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SirLordChris

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If I can get:

1) GTX 690 Dual GPU 4GB

2) HIS R9 Radeon 290X 4GB

3) GTX 780 Windforce GHz Edition 3GB

4) Asus GTX 960 Strix 2GB

5) 2x GTX 660 Ti SLI

used, and for the same price, which should I get?

I'm also going for an I3 6100 3.7 GHz and 8 GBs of Kingston HyperX Savage RAM.

(I'm open to suggestions, if you have any :D)

Thanks in advance!
 
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Eximo
There are new GTX980Ti for that much in some countries on the Euro. Or was that the total including the i3 and ram?

I would honestly try to push for a new GTX1060 or RX480 as compared to those.

I wouldn't recommend the 690, despite being the most powerful one here, it is an SLI card and really only 2GB because of that. It would run into memory issues on some of the latest games.

Also try and track down a R9-390 or R9-390X for the same reason. Nothing wrong with the 290X, but the 8GB version will last a little longer.
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BurgerandChips66

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I'm thinking either the GTX 780 or the R9 290X straight away.

I'm not a big fan of SLI or Crossfire.

For the R9 290X, is it the single fan reference card or the dual fan custom card ? If it's the latter then that is ideal, as it will run cooler and hopefully be less noisy in the process.

The R9 290X offers more vram and better hardware support for the newer APIs. So I'd go with that over the GTX 780 if I were you.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-780-vs-AMD-R9-290X/2164vs2166
 
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Only thing is the 690 trumps all of them. Better benchmarks, 1 GB more of GDDR5 RAM than the 780, and on the Tom's GPU Tier List it is on par with the 980. Get the 690, no competition.
 
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There are new GTX980Ti for that much in some countries on the Euro. Or was that the total including the i3 and ram?

I would honestly try to push for a new GTX1060 or RX480 as compared to those.

I wouldn't recommend the 690, despite being the most powerful one here, it is an SLI card and really only 2GB because of that. It would run into memory issues on some of the latest games.

Also try and track down a R9-390 or R9-390X for the same reason. Nothing wrong with the 290X, but the 8GB version will last a little longer.
 
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SirLordChris

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The R9 has a double custom fan, Burger.

And now with Ron's reply I'm torn between the 690 and the 290x, the 690 being a bit older , so it might impact newer games' framerates, but better technically, and the 290x being semi-recent and solid, with AMD drivers to help it out with newer games.

And yes, Eximo, the budget was for all of the things, and I'm worried myself about the points you brought up :/

Thanks all for replying <3
 
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BurgerandChips66

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Yes - if there is SLI support for a particular game and if you don't mind the issues with SLI, then the GTX 690 would give more performance in that scenario :)

If you can afford a newer card though, then consider a custom GTX 1060 or custom RX 480. They use less power and generate less heat and noise. Not to mention the fact they will offer great performance, particularly with the new APIs.
 
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I'm already eyeballing the new Titan X to replace my 980s. I've already run into a few titles that are dropping SLI support (Unreal engine is one of them, so be prepared for a lot of games to drop support for alternate frame rendering)

Fingers crossed for a 1080Ti in the $800-900 range. Though honestly that $300 gap isn't that big a deal to me. I haven't spent anything on my gaming PC this year. (I did swap my old 750ti for a 950 to get a video card to someone that wanted a cheap Overwatch rig)
 
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