. You NEVER have to worry about breaking a GPU from overclocking. As long as your not overvolting, and running the stock bios you will never hurt the GPU. The BIOS on the GPU will shut the card down and shut your pc down if you were about to harm it. Only time you will hurt a GPU from overclocking is if you run a custom bios.
 
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Actually trust me you *can* hurt a GPU by running it overclocked for too long (though they last a long time compared to CPU's I agree).

I would say though that with either gpu I can't see there being much actual *need* to overclock any time soon. I mean I'm running everything smoothly at full HD on an R9 280 with all settings up (aside from AA), and both these GPU's are a good bit more powerful.
 
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