I'm looking to choose from one of these cards:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080&cm_re=r290_r9_tri-x-_-14-202-080-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487076&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-487-076-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121779&cm_re=gtx_780-_-14-121-779-_-Product
I'm not an overclocker and my monitor is a 1080p one. I play many games and occasionally do some photo editing with Photoshop.
My biggest concerns are these:
1. I' ve read about coil whine in the 970 series, is this really that common? I saw some videos it didn't seem that annoying. Is it a problem that may cause a failure later on or just something annoying?
Also I read some comments about the Tri-X from people saying they experienced black screens etc. It is very important for me to get a problem-free model as I will get the GPU from abroad and RMAs would not be that easy.
2. Performance wise I believe all will be more than adequate for me. My question is this. As I don't upgrade often which one of these would be the best buy in terms of "investing". I would like a card that will play most of the games for many years (even not at ultra high settings). For example will getting the more expensive 970 make me have a card that will last more than the $40 cheaper (and also with three games) 290?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202080&cm_re=r290_r9_tri-x-_-14-202-080-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487076&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-487-076-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121779&cm_re=gtx_780-_-14-121-779-_-Product
I'm not an overclocker and my monitor is a 1080p one. I play many games and occasionally do some photo editing with Photoshop.
My biggest concerns are these:
1. I' ve read about coil whine in the 970 series, is this really that common? I saw some videos it didn't seem that annoying. Is it a problem that may cause a failure later on or just something annoying?
Also I read some comments about the Tri-X from people saying they experienced black screens etc. It is very important for me to get a problem-free model as I will get the GPU from abroad and RMAs would not be that easy.
2. Performance wise I believe all will be more than adequate for me. My question is this. As I don't upgrade often which one of these would be the best buy in terms of "investing". I would like a card that will play most of the games for many years (even not at ultra high settings). For example will getting the more expensive 970 make me have a card that will last more than the $40 cheaper (and also with three games) 290?