msi geforce gtx 780 ti vs Sapphire Radeon R9 290X HELP !!!!

[FyreLord42]

whats a better gpu for gaming on a I5 4670k haswell 8gb ram msi z87-g43 motherboard with a seasonic 620w power supply

 

[woltej1]

The 780ti is the fastest single GPU out there. If you can get a 290x for around $600 the performance boost of the 780ti isn't worth it. Plus sapphire is a better card maker than msi. If you got the money the 780ti cannot be beat, but I would look at EVGA for a card.

 

[Rams Anirudh]

I would say both are more or less equal, few games have better gameplay with radeon n few better with nvidia. But I would prefer R9 290x because of Mantle ! Trust me its the emerging technology which is going to change gameplay to a new dimension

 

[woltej1]

I would say both are more or less equal, few games have better gameplay with radeon n few better with nvidia. But I would prefer R9 290x because of Mantle ! Trust me its the emerging technology which is going to change gameplay to a new dimension

Mantle will only be successful if they allow nvidia to support it, so it is not a game changer. So it will either not matter or if amd wants to exclude a huge chunk of the market then nvidia will create their own solution. Mantle hasn't done anything yet and even its CES demonstration was a joke.

 

[FyreLord42]

Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Battlefield 4 Ed. Video Card - 4GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0 (x16), AMD CrossFireX - 21226-00-53G

is only 600 dollars at tigerdirect

 

[Rams Anirudh]

Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Battlefield 4 Ed. Video Card - 4GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0 (x16), AMD CrossFireX - 21226-00-53G

is only 600 dollars at tigerdirect

You can buy it !! Its very cheap also you get BF4 free with this. Normally r9 290x is priced above $625

 

[3Dn00b75]

I don't know what resolution you're playing at so for now I'll assume your playing at 1920x1080, if so then the nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti is definitely better, even a reference design overclocked can run every game at maximum settings with 4x MSAA at 58-60+ FPS (in my benchmarks that is) let alone the MSI version is an aftermarket design (at least the cooler is) . Plus it comes with 3 games and i believe a $200 discount on an nVidia Shield. Then again it is $200 more than an AMD Radeon R9 290X.

 

[reedy777]

The 780ti is the fastest single GPU out there. If you can get a 290x for around $600 the performance boost of the 780ti isn't worth it. Plus sapphire is a better card maker than msi. If you got the money the 780ti cannot be beat, but I would look at EVGA for a card.

that is true 780 ti is the fastest single card but if you are driving high resolutions 1440p and above and you decide to get 2 or more gpus the 290x cards in crossfire will out pace the ti's by around 10 - 20% plus dice claims the mantle patch for bf4 will net you a 58% performance boost with that setup so 290's do seem like the better choice so long as they are properly cooled