290 or 290x your call

[Masoner]

Oh look it's another "decide what card I should buy" thread again! but thanks for looking at it none the less !!


Ok ladies and gentlemen currently I'm sitting on a 280x .... but I could get a 290 (138$) or a 290x (210) difference is 72 bucks, it will not break the bank BUT if the x is more then what I need then why spend it, right?


The system is new..

AMD FX-8350 4.00 GHz

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX Socket

I currently have a 280x selected.

I understand a few things. 1) the 280x is a 7970 (few % faster?) 2) the 290's are the new card from AMD 3) the 290x has more shaders and faster clock speed.

So the question is, if I'm about to drop the money on an actual gaming rig, shouldn't I spend the bit more to get the 290 since it's the new type of card from AMD but not get the 290x cause it's over kill for normal gaming and save the 75 buck? for shipping?


I should add the type of gaming I do is MMORPG related, now in the next few years there are some new games coming out but that doesn't mean I wont play other games. I don't buy games just to see how pretty my system runs them. Like BF4... Crysis for example.

... on and do you think I should get the 280x and in a few months see how the 290's do and get one then? according to the Tom's Hardware article they are both amazing cards but in terms of being consistent, the 290 does better then the x version.

opinions, thoughts?

 

[de5_Roy]

i'd wait for the custom cards (quite possibly with better coolers) to come out, drivers to mature, price and supply to stabilize.
moreover, the high end price war between amd and nvidia has just started.
if you're gonna buy now, beware of all the pros and cons early adopters face.

 

[InvalidError]

if you're gonna buy now, beware of all the pros and cons early adopters face.

And based on Chris' review, also beware of the potential disconnect between Retail and Press review samples... the 290X-Retail is a fair bit slower than the 290X-Press and with the 290-Press matching the 290X-Retail, one can imagine that the 290-Retail might get a similar treatment.

Early adoption is indeed a tricky business.

 

[Masoner]

i'd wait for the custom cards (quite possibly with better coolers) to come out, drivers to mature, price and supply to stabilize.
moreover, the high end price war between amd and nvidia has just started.
if you're gonna buy now, beware of all the pros and cons early adopters face.

I think you are right, the more I think about it the more I think 280x and upgrade later is a better idea. I'd rather not spend the money now but later.