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I am trying to decide right now between the XFX r9 290x because it is $350 and the MSI gaming 970 also for $350. Please respond with your personal preference of the card I should get.
XFX 290x -http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290xedfd
MSI GAMING 970- http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gamin...
XFX 290x -http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290xedfd
MSI GAMING 970- http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx970gamin...
JamesRausch22
October 17, 2014 2:02:30 PM
JamesRausch22
October 17, 2014 7:20:29 AM
JamesRausch22
October 17, 2014 6:54:59 AM
doron
October 12, 2014 1:52:51 AM
MeteorsRaining said:
I'll be very unbiased here, 290X is a factory OCed 290, 290W TDP, and competes with GTX 970 which's 150W TDP, 290X is beastly, can max out any games, runs a bit hot, 970 can max out any game, runs very cool, 290X is a good OCer, 970 is an awesome OCer, 970 also has some newer features which 290X doesn't have, and I couldn't find a feature exclusive to 290X.
I don't seem to find any good in going with a 300W card for the same performance as a 150W one, with lots of more heat buildup.
Simply enough, one vote for GTX 970.
I agree in general, though a few corrections to your 'unbiased' analysis
:TDP != Power draw. Tomshardware's tests have shown a 60W difference in power consumption between 290X and GTX 970. Although that's not a small difference, it's much smaller than what the TDP might suggest.
290X exclusive features that you simply couldn't find:
3 DSPs dedicated to TrueAudio.
Freesync.
In terms of OCability, the GTX 970 and 290X have around the same performance when OCed, so both are equally great OCed. (oc data from bit-tech and guru3d reviews).
Overall, again I would recommend the GTX 970, though at the same price it doesn't win by a lot.
frag06
October 10, 2014 7:52:58 AM
fnmeo said:
Well If I get either of the cards I will overclock them.I will also most likely be using Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor with them.
The 970 wins when it comes to overclocking, hands down.
The 290X runs very hot, which limits overclocking potential on air. The 970 runs very cool and quiet. Both the MSI 970 Gaming and Gigabyte G1 look to be two of the best cards for overclocking.
My MSI 970 will hit about 1554MHz core (boost; stock boost is 1354MHz) and do around +200 (haven't tested higher yet) on the memory before it hits the power limit. Once we can flash a custom BIOS, these cards should do really well.
fnmeo
October 10, 2014 7:48:13 AM
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