The r9 390 or gtx 970?

[reytax123]

The question is 8gb or 4gb for future games and if the r9 have the power to move this 8gb.

 

[stanistheman]

I was in the same situation as you I ended up going for the 970 it's a bit quicker has shadow play but in saying that the 390 is a great card look at it like this if your on 1080p the 970 will be a better card however on any higher resolution id go for the 390



Also look at the 970 as a 3.5gb card the last 500mb of it is very slow and will make games stutter

 

[junkeymonkey]

depends on what kind of support you need from a card ??

amd last I looked only supports 64bit 7 and 8.1 has no native analog support [dvi-d] just to start you would have to buy a adaptor extra cost and then hope it will work ...

970 - supports all but xp and has dvi-I for guys that still may require analog support right out of the box ?


amd cards are super limited on what they can really do .. all folks see is fps and nothing else

the 960 has it all covered the best

 

[reytax123]

I will play on 1080p but i look on internet and batman game need 4gb for ultra settings

 

[stanistheman]

For what resolution does batman need 4gb? Maybe at 4k

 

[junkeymonkey]

why not go for the gusto and invest in a 980 ti ? 6gb and good power

 

[reytax123]

becouse in my country the 980ti is x2 more expansive than 390 or 970 how have the same price

 

[junkeymonkey]

you get what you pay for [and sometimes less ] I guess????

 

[reytax123]

the 980ti is 3500 ron equivalent to 880 us dollars

 

[-Fran-]

It really depends on what plans you have.

The GTX970 is a great card for the money nVidia is asking for it, even with that "detail" that has the last 512MB of it's 4GB is slower. There is hardly a game that pushes above 3GB unless you go multi monitors or 4K.

Now, if you don't care about power consumption, think of going into multi monitor set ups AND plan on going with more than one card eventually, then the 390X is not a bad idea either. The 390X'es 8GB will come in hand at greater/bigger resolutions, but in terms of performance at 1080p, the 970 is the better all-around card in my opinion. Even better than the 980 at 1080p from a price/performance point of view.

Cheers!

 

[reytax123]

im talking about r9 390 no r9 390x. becouse the r9 390 have the same price with 970.

 

[junkeymonkey]

being its just a refresh gpu you may find a deal on a 290 card for a lot less and still be as good as with going with the 390 ..

 

[-Fran-]

im talking about r9 390 no r9 390x. becouse the r9 390 have the same price with 970.

Well, it's just a typo. There is no 390X. the 390 is the only card in that slot from AMD.

Cheers!