GTX 970 vs R9 390 vs R9 390X Which one to buy? I have my own criterias

[yolverine]

Hi, I have had 7950 for 3 years and it is time to upgrade for me.

What I want:
-Ultra/Very High "Textures" at 60-80 fps for most games in 3 years. No need for msaa.
-OC Capacity (least like 7950: 975>1140 gpu clock)
-Not so much power consumption. (after 7950 i dont want to be shocked after looking at my bill)
-1080p gaming.

I will upgrade my gpu/monitor 3 years later. 1 year later my cpu/motherboard/ram.

PC specs:

750w High Power 80+ Bronze
8GB DDR3 Ram
i5 3570k @3.8


Which card and which model according to my criterias and prices please?


These are cards I can buy in my country with my budget (maybe I can buy from amazon with customs cost I dont know just say the which one pls):

970:
MSI GTX 970 GAMING: 480$
GIGABYTE GTX 970(3 fans): 480$
Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 GAMING : 540$
ZOTAC GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition: 480$
EVGA GTX 970 SuperSC: 480$
ASUS STRIX GTX 970: 480$

390:
Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 390 OC Nitro Tri-X 390: 410$
MSI R9 390 GAMING: 410$
Gigabyte R9 390 G1 GAMING: 445$
Asus R9 390 STRIX: 460$


390X:
Sapphire R9 390X Tri-x: 484$

 

[6R1M01R3]

The 390X is superior in performance than the 970, performing close to the 980. But if you are worried about the power consumption then the 970 should be alright, and as for 1080 gaming you wont need so much vram like the 390 has.

 

[ZachyBeat]

The premium for the 390x isn't worth it. I would recommend the Sapphire Nitro 390, MSI Twin Frozr 390, EVGA SC 970, or ASus Strix 970.
The 970 is 145w tdp and the 390 is a 275w tdp card. Assuming your PSU is quality you can grab either. With the price difference I would highly recommend the 390 Sapphire.

 

[DustinV]

With the huge price gap for sure get the r9 390, the 970 is overpriced

 

[yolverine]

What about OC capacity? I like OCing.

 

[stavrosmast]

The 970 is very superior when it comes to oc..

 

[ZachyBeat]

The 390 and 970 both overclock quite well. The 970 will probably overclock more but that =/= better performance. Not all MHz are equal. The Sapphire Nitro is the best model of the 390 and will yield the best (of course silicone lottery will decide) overclocks and for some reason is the cheapest. Grab it and be happy. If you want to go with Nvidia because of the lower power (temperatures will be hitting the 70s on both cards OC'd) I would grab one of the better EVGA SC cards. I don't remember which has the best power phases and cooling.

 

[yolverine]

So OCed 390x performance>OCed 390~=OCed 970? But the price difference isnt worth for performance between them, So I should buy a sapphire r9 390?

 

[ZachyBeat]

Give or take yes. I would place it as a ~5% improvement from the 970 to 390 and 390 to 390x. All 3 are very close in performance and the 390 is very overclockable and the best model is the least expensive of your choices.

What is your exact PSU model? It will be fine for all but you may want to consider buying a better quality one if yours falls low on the tier list.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[ZachyBeat]

Keep in mind there are definitely going to be cases where the 970 is better and where the 390 is better. All games are optimized differently. If you are curious feel free to check out benchmarks for the games you want to play! I don't want to force AMD on you if you're going to be playing games that Nvidia cards run better on. Even then it's still quite negligible and if you're doing any designing/editing/rendering they will benefit more from the 8GB vram supplied by the 390.

Best of luck.

 

[yolverine]

Give or take yes. I would place it as a ~5% improvement from the 970 to 390 and 390 to 390x. All 3 are very close in performance and the 390 is very overclockable and the best model is the least expensive of your choices.

What is your exact PSU model? It will be fine for all but you may want to consider buying a better quality one if yours falls low on the tier list.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

Actually it is the exact model High Power 750w 80+ Bronze.

Comments about it:
i5 4460 CPU + GTX 970 4GB GPU + 8GB 1600mhz: No problem.

I already checked a lot of game benchmarks, what i see is 390x is generally 10fps better than 970 and 5fps than 390. So I guess Sapphire 390 is my best option. It will make me feel so satified to upgrade from Sapphire DualX 7950 to Sapphire R9 390 TriX

 

[ZachyBeat]

Awesome. Hope it all works out. If any issues come up feel free to inbox me or make a new thread.

Best of luck.

 

[stavrosmast]

You might start saying that i just said bullsh*t but that i5-4460 will bottleneck the 970/390 on games like gta v

 

[Bem-xxx]

The R9 390X CrossFire runs like the GTX 980Ti SLI at 4k and Rise of The Tomb Raider....