Dual r9 290x vs gtx 980

[mrgoodtouches]

I read a lot of stuff about the 3.5gb with gtx 970. So I'm wanting to know how will the r9 290x do with games like Arma 3 bf4 far cry 3 etc.. Vs a gtx 980 I realy don't wanna get a 970

 

[sincreator]

If you are talking about 2 x r9 290x(xfire) then it will be a fair bit faster Than the GTX980 in games that run good with crossfire. For all the others the GTX980 will be better. Keep in mind that you will need a 850w or higher power supply for 2 x r9 290x. A 550-650w quality unit would be fine for the GTX980.

Here are some benchmarks with both included: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-980-g1-gaming-review,12.html The r9 295 is the same as 2 x r9 290x just so you know.

PS: xfire and SLI are broken in FC3 and FC4. It works for single player, but will crash at the end of every multiplayer match. It has been a known bug since FC3's release and nothing has been done to fix it at all. It's not a driver issue either, it's a bug with the game engine itself.

 

[refillable]

Two 290X is obviously going to be better than the 980 in crossfire enabled games but if you're talking single, then I would say it depends on the resolution. I believe in 1080p you're looking at a marginal difference of 10-15%, which is also explained by the price. At QHD the gap probably narrowed to 7.5-10% and 2.5-5% on 4K. What I like from Maxwell however is the Power consumption/Efficiency, as it is really really good.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

Two GTX 970s are obviously the better deal. Performs faster than R9-290X CF for a small price increase. You can run them on a quality 650w or greater PSU. The GTX 970 does have 4 GB memory; the last 0.5 GB is slow to kick in. I've seen mine approach 3.7 GB.

 

[McDuncun]

At the end of the day the 290X is a hell of a card, going head to head with a 980 in single GPU battle it wil lose but not by that much. If you meant "Duel" =(fighting against) then thats the answer...

If you meant "Dual" = (as in 2 of them), then obviously the 290x CFX will win hands down...

 

[Coolboy951]

the 290x CF will kill the 980 it will perform very well the 290x by its self performs better than the 980 at texture filtering and has higher bandwidth than the 980 but the 980 handles AA and and higher resolutions higher

 

[Vergilangleos]

2 290x is much better than a single 980 , but it need better PSU and mainboard and also some games won't like dual gpu setup ..
if you want to play games in resloution less than 4K you don't need dual gpu

 

[McDuncun]

Wait I`ve go an idee... What about 980.........SLI!!!!! Come on that would be incredible!! The most beastly shit ever!!!

 

[ZeusGamer]

Of course, a R9 290x in crossfire will beat the single GTX 980 by a long shot. So you don't really need to upgrade unless you have the stock coolers. Which I guess you can just change the stock blower style coolers to an aftermarket one. But there's no necessary "upgrade" that needs to be done here.