Gtx 770 Or Radeon R9 290 (non refrence)

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Im planning on building a new AMD Fx-8320 PC In a few weeks and i was wondering which graphics card I should get. The Asus Gtx 770 Direct CUII is 260 dollars and the XFX R9 290 double dissipation is 270 dollars. I was wondering which card would give me better FPS on games (im building this PC obviously for gaming). I was also wondering ifthe R9 290 would bottleneck on the AMD Fx-8320 ( i plan to overclock it)
Thanks in advance for your opinion
 
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Since you already have an AMD CPU, why not go with an AMD card also? The R9 290/290x is almost as good as the new gtx 970 and 980, so I'd say go with the 290 since it is only $10 more.
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Since you already have an AMD CPU, why not go with an AMD card also? The R9 290/290x is almost as good as the new gtx 970 and 980, so I'd say go with the 290 since it is only $10 more.
 
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Thanks for the quick reply, Do you think there will be any bottleneck?

 
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Nope, I don't think there is a bottleneck, I had that CPU before and it was pretty good for just 1080p gaming. I had a gtx 780 paired with it, it wasn't too bad. If you're planning to OC, then you won't have any bottleneck problems at all.
 
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a gtx 770 would match the performance of a r9 290 without the heat and high power consumption.

just overclock your 8320 to 4ghz and it is basically a 8350

i wonder why you did not go core i5 on this as many believe that the core i5 is the sweet spot for gaming pc.
 
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Because I have a Tight budget and Ive decided to invest more money in the GPU than the CPU

 
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If its going to make that big of a difference in gaming then i might consider bumping up my budget a little

 
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i5 4460 (180 dollars) and b85 mobo (70 dollars) or h81 mobo (50 dollars)?....

that 8320 requires atleast a am3+ 990fx to run on full capacity and overclocking which i think cost a lot comapared to a b85/h81 intel mobo.

but that is your system and whatever you want to do with it is your choice.. 😀
 
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Those parts seems a bit...low, lol. I've never used them in any build, but if you feel adventurous, you could do it. I had the 8320 and a 990fx mobo before and it was doing pretty good for just 1080p gaming. If you're going for intel, I'd start with the best, like i5 4790k or something in the future if you change your mind.
 
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I'd personally whip out a 4690K with a fairly low end Z97 mobo. Aslong as it has the features you need I.E SLI support, better audio, you get it... Aslong as it has what you NEED and what you want it won't really impact your fps that much, maybe like 1-3 fps...

Personally I'd chose a Z97 plus from ASUS and whack on a HYPER 212 you can take advantage of overclocking the CPU/RAM with EZ tune which I personally use on my 5930K.

I use an Asus X99 deluxe by the way!
 
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but getting on the other point it's very much of a much between the GPU's but it depends on what picks your fancy more, I suppose im quite abit on the green team due to using them alot recently however I know that AMD's gpu's are very cost effective!
 
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If you're going with all AMD, I'd go with the Asrock 990fx killer mobo, I had it with the 8320 cpu before and it still works fine after a power surge, it's about the same price.
 
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gtx 770 is better than the r9 280x and is some gaming benchmark it competes with the r9 290. a little overclock to the 770 and it would match the performance of the r9 290 without the high power consumption and heat.

as many claim that the r9 290/x produces heat higher than that of the usual nvidia counterpart.
 
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