GPU Upgrade - R9 390X vs Fury vs GTX 980

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Hello folks,

I've been waiting for months to upgrade my gpu, mainly because of the new AMD cards. Now that they are all out, I need to make up my mind and do that friggin upgrade.

I currently have an Haswell i7 based system with a Sapphire Radeon 7870 OC edition. I also have a pretty decent 750w psu, EVGA Supernova G2, so psu won't be an issue.

Before I ask my question, I have to underline that I live in Turkey, so prices might be a little different from where you live. I'll just specify approximate individual prices in USD.


  • I'll be using a 1080p monitor and currently don't really have to budget to get a 1440p one, and not sure if I will have in the near future. But I would like to use DSR/ VSR when it's possible.

    Energy efficiency is the least of my concerns. I just want the pure horse power. But silence and cooling is a big plus.

    Physx, Gameworks or L'oreal effect... I'm not really into those gimmicks but not against them either.

    GTX cards have a nice MGS V: Phantom Pain bundle which is the most anticipated game for me this year along with Fallout 4. But still it's just around 35$ here in Turkey, so not a big selling point for me at the moment.

Here are my current options:

For GTX 980
Galax GTX 980 SOC 610$
MSI GTX 980 630$
Asus GTX 980 Strix 640$
Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 650$

For 390X

Sapphire R9 390X Tri-X 520$
MSI R9 390X 540$
Gigabyte R9 390X G1 530$
Asus R9 390X Strix 550$

For Fury

Sapphire R9 Fury Tri-X 620$
Asus R9 Fury Strix 650$

From these price points the cheapest 390X might look like a clearer choice, but if it will worth to pay the difference for another model, I can do it.

Looking for your suggestions, because I'm very confused at the moment. I just want to get a good gpu that will carry me over a couple of years since I can't do frequent upgrades.

Thanks.
 
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390X is basically a rebranded 290X. I haven't had the best experience with AMD drivers so I vote for Asus 980. Considering that even a single 970 is enough for 1080p gaming, 980 will be more than enough to carry you over for a couple of years.
If you end up going for AMD, buy the Fury. Not 390X (reason given above).
 
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Thanks for the answer.

I guess I'm leaning towards Nvidia side here a bit. But why Asus? Is it worth the extra 30-35$ over Galax which actually has higher clocks? It's not a rhetorical question, just wondering if there's some build quality difference here: I heard Asus still doesnt use direct cooling on vrams. It might be wrong though.
 
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I suggest to wait for DirectX12 first real in game comparison , this might show an advantage of one of these cards over the others.
I don't think that it will take much time until we'll get at least 1 DX12 game
 
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I was actually considering to wait until the first few DX12 games, but we are at least 3-4 months away from the first game I guess.

 
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If developers put time into Async Compute (which I imagine most AAA games would at least want to have this feature) AMD is probably the best bet as it is rumored that the only way Nvidia can support it is through pre-emption which will actually slow it down. It will take a long time to see just how many games will use this feature along with finding out if Nvidia can come up with a solution to use it. As it stands no current gpu is really 100% dx12 compatible.

980 vs 390x: 1080p the Gtx 980 gets on average (compared with 5 different games) 8 fps more than the 390x now if you where going with the Galax that is a $90 difference (assuming you went with the sapphire 390x) The only thing is I never heard of Galxa so I can't say how reliable it will be.
If you want to ge
 
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