280x vs 770 $310 range

[iron8orn]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127759 MSI R9 280X GAMING 3GB 384-bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127759 PNY VCGGTX7702XPB GeForce GTX 770 2GB 256-bit GDDR5

via PassMark G3D Mark


The 280x has better drr5 and the GCN architecture has Mantle optimization in the works but is it enough to keep up with the Kepler architecture of Nvidia?

 

[Nuckles_56]

I would personally go with the nvidia card, unless you can find a reasonably priced r9 290 instead which will wipe the floor with the 770. Personally I think that mantle is just a gimmick and it will amount to nothing and besides, it is just AMD trying to find a way to sell the CPU's and market them as being competitive with the intel ones.

 

[iron8orn]

indeed, i think the 290 with a liquid cooler would perform well above the 770