Gtx 970 g1 gaming vs r9 390 g1 gaming which is the better card?

not you · Nov 12, 2015

Hello

I need to decide now to have the gtx 970 or change it to a brand new r9 390 g1 gaming i need to pay a negliable price bcs my card is used and the shop has a brand new one
My psu is xfx pro series xxx 850w
My cpu is i7 6700k

What do you think??
Would you change the gigabyte gtx 970 g1 gaming for a gigabyte r9 390 g1 gaming??

Thank you for your help

Gam3r01 · Nov 12, 2015

At 1080p the 970 is a better card, at 1440p and above the 390 is better.
The difference is minimal, and since you own the 970, keep it.

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 12, 2015

I like the 390 with the 8gb.

neieus · Nov 12, 2015

Agreed the difference is small I would just keep the 970 at this point.

not you · Nov 12, 2015

My resolution is 1440x900 the problem is im always running out of vram

cod black ops III 4790k+r9 390 check this video on youtube uploaded by necronVp (i cant copy the link for some reason

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The game is using 8.5 system ram and 7650mb vram in 1080p :/

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 12, 2015

390 for the 8gb is the way to proceed.

Gam3r01 · Nov 12, 2015

You are running out of Vram on 900p with a 4GB card?

not you · Nov 12, 2015

Yes did you check the video?
Over 12gb system ram usage and some stutters when the game fills the 8gb buffer (in 1080p)

Gam3r01 · Nov 12, 2015

I cant view the video right now, as Im actually in my coding class (Should probably be paying attention), that just seems rater odd.

not you · Nov 12, 2015

Yes its odd but as it stutters even with 8gb vram i will just call it "impossible to run if you dont have a titan x"
And still play it with stuttering

Knightsh1ft · Nov 13, 2015

Hey Mate, I had the MSI gaming r9 390, an absolute beast of a card no doubt and would highly recommend it. However, if you're going to get one, make sure you have plenty of case ventilation - I ran 6x 120mm case fans to keep it nice and cool, you will create some serious heat in your case otherwise. The 8GB of RAM is overkill tho, I never used more than 2-3 gigs of VRAM, even with 3 1080p monitors going (which the 390 handled pretty well, 48.5 fps in tomb raider benchmark, for example). This actually left me wondering if the 970 would have been better with less heat and therefore less case fans and less noise, just a thought. Both great cards so I would take whichever is cheaper/you like the look of.

turkey3_scratch · Nov 13, 2015

If I am correct Black Ops 3 does go over the 4GB VRAM margin. I hear even the 980Ti's 6Gb struggles.

not you · Nov 14, 2015

I kept my card :/
Didnt want to give up nvidia features also nvidia ppl usually pay for devs so the game runs better on their hardware
Like starship troopers (2005) it cant run on the fury x while it can play maxed with a gt7800
They just messed up black ops

The best would be just owning both cards and changing them if i will or run a gtx 970 together with a 390x

http://wccftech.com/microsoft-confirms-directx-12-amd-nvidia-multigpu-configurations/

turkey3_scratch · Nov 14, 2015

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not you · Nov 14, 2015

^^ they did in starship troopers and they were doing some trickery in the witcher 3 too it optimized to nvidia only and it is filled with nvidia features like hairworks

grimsin · Apr 7, 2016

that game must be extremely un-optimized to use that kind of sytem resources

Intel CPU AMD GPU · Apr 7, 2016

The latest amd crimson drivers had the 390x going toe to toe w the gtx 980 w the cheaper amd 390x even winning in quite a few games. Its an exciting fight.

Gtx 970 g1 gaming vs r9 390 g1 gaming which is the better card?

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