GTX 970 vs R9 290x

[staurulinos]

With the recent fiasco i'm not completely sure which one i should get.Also, is gigabyte any good on the GPU industry?

 

[el_Fenix7]

Gigabyte is generally considered a good company for gpus, barring a few lemons. What resolution do you plan on playing at? The two cards will be pretty close in power.

 

[frag06]

I'd go with a 290X. The MSI Lightning is down to $300.

Gigabyte generally makes good GPU's, but it comes down to the specific card.

 

[fatboyslimerr]

I'd probably say GTX 970 for 1080p gaming and R9 290X for anything higher than 1080p.

 

[staurulinos]

1920x1080
The cheaper ones (340 euros) i found are :
r9 290x - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4885#ov
gtx 970 - http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5252#ov

 

[vmem]

for 1080p go with the 970. at least you'll save money on the power bill with no lost performance

 

[staurulinos]

Wont the gtx get outdated faster?

 

[frag06]

If they're the same price and your PSU can handle it, take the 290X.

We have yet to see how much of an issue the divided VRAM will be in the future. Right now it's not much of an issue from what we've seen, but when games start exceeding 3.5GB things may change.

 

[el_Fenix7]

If they are the same price and you don't need any particular feature of either I would go with the 290x. If it saves some money go with the 970, you really wont see a difference.

 

[loki1944]

For performance, 290X hands down, it beats the 970 9/10 times pretty much: http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/nvidia_geforce_gtx_970_and_980_reference_review,1.html, plus if you play with VRAM hungry settings/resolution you have a full 4GB of VRAM at full speed. I have 2xROG Matrix R9 290Xs in XFire for my 1440p monitor and they are phenomenal cards. You pay less for more performance, the only downside really is power consumption is higher on the 290X and depending on the model they can be a bit loud (I personally don't notice it if I'm gaming).