R9 390: Good for Gaming?

[Rayzer_116]

Hi I'm trying to make a PC for myself that will 3d render in AutoCAD and animate in blender but also game.

I was wondering if the MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB was good for high end gaming (GTA V, Far Cry 4) at 1080p.

Also if it won't will the MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB do all the things listed above?

Thanks

 

[Dan425811923]

In blender a 970 is better.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

CUDA equipped cards are much better at rendering, Radeon isn't in the game but some rendering apps won't work with eiother GTX or Radeon cards.

In gaming, it's closer. The 390 competes well with the 970 out of the box....but it has no headroom for overclocking whereas the 970's is significant enough to just barely top the 390x at 1440p. At 1080p, it's the 970 all the way.

8.2 % over refercne http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/R9_390_PCS_Plus/33.html

17.1 % over reference http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_970_Gaming/30.html

 

[Fernandoemh]

Watch this, and see for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9cKZiJw6Pk

 

[Rayzer_116]

Hi Jack won't I need a Z97 board to overclock the 970 because I was going to use the Gigabyte GA-H97 Gaming 3.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

You need Z97 to overclock the CPU not the GFX cards...a ll ya need is afterburner

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_970_g1_gaming_review,26.html

With AfterBurner we applied:

Temp Target 80 Degrees C
GPU clock +150 MHz
Power limiter 112%
Mem clock +500 MHz
Volatge + 87Mv
FAN RPM default

Heres' the performance analysis for overclocking

At reference speeds the 390x takes 1440p

So 98% for the $430 390X and 91% for the reference $320 970 gives the 390x the win at 1440p. However, is that how most of us use the cards ?

Now lets look at them overclocked.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_390X_Gaming/33.html

(90.3 / 84.3) is a 7.1% OC over reference speeds
98% x (90.3 / 84.3) = 105%

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_970_Gaming/30.html

(133.5 / 114.0) is a 17.1% overclock
970's 91% x (133.5 / 114.0) = 107.6 %

Still at 2%, it's not exactly a big win....other than the $100 ya get to put back in ya pocket

Overclocked, the edge goes to the 970.

Nothing new here....

290x versus 780 ... overclocked 780 takes it (benchies at 8:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djvZaHHU4I8

Under water, the gap widens (benchies at 4:30 mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqaHh-y51us



But again, for you.... it's going to come down to AutoCAD not gaming, unfortunately workstation performance reviews are few and far between so these are out of date, but results have been consistent for many generations.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-workstation-graphics-card,3493-6.html

 

[Rayzer_116]

Thanks again Jack and the AutoCAD website says you need a card with 1600x1050 res that is DirectX 9 or 11 compliant. And I'm guessing that both cards have this?