Amd or Nvidia for 1440p gaming

[teodoro springer]

Hi guys i don't know if i should buy a 970, 980, r9 290x or wait for r9 3xx.
I really like nvidia gameworks, but the vram issue of the 970 made me reconsider which card i should buy.
Basically the 970 is 3.5 gb.
Also it's like freesync and mantle vs gameworks

 

[legend001523]

wait for 300 series

 

[i7Baby]

See 4K - http://www.tomshardware.de/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-gtx-980-roundup-vergleichstest,testberichte-241658-19.html

1440p will give twice the fps. There is no change in gtx970.

 

[JUICEhunter]

Do you want the fastest GPU then 980 @ $550. Do you want the best value then 290x @ $280, 290 @ $250. 970 has the best combo of both which is why it has sold so many so quickly.

VRAM issue with 3.5gb of the 970? Not at all as if you live in 1080P/2k land. If you can run high hz/fps ultra @ 2k than you're allowed to get a 4k monitor but we're talking SLI realm.

 

[holyrage]

AMD has always done well for higher res

except that that Hawaii is 1 and a couple of months old

IMO if u want to wait for the R9 380X i would wait for that Not sure if it will have HBM but it will be targeted at GTX980/970

the R9 390X wont come out until the end of this year around the time GM210 is out titan II/GTX980TI (i would expect them to call it GTX985 tho lol basically i would expect nvidia to make a cheaper GM210 if the R9 390X hits hard )

from what i see a single GTX980 will do fine in 1440P or SLI GTX970 However the last 512MB of the GTX970 has 20GB bandwidth which sucks and cripples performance by a lot until ram usage drops back to the main 3.5GB Vram

Imo i would wait for R9 380X because of the Price/performance im pretty sure i can buy 2 of those for Xfire and still cost jsut as much as a GTX970 SLI lol

 

[i7Baby]

You won't even use the last 0.5gb. Its not 20gb/s bandwidth. its 200gb/s. Over 3.5gb vram usage the remaining 0.5gb will drop the vram speed by 5% compared to it all being ddr5.

 

[Intel999]

Wait for the 380. It will outperform the 970 and most leaked rumors suggest it will surpass the 980 as well. Should be priced between the 970 and 980. Most likely closer to the current 970's prices. However, both the 970 and 980 will be dropping in price shortly after the 380 debuts.

You don't want to experience buyers remorse two to three months from now by pulling the trigger on a 970 now.

 

[i7Baby]

When will it be available? What reviews are there? What comparisons to the gtx980? How much will it cost? What size power supply is needed for it? Who makes the best one?

And when its released - what new one is just on the horizon? Should we wait for that too?

 

[Intel999]

On second thought, maybe you should look into the 970. It might keep I7Baby from cutting his wrists.

Or see what AMD does with pricing on the 290x. You may be able to get one for $100 cheaper than a 780. However, you will lose .4 fps by saving that $100.

 

[teodoro springer]

I'll wait until end of the year to see what happens.

 

[i7Baby]

I don't think they lied. I think they overlooked that the vram is set up differently to how it normally is. The 970 is not broken by any means - http://www.tomshardware.de/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-gtx-980-roundup-vergleichstest,testberichte-241658-18.html. They outpace the MSI 290X Lightning.

 

[i7Baby]

Proof?

 

[JUICEhunter]

Both of you have good points, AMD is smart to jump on this withlower their prices because @$330 people would still choose 970 for faster 1080/2k performance which is a really high % of gamers. OP did say they were going to wait.

Side note: 780 ti (3gb vram) is still faster than both 970 & 290x @2k so VRAM isn't everything.

 

[holyrage]

gonna wait until the end of the year? than get a R9 390X lol

the 380X should be out mid year tho

 

[i7Baby]

So no proof.