390 vs 290x for my needs?
I'll say straight off that I'm not a gamer. I'm an editor who very occasionally plays a game like Tomb Raider or COD MW2. Nothing heavy.
I'm using Sony Vegas Pro 13
Here's my rig:
17 4790 (non-K, so not OC'd)
GTX 650 Ti boost SC
32GB RAM
620W Seasonic S1211 PSU
2 SSD's
4 HDD's
Design R4 case + 4 case fans
I'm looking at these two cards for several reasons:
1) I want to go AMD because Vegas is far better optimized for Open CL \ GL than CUDA.
2) I'm in Canada and these are about the same price and fall within my budget. My ideal budget is $480 CAD, but I'll stretch that to $500 CAD.
Two examples:
Sapphire Tri-X R9 290x is $429 - after taxes (13%) and shipping that comes to $498 (we get slaughtered w tax)
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202089&cm_re=R9_290x-_-14-202-089-_-Product
Sapphire Nitro R9 390 - backplate version is $439 -with t+s it's $503
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202164&cm_re=R9_390-_-14-202-164-_-Product
More important then Clock speed and VRAM for me as an editor are the GFLOPS and Compute Units for Open CL optimization in Vegas
The 290x has 5632 GFLOPS; the 390 has 5120.
290x has 44 compute units; the 390 has 40.
Both use 2.0 Open CL; the 390 has a slight advantage in Open GL using v 4.5 rather than the 290x's 4.4 - not a huge deal
Other considerations ...
The only retail 290x I can currently find in Canada is the Sapphire one linked above, from Newegg. (unless I go used from eBay) I see some complaints about that 290X's drivers, heat & noise. I have a Design R4 case so the noise is probably not an issue with a sound dampened case.
Both card lengths are no prob in the Design R4
Also I currently have only the above mentioned 620W Seasonic S1211 PSU. That's one of my biggest concerns. I know that here the most common answer is that both cards could run on that 620W PSU - it has plenty on the 12V rail. But again I'm reading some issues about 600 - 650W PSU's for both cards from customer reviews. Some saying that they ran better upping to at least a 750 or 800w
The reference 390 shows a 275W TDP, but the Sapphire 390 linked above shows 375W from specs at Sapphire
http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=FF539E23-7718-4BDE-9E02-CF174D2BFCC2&lang=eng
The 290x shows < 300W frm the Sapphire specs
http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=640A98CD-0CF0-4191-B75C-CA2800111ADB&lang=eng
I have an i7 4790 non-K, so not OC'd ,and I would not be interested in OC'ing the card. I'm wondering if I underclocked it would it reduce the power draw? Would that be necessary? At least until I could afford a new PSU some time in the new year.
So when I look at these two, the advantage for editing goes to the 290X. It's the older card and I'm wondering what advantages I might see with the 390 that I could b e overlooking? The 390x is currently way over my budget. Current pricing for 390X's in Canada after t+s bring them to around $600. $100 over my budget.
Any thoughts? Input? Especially regarding my PSU, and any advantages of the newer vs older card
Thanks
Edit:
I also want to say that stability is important. I'm looking for the best out of box experience without having to do a lot of tweaking. Just simple ease of use is important.
I'll say straight off that I'm not a gamer. I'm an editor who very occasionally plays a game like Tomb Raider or COD MW2. Nothing heavy.
I'm using Sony Vegas Pro 13
Here's my rig:
17 4790 (non-K, so not OC'd)
GTX 650 Ti boost SC
32GB RAM
620W Seasonic S1211 PSU
2 SSD's
4 HDD's
Design R4 case + 4 case fans
I'm looking at these two cards for several reasons:
1) I want to go AMD because Vegas is far better optimized for Open CL \ GL than CUDA.
2) I'm in Canada and these are about the same price and fall within my budget. My ideal budget is $480 CAD, but I'll stretch that to $500 CAD.
Two examples:
Sapphire Tri-X R9 290x is $429 - after taxes (13%) and shipping that comes to $498 (we get slaughtered w tax)
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202089&cm_re=R9_290x-_-14-202-089-_-Product
Sapphire Nitro R9 390 - backplate version is $439 -with t+s it's $503
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202164&cm_re=R9_390-_-14-202-164-_-Product
More important then Clock speed and VRAM for me as an editor are the GFLOPS and Compute Units for Open CL optimization in Vegas
The 290x has 5632 GFLOPS; the 390 has 5120.
290x has 44 compute units; the 390 has 40.
Both use 2.0 Open CL; the 390 has a slight advantage in Open GL using v 4.5 rather than the 290x's 4.4 - not a huge deal
Other considerations ...
The only retail 290x I can currently find in Canada is the Sapphire one linked above, from Newegg. (unless I go used from eBay) I see some complaints about that 290X's drivers, heat & noise. I have a Design R4 case so the noise is probably not an issue with a sound dampened case.
Both card lengths are no prob in the Design R4
Also I currently have only the above mentioned 620W Seasonic S1211 PSU. That's one of my biggest concerns. I know that here the most common answer is that both cards could run on that 620W PSU - it has plenty on the 12V rail. But again I'm reading some issues about 600 - 650W PSU's for both cards from customer reviews. Some saying that they ran better upping to at least a 750 or 800w
The reference 390 shows a 275W TDP, but the Sapphire 390 linked above shows 375W from specs at Sapphire
http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=FF539E23-7718-4BDE-9E02-CF174D2BFCC2&lang=eng
The 290x shows < 300W frm the Sapphire specs
http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=640A98CD-0CF0-4191-B75C-CA2800111ADB&lang=eng
I have an i7 4790 non-K, so not OC'd ,and I would not be interested in OC'ing the card. I'm wondering if I underclocked it would it reduce the power draw? Would that be necessary? At least until I could afford a new PSU some time in the new year.
So when I look at these two, the advantage for editing goes to the 290X. It's the older card and I'm wondering what advantages I might see with the 390 that I could b e overlooking? The 390x is currently way over my budget. Current pricing for 390X's in Canada after t+s bring them to around $600. $100 over my budget.
Any thoughts? Input? Especially regarding my PSU, and any advantages of the newer vs older card
Thanks
Edit:
I also want to say that stability is important. I'm looking for the best out of box experience without having to do a lot of tweaking. Just simple ease of use is important.
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