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Offline Geroximo

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R9 290x, GTX 970, or ???
« on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 14:01:44 »
Hi,
GTA V is coming out on PC soon. Time to upgrade my GPU *fck yeah*  ;D
But with what?
Non-reference R9 290x?
High power consumption, much heat, but decent price/performance ratio and ... multi-resolution Eyefinity!  :thumb:
Or is it better to go with a Nvidia GTX 970 ?
Low power consumption, low heat, bit more expensive, Nvidia surround only with same-resolution monitors ...

I'm really not sure which card to buy ... can you help me?
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Re: R9 290x, GTX 970, or ???
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 14:10:29 »
Get the 970.. hands down...

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Re: R9 290x, GTX 970, or ???
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 14:24:40 »
Imho the ideal gaming setup "today"   would be  2x 980 + Asus swift monitor for that sweet 120hz ULMB @ 2k + Haswell 
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Re: R9 290x, GTX 970, or ???
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 15:04:50 »
nvidia has g sync if that matters to you.

eyefinisty is much better for multimonitor.

All depends on what you value, and what aspects of your game / computer matter most for you.
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Re: R9 290x, GTX 970, or ???
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 18:05:20 »
I still say go nvidia.. if you actually actively game.. power efficiency..

But then again....   refresh is around the corner now.... so maybe wait just a little bit.

390x rumor'z abrewin'   but we know it'll be pretty beast...
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Re: R9 290x, GTX 970, or ???
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 18:07:01 »
the 970 is a great choice, especially when you consider that it makes sli configs easy and affordable. If you ever need to upgrade in the future, adding another 970 would do the trick!
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Re: R9 290x, GTX 970, or ???
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 12 January 2015, 18:09:59 »
you get around 10% more performance out of the 970! Did a lot a research for my recently built pc but bare this in mind, I am not a nvidia or amd fan boy or anything just wanted the best bang for the buck gpu.
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