Graphics Card for new Gaming Build - Raedon or GeForce

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Having some second thoughts about my choice in graphics card for my build. I've read a lot of stuff over the last few days on the Raedon vs GeForce debate, and have hit a brick wall. I'm not sure which card I should go with anymore. The eventual plan was to buy a 980Ti once prices have dropped a bit more, but for now I was going to get a 970. I've been hearing that the R9 390 will outperform the 970 though at the cost of higher power consumption.

Would it be a smart idea to go with the Raedon card and swap back to GeForce in a year or two?

Here's the initial build I had in mind.

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1440p: More pixels than 1080p making it look nicer due to more pixels being crammed into relatively the same amount of space. Requires more raw power and video memory from your graphics configuration. Almost completely only 27" monitors and larger.
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First off, unrelated. I'd just advise going with a western digital mechanical hard drive over the seagate. Better warranty, support and overall longevity.

Anyway, it really depends upon which resolution you plan to game at. If we're talking 1080p the 970 would be more than fine. If 1440p I'd jump to the 390 idea a bit quicker, but both would still be fine with some dialed back settings.

Regardless, I wouldn't anticipate the 980 Ti dropping in price very much if at all. In a year or two, as you've put it, there will be another whole line of allegedly much better performing cards.
 
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Even if the 980Ti doesn't come down in price as much as I'm hoping, the basic idea remains the same that I'll be able to sink a large amount of money into a card in about a year or two (almost have my student and personal loans paid off so I'll be able to set aside more money for upgrades) I will look into the WD hard drive though. I've run Seagate drives in both of my previous build on the advice of my uncle who put them together for me and have never had any issues.

My somewhat limited understanding is that the 1440p is just a larger monitor running at a higher resolution correct? I was planning on upgrading some of the peripherals in the future as well, but the extent of what I was told was to go for a 144hz monitor with a 1ms refresh rate

If anyone could give a relatively basic answer as far as the difference between 1080p and 1440p that would be much appreciated!
 
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1440p: More pixels than 1080p making it look nicer due to more pixels being crammed into relatively the same amount of space. Requires more raw power and video memory from your graphics configuration. Almost completely only 27" monitors and larger.
 
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Based on that 1440 seems like it's something I'd be interested in. Realistically though what sort of performance could I expect out of the 390 vs 970 at high/ultra settings? Or am I completely out to lunch thinking I can have a top tier gaming rig in my budget?

(Let me down gently please :p )
 
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I am currently running a GTX 970 with a i5 4th gen and don't know too much about that Radeon card. At 1080 I can pretty much run all the new games on Ultra at 1080 with pretty consistent 60 fps. Now this is minus max AA and Nvidia hair works on the Witcher 3. But on (I play mostly single player games) MGSV and Fallout 4...NBA2k16 :), it will run those on Ultra at a pretty stable 60 fps fairly easily.
Now at 1440 and 4K (on a 55")...on ultra settings I can't break 30 fps on Fallout. 1440 on ultra is definitely playable, but it does have some intensive parts (heavy gun fights) when the frame rates drop. At 4K...just looking at graphics heavy areas (lots of shadows/lights/detail) will cause the frame rates to drop significantly.
If you plan on making the jump to 1440 or 4K in the near future...well I don't know if the 970 will tide you over till you can get your hands on a 980TI, but man alive life is sweet at 1080.
 
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